Believed Quotes

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Wars produce many stories of fiction, some of which are told until they are believed to be true. — Ulysses S. Grant
I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism. — Bob Riley
We believed ourselves indestructable... watching only the madmen outside our frontiers, and we remained defenseless against our own madmen. — Jacobo Timerman
All my life I believed I knew something. But then one strange day came when I realized that I knew nothing, yes, I knew nothing.… — Ezra Pound
If my ego was out of whack and I believed I could carry anything off, that would be a stupid risk. But so far there's… — Kathleen Turner
It's human nature to be timid in the face of obstacles, but I have learned to believe that challenges are opportunities for genius to shine.… — Dominique Moceanu
We create institutions and policies on the basis of the way we make assumptions about us and others. We accept the fact that we will… — Muhammad Yunus
I remember with strong feelings the families who joined our movement and paid dues long before there was any hope of winning contracts. Sometimes, fathers… — Cesar Chavez
To be believed make the truth unbelievable. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Historians relate not so much what is done as what they would have believed. — Benjamin Franklin
If you believed more in life you would fling yourself less to the moment. — Friedrich Nietzsche
This Nation was established by men who believed in God. ... You will see the evidence of this deep religious faith on every hand. — Harry S. Truman
Our German forefathers had a very kind religion. They believed that, after death, they would meet again all the good dogs that had been their… — Otto von Bismarck
By means of shrewd lies, unremittingly repeated, it is possible to make people believe that heaven is hell - and hell heaven. The greater the… — Adolf Hitler
You remember when you were a kid growing up, and believed in Santa Claus? There's not much difference between Santa Claus and me today, you… — Bobby Knight
I found it hugely insulting that people believed I'd go so far out of my way - living with Playmates, vacationing with actresses, showing up… — Mike Piazza
In the great debates of early-nineteenth century geology, catastrophists followed the stereotypical method of objective science-empirical literalism. They believed what they saw, interpolated nothing, and… — Stephen Jay Gould
We find it hard to picture to ourselves the state of mind of a man of older days who firmly believed that the Earth was… — Anatole France
Hope unbelieved is always considered nonsense. But hope believed is history in the process of being changed. — Jim Wallis
It is a curious and painful fact that almost all the completely futile treatments that have been believed in during the long history of medical… — Bertrand Russell

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