Best 4234 quotes in «belief quotes» category

I believe certain doctrines because God says they are true; and the only authority I have for their truth is the Word of God. I receive such and such doctrines, not because I can prove them to be compatible with reason, not because my judgment accepts them, but because God says they are true. Now this is one of the best services we can render to God,-to submit ourselves to him in our belief of what he has revealed, and ask him to fix his truths in our hearts, and make us obey them.

I believe I did what honor dictated and that belief sustains me, except for a slight desire to be dead which I'm sure will pass.

I believe in nothing that I cannot touch, kiss, embrace.... The rest is only hearsay.

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 metaphor of that belief.

I believe long habits of virtue have a sensible effect on the countenance.

I believe that if we do have a commonality of beliefs we should clarify them, we should strengthen their coherence and we should also develop common projects that produce a lived community of relationships.

I believe that natural history has lost much by the vague general treatment that is so common.

I believe that the Bible is the literal word of God. And I say no, it's not, Dad. Well, I believe that it is. Well, you know, some people believe they're Napoleon. That's fine. Beliefs are neat. Cherish them, but don't share them like they're the truth.

I believe that the vast majority of people that are unfaithful are monogamous in their beliefs. The ones who are not monogamous in their beliefs either live in poly relationships or consensual non-monogamous relationships, or they have divorced. If it's very bad, then people don't stay married these days in the West. They can be married and have their family, but they want something else - they want something that they don't have in their lives, or simply to be someone that isn't who they are in the context of their marriage.

I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly.

I came from a mother and father who always made me secure in my beliefs, and that's where the love came from.

I can believe anything provided it is quite incredible.

I can honestly say Ive never thought for a second about whether a character reflects poorly on any group. All that matters to me is that the character is true to my belief in who he or she is.

I cannot say for certain that God does not exist; I think the worst thing that can be said about him is that he's a bit of an underachiever.

I cant see any great evidence that humans have any ability to access anything other than the material world. Beyond that, who knows, but theres no good evidence that would take me to any particular belief.

I come from a Christian faith. I am not going to give you insight into my particular beliefs.

I decline Christianity because it is Jewish, because it is international, and because, in cowardly fashion, it preaches Peace on Earth.

I darted a contemptuous look at the stately models of superstition.

I'd like Muslims to look at their religion as a set of beliefs that they can appraise critically and pick and choose from.

Idiosyncratic belief systems which are shared by only a few adherents are likely to be regarded as delusional. Belief systems which may be just as irrational but which are shared by millions are called world religions.

Idleness is not doing nothing. Idleness is being free to do anything.

I do not believe in doing for pleasure things I do not like to do.

I do have a residual belief that, if at all possible, you should try not to mock the weak.

I do not need the written code of a spiritual belief to act like a decent human being.

I don't affiliate myself with any specific religious group. I connect to different ritualistic aspects of different belief systems, and I see the connecting thread between all religious beliefs.

I don't believe in art. I believe in artists.

I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them. My philosophy is to stay as close as possible to what's happening. If I can't solve something, how the hell can I expect my managers to.

I don't believe in the landscape.

I don't believe anything. I only know some things to a greater degree of certainty than others.

I don't believe it. Prove it to me and I still won't believe it.

I don't bill myself as an atheist but as a naturalist. Naturalism is a belief system. A lot of scientists bristle at that. We all have to believe we can find the truth. Evidence is my guide. I rely on observation, experimentation and verification.

I draw a distinction between traditional Islam and Islamism. Islamism emerged in its modern form in the 1920s and is driven by a belief that Muslims can be strong and rich again if they follow the Islamic law severely and in its entirety. This is a response to the trauma of modern Islam.

I don't consider myself a Hollywood liberal, but I have my convictions and my beliefs.

I don't discount belief. I just discount most of the things that people believe in.

I don't know what I believe. I think there's a belief system, I'm just not sure what it is.

I don't think of myself as a symbol of the sixties, but I do think of myself as a symbol of following through on your beliefs.

I don't like it, to be honest, when politicians make a big thing of their religious beliefs, so I don't make a big thing of it.

I don't see why any president has to talk about his belief in God.

I don't want idiots in my audience. So if me coming forward with what my beliefs are is what you need to hear to not be a fan anymore, that's great. That means next time I show up in whatever said city, your dumb ass won't be there.

I dropped out of college and I'm pretty much a self-educated person, so a lot of my core belief system comes from life.

If a belief is not realized immediately in open deeds, it is stored up for the guidance of the future.

If all those around you believe some particular thing, you will soon be tempted to share in that belief.

If an opinion can eventually go to the determination of a practical belief, it, in so far, becomes itself a practical belief; and every proposition that is not pure metaphysical jargon and chatter must have some possible bearing upon practice.

If children understand that beliefs should be substantiated with evidence, as opposed to tradition, authority, revelation or faith, they will automatically work out for themselves that they are atheists.

If a thing isn't worth saying, you sing it.

I feel like my political beliefs are rooted in the conservatism that I was raised with.

If enough of us believe, a new thing can be made to exist. Belief structure creates a filter through which chaos is sifted into order.

If ever the search for a tranquil belief should end, The future might stop emerging out of the past, Out of what is full of us; yet the search And the future emerging out of us seem to be one.

If I have a fundamental belief that the universe is created by God, then I also come to the belief that that universe reflects God, it gives me some knowledge of Him. Obviously, therefore, the more I know of the universe is, the more enriched my limited knowledge of God is.

If it were not for my firm belief in an overruling Providence, it would be difficult for me, in the midst of such complications of affairs, to keep my reason on its seat. But I am confident that the Almighty has His plans, and will work them out; and, whether we see it or not, they will be the best for us.