Best 4234 quotes in «belief quotes» category

One thing I do know, and that is, that neither hope, nor fear, belief, nor denial, can change the fact. It is as it is, and it will be as it must be.

Only a fool of a scientist would dismiss the evidence and reports   in front of him and substitute his own beliefs in their place.

Only if you are afraid of looking foolish, and I would have looked far more foolish if I persisted with an erroneous belief.' Eragon said. Why, little one, you just said something wise!'Saphira teased.

Only on the assumption of belief in the validity of values is the attempt to espouse value-judgments meaningful. However, to judge the validity of such values is a matter of faith .

only that which is deeply felt can change us. Rational arguments alone cannot penetrate the layers of fear and conditioning that comprise our crippling belief system.

Only out of stir and change is born new salvation. To deny that is to deny belief in man, to turn our backs on courage!

On the court, I'm not afraid of anything. I try to have confidence and have a belief in myself.

[On Werner Erhard, founder of est:] If I wanted a new belief system, I'd choose to believe in God - He's been in business longer than Werner, and He has better music.

Opinion involves belief (for without belief in what we opine we cannot have an opinion), and in the brutes though we often find imagination we never find belief.

Optimism is invaluable for the meaningful life.  With a firm belief in a positive future, you can throw yourself into the service of that which is larger than you are.

Our behavior is driven by a fundamental core belief: the desire, and the ability, of an organization to continuously learn from any source, anywhere; and to rapidly convert this learning into action is its ultimate competitive advantage.

Our actions are the evidence of our belief and become the substance of our faith.

Our beliefs are like the unquestioned commands, telling us how things are, what's possible and what's impossible, what we can and can not do.

Our beliefs are the invisible ingredients in all our activities.

Our beliefs can move us forward in life, or they can hold us back.

Our ability to turn off empathy for specific kinds of humans and then use faulty logic to justify our beliefs is messily sociopathic.

Our belief or disbelief of a thing does not alter the nature of the thing.

Our belief in our divinity will rewrite our life, and create it anew

Our beliefs about what we are and what we can be precisely determine what we can be

Our beliefs are what create our experiences. As we change our beliefs, we alter our perception, our version of reality.

Our belief is often strongest when it should be weakest. That is the nature of hope.

Our beliefs in a rich future life are of little importance unless we coin them into a rich present life.

Our concept of governing is derived from our view of people. It is a concept deeply rooted in a set of beliefs firmly etched in the national conscience, of all of us.

Our differences in beliefs do not truly separate us, or elevate us over others. Rather, they highlight the rich tapestry that is humanity.

Our experiences tend to support our belief systems.

Our belief in education is unbounded, our reverence for it is unfaltering, our loyalty to it is unshaken by reverses. Our passionate desire, not so much to acquire it as to bestow it, is the most animated of American traits.

Our belief in salvation through the market is very much in the Utopian tradition. The economists and managers are the servants of God. Like the medieval scholastics, their only job is to uncover the divine plan. They could never create or stop it. At most they might aspire to small alterations.

Our beliefs are, however, often contrary to fact.

Our hope in life beyond death is a hope made possible, not by some general sentimental belief in life after death, but by our participation in the life of Christ.

Our hypotheses are initially rooted in theoretical consistency and elegance, but...ultimatel y it is experiment not rigid belief that determines what is correct.

Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.

Our inner weighing of evidence is not a careful mathematical calculation resulting in a probabilistic estimate of truth, but more like a whirlpool blending of the objective and the personal. The result is a set of beliefs - both conscious and unconscious - that guide us in interpreting all the events of our lives.

Our beliefs become the rules we live by, and then here's what happens: We make ourselves right.

Our attitudes, opinions, beliefs and judgments are, simply put, our attitudes, opinions, beliefs and judgments. They are not universal truths.

Our belief in any particular natural law cannot have a safer basis than our unsuccessful critical attempts to refute it.

Our own belief is that the renovation of the world will be brought about only by the Holy Eucharist.

Our religious understanding and beliefs should evolve just like everything else.

Outstanding leaders have a sense of mission, a belief in themselves and the value of their work.

Our success in influencing or elevating others is in proportion to their belief in our belief in them.

Our thoughts are either focused on what's eternal, life-changing, and true, or lost in the details of our temporary, selfish, false beliefs.

Our world is fast succumbing to the activities of men and women who would stake the future of our species on beliefs that should not survive an elementary school education.

Part of being sane is being a little bit crazy.

Parker: She believed, absolutely, that each person, each heart, had a counterpart—had a mate. A rightness. She’d always believed it, and understood that unshakable belief was a reason she was good at what she did.

Passionate grave thought, belief enhanced, ritual returned and magic.

Passionate leaders driven by passionate beliefs draw passionate followers.

People do not only live on interests; they also live on beliefs, especially in very ideological areas. Unless you understand the ideological aspect of the region, you cannot understand what is happening.

People do things for love and belief and passion, not just because they're paid to do it.

People's belief in their own local reality-tunnels keep us all far stupider than we ought to be.

People’s beliefs about their abilities have a profound effect on those abilities.

People sometimes are so confident in their flawed beliefs that they get stuck - fixated - and as a result are blinded to insights that are right in front of them.