Belief Quotes

5318 Belief quotes by 2883 unique authors

In any project the important factor is your belief. Without belief, there can be no successful outcome. — William James
All personal breakthroughs begin with a change in beliefs. — Tony Robbins
I believe in God, which means I am open to some absurd possibilities. But I understand the power of that faith, and I understand the… — Reza Aslan
My belief is that 'recluse' is a code word generated by journalists ... meaning, 'doesn't like to talk to reporters'. — Thomas Pynchon
Belief in God? An afterlife? I believe in rock: this apodictic rock beneath my feet. — Edward Abbey
Almighty God hath created the mind free. All attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burthens...are a departure from the plan of the holy… — Thomas Jefferson
It is from the Bible that man has learned cruelty, rapine, and murder; for the belief of a cruel God makes a cruel man. — Thomas Paine
The only idea man can affix to the name of God, is that of a first cause, the cause of all things. And, incomprehensibly difficult… — Thomas Paine
People — running from unhappiness, hiding in power — are locked within their reputations, ambitions, beliefs. — Richard Avedon
C.S. Lewis admitted, when he was asked to set forth his beliefs, that he never felt less sure of them than when he tried to… — Robert Adams
There is no belief, however foolish, that will not gather its faithful adherents who will defend it to the death. — Isaac Asimov
All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgements of probabilities, and not on certainties. — Charles William Eliot
All are free to believe or not believe; all are free to practice a faith or not. But those who believe must be free to… — Jeff Miller
He that is warm for truth, and fearless in its defense, performs one of the duties of a good man; he strenghtens his own conviction,… — Samuel Johnson
What else is belief but direction? — Mohsin Hamid
In the dominant Western religious system, the love of God is essentially the same as the belief in God, in God’s existence, God’s justice, God’s… — Erich Fromm
Self-efficacy is the belief in one's capabilities to organize and execute the sources of action required to manage prospective situations. — Albert Bandura
Self-belief does not necessarily ensure success, but self-disbelief assuredly spawns failure. — Albert Bandura
People’s beliefs about their abilities have a profound effect on those abilities. — Albert Bandura
I always felt that a scientist owes the world only one thing, and that is the truth as he sees it. If the truth contradicts… — Hans Eysenck
We are, indeed, not among the least contented. You, however, if your belief makes you blessed then appear to be blessed! Your faces have always… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Since art is a virtue of the intellect, it demands to communicate with the entire universe of the intellect. Hence it is that the normal… — Jacques Maritain
Truths emerge from facts, but they dip forward into facts again and add to them; which facts again create or reveal new truth (the word… — William James
The most violent revolutions in an individuals beliefs leave most of his old order standing. Time and space, cause and effect, nature and history, and… — William James
Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is still theoretically possible ... faith is the readiness to act in a cause the prosperous issue… — William James

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