Belief Quotes
Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs.Thomas Wolfe
The first glance at History convinces us that the actions of men proceed from their needs, their passions, their characters and talents and impresses us with the belief that such needs, passions and interests are the sole spring of actions.Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.Bertrand Russell
In my belief, you cannot deal with the most serious things in the world unless you also understand the most amusing.Sir Winston Leonard Spenser Churchill
With most people unbelief in one thing is founded upon blind belief in another.Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Without cultural sanction, most or all our religious beliefs and rituals would fall into the domain of mental disturbance.John Schumake
He does not believe, that does not live according to his belief.Thomas Fulle
Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.Peter Ustinov
Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.H. L. Mencken
A strict belief, fate is the worst kind of slavery; on the other hand there is comfort in the thought that God will be moved by our prayers.Epicurus
Many of us spend our whole lives running from feeling with the mistaken belief that you cannot bear the pain. But you have already borne the pain. What you have not done is feel all you are beyond the pain.Bartholomew
Contrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first.Peter Ustinov, Dear Me (1977)
Our belief at the beginning of a doubtful undertaking is the one thing that assures the successful outcome of any venture.William James
Contrary to popular belief, the most dangerous animal is not the lion or tiger or even the elephant. The most dangerous animal is a shark riding on an elephant, just trampling and eating everything they see.Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
You know that being an American is more than a matter of where your parents came from. It is a belief that all men are created free and equal and that everyone deserves an even break.Harry S Truman
Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.Bertrand Russell
America has believed that in differentiation, not in uniformity, lies the path of progress. It acted on this belief it has advanced human happiness, and it has prospered.Louis D. Brandeis
Dreams can become a reality when we possess a vision that is characterized by the willingness to work hard, a desire for excellence and a belief in our right and our responsibility to be equal members of society.Janet Jackson
The three most important parts a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money and his religious beliefs.Samuel Butle
My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror.W. Somerset Maugham
The power of illustrative anecdotes often lies not in how well they present reality, but in how well they reflect the core beliefs of their audience.David P. Mikkelson, Snopes. com, 04 - 10 - 04
The ultimate determinant in the struggle now going on for the world will not be bombs and rockets but a test of wills and ideas - A trial of spiritual resolve: the values we hold, the beliefs we cherish and the ideals to which we are dedicated.Ronald Reagan
The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge structures collapsing, have filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness and a quiet, unyielding anger. referring to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.George Walker Bush
Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.John Maynard Keynes
They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly those beliefs were; they all fused into a single stubbornness.Louise Erdrich
Talk unbelief, and you will have unbelief; but talk faith, and you will have faith. According to the seed sown will be the harvest.Ellen G. White
The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief, which is at the heart of all popular religion, that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart.Richard Adams
God, I don? t have great faith, but I can be faithful. My belief in you may be seasonal, but my faithfulness will not. I will follow in the way of Christ. I will act as though my life and the lives of others matter. I will love. I have no greater gift to offer than my life. Take it.Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher. com Weblog, December 26, 2002
Think of how many religions attempt to validate themselves with prophecy. Think of how many people rely on these prophecies, however vague, however unfulfilled, to support or prop up their beliefs. Yet has there ever been a religion with the prophetic accuracy and reliability of science?Carl Sagan
Our religious faith gives us the answer to the false beliefs of Communism... I have the feeling that God has created us and brought us to our present position of power and strength for some great purpose.President Harry Truman, Public Papers of the President of the United States: Harry S. Truman - 1951 U. S. Gov. 1966 pp548 - 549
They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly those beliefs were they all fused into a single stubbornness.Louise Erdrich
It is my belief, Watson, founded upon my experience, that the lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes in The Copper Beeches
The beginning of faith is the beginning of fruitfulness but the beginning of unbelief, however glittering, is empty.Johann von Goethe
First of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - Nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address, Mar. 4, 1933
The Godless would deny and destroy human rights.... the liberties of a nation cannot be secure when belief in God is abandoned.U. S. Senate Chaplain Richard Halverson
The brute necessity of believing something so long as life lasts does not justify any belief in particular.George Santayana
Belief is the death of intelligence.Robert Anton Wilson
