Belief Quotes

5318 Belief quotes by 2883 unique authors

Cyprian was not issuing a new decree but was keeping to the most solid belief of the Church in order to correct some who thought… — Saint Augustine
My overriding belief is that it is always possible for criminals to improve and that by its very finality the death penalty contradicts this. — Dalai Lama
I would like to see the lack of demonization for those of us who stand on sincerely held religious beliefs. It's overdue. That's where you… — Michele Bachmann
I know something about killing. I don't like killing. And I don't think a state honors life by turning around and sanctioning killing. Now, that's… — John F. Kerry
Man tends to treat all his opinions as principles. — Herbert Agar
We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it is indelible. You cannot educate… — Oliver Wendell Holmes
No man can afford to express, through words or acts, that which is not in harmony with his own beliefs, and if he does so,… — Napoleon Hill
No honest theologian therefore can deny that his acceptance of Jesus as Christ logically binds every Christian to a belief in reincarnation - in Elias… — Robert Graves
I was totally into football, totally into mainstream sports my whole life...The media has tried to categorize me, call me a hippie, call me alternative.… — Gabe Jennings
Did you, too, O friend, suppose democracy was only for elections, for politics, and for a party name? I say democracy is only of use… — Walt Whitman
The purpose of democracy - supplanting old belief in the necessary absoluteness of establish'd dynastic rulership, temporal, ecclesiastical, and scholastic, as furnishing the only security… — Walt Whitman
What's keeping you from being rich? In most cases it's simply a lack of belief. In order to become rich, you must believe you can… — Suze Orman
In my opinion nothing has contributed more to the corruption of the original idea of socialism as the belief that Russia is a socialist country. — George Orwell
I feel we are so blessed to live in a country where we enjoy so many rights that other countries cannot even begin to imagine.… — Sheryl Crow
The very lack of evidence is thus treated as evidence; the absence of smoke proves that the fire is very carefully hidden...A belief in invisible… — C.S. Lewis
My belief in the growth and permanence of democracy is undimmed. I know that the people will cast off the new dictatorship as they did… — Sylvia Pankhurst
The environment you fashion out of your thoughts, your beliefs, your ideals, your philosophy is the only climate you will ever live in. The key… — Stephen Covey
No chemical compound in the atmosphere has a worse reputation than CO2, thanks to the single-minded demonization of this natural and essential atmospheric gas by… — William Happer
No one has ever abandoned a belief because he was forced to do so. — Hillary Clinton
The goal of modern propaganda is no longer to transform opinion but to arouse an active and mythical belief — Jacques Ellul
In my view, our approach to global warming exemplifies everything that is wrong with our approach to the environment. We are basing our decisions on… — Michael Crichton
The public discourse on global warming has little in common with the standards of scientific discourse. Rather, it is part of political discourse where comments… — Richard Lindzen
The act of voting by ordinary Iraqis in the face of extreme danger confirms President Bush's belief that people around the globe, when given a… — John Ensign
When the child has reached manhood he is thoroughly saturated with the belief that he is chosen by the Lord himself to defend his country… — Emma Goldman
Human beings are compelled to adopt a belief system; some paradigm to provide meaning, purpose, and understanding to our lives. A quick survey of the… — Terry Rossio

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