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Believe Quotes by Martin Seligman
- I believe that traditional wisdom is incomplete. A composer can have all the talent of Mozart and a passionate desire to succeed, but if he…
- Success requires persistence, the ability to not give up in the face of failure. I believe that optimistic explanatory style is the key to persistence.
- In a society in which individualism is becoming rampant, people more and more believe that they are the center of the world. Such a belief…
- The defining characteristic of pessimists is that they tend to believe that bad events will last a long time, will undermine everything they do, and…
- People who believe they cause good things tend to like themselves better than people who believe good things come from other people or circumstances.
- One of the things psychologists used to say was that if you are depressed, anxious or angry, you couldn't be happy. Those were at opposite…
- I believe that traditional wisdom is incomplete.
- I believe it is within our capacity that by the year 2051 that 51 percent of the human population will be flourishing. That is my…
- I believe psychology has done very well in working out how to understand and treat disease. But I think that is literally half-baked. If all…
More Believe Quotes
- Our tradition of political thought had its definite beginning in the teachings of Plato and Aristotle. I believe it came to a… — Hannah Arendt
- I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able to hit… — Alexis Arguello
- I believe in anything that will engage the audience and make the story more effective. — J. J. Abrams
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- It is the role of good journalism to take on powerful abusers, and when powerful abusers are taken on, there's always a… — Julian Assange
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the… — Mahmoud Abbas
- Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger. — Richard Bach
- The things that people do now in sports, you can't even believe. These are complete total athletes. To see what human beings… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing… — Neil Armstrong
- Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind… — Mary Kay Ash
- Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. — Isaac Asimov