Believe Quotes - Page 9

• It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Peace, Fidgeting, Violence

  Voice of America broadcast, November 11, 1951.

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• An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Love, Inspirational, Running

  Sydney J. Harris (1985). “Pieces of Eight Pa”, Mariner Books

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• It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Ideas, Atheism, Aries

  Thomas Jefferson (1829). “Memoirs, correspondence and private papers of Thomas Jefferson, ed. by T.J. Randolph”

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• All money is a matter of belief.

  Adam Smith

  Matter, Belief, Finance

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• Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do... but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there.

  Venus Williams

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• Belief is the death of intelligence.

  Robert Anton Wilson

  Faith, Atheist, Intelligence

  Robert Anton Wilson (1977). “Cosmic trigger: final secret of the illuminati”, New Falcon Pubns

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• To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men that is genius.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Love, Wise, Heart

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Alfred Riggs Ferguson, Jean Ferguson Carr (1987). “The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.14, Harvard University Press

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• Somehow, I can't believe that there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man by a man who knows the secret of making dreams come true. The special secret it seems to me is summarized in four C's. They are Curiosity, Courage, Confidence and Constancy. And the greatest of all is Confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably.

  Walt Disney

  Motivational, Positive, Success

  "Perceive This! : How to Get Everything You Want Out of Life by Changing Your Perceptions". Book by Kevin A. Martin, 2004.

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• A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Love, Sad, Anniversary

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• I used to believe in forever, but forever's too good to be true

  A. A. Milne

  Relationship, Forever, Too Good To Be True

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• I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction. Yet true happiness comes from a sense of inner peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved through the cultivation of altruism, of love and compassion and elimination of ignorance, selfishness and greed.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Peace, Pain

  The 14th Dalai Lama's Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, www.nobelprize.org. December 10, 1989.

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• You can't convince a believer of anything; for their belief is not based on evidence, it's based on a deep seated need to believe

  Carl Sagan

  Death, Faith, Atheist

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• The problem with assumptions is that we believe they are the truth.

  Miguel Angel Ruiz

  Being Happy, Truth, Four Agreements

  "The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom". Book by Don Miguel Ruiz, 1997.

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• Every time you state what you want or believe, you're the first to hear it. It's a message to both you and others about what you think is possible. Don't put a ceiling on yourself

  Oprah Winfrey

  Confidence, Attitude, Business

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• I believe through learning and application of what you learn, you can solve any problem, overcome any obstacle and achieve any goal that you can set for yourself.

  Brian Tracy

  Inspirational, Wise, Goal

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• I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends.

  Walt Whitman

  Funny, Friendship, Real Friends

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Motivational, Positive, Strength

  Mahatma Gandhi (1962). “The Essential Gandhi: His Life, Work, and Ideas : an Anthology”, Vintage

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• Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Love, Inspirational, Motivational

  Louisa May Alcott (2009). “Work: A Story of Experience: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.305, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.

  R. Buckminster Fuller

  Faith, Thinking, Atheism

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• I believe in kissing, kissing a lot.

  Audrey Hepburn

  Kissing, I Believe, I Believe In

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• Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Confidence, Wisdom

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• In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create disticntions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhism, Sky, Calm Mind

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• I believe that everything happens for a reason.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Break Up, Broken Heart, Meaningful

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.

  Saint Augustine

  God, Faith, Catholic

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• You can not divorce religious belief and public service. I've never detected any conflict between God's will and my political duty. If you violate one, you violate the other.

  Jimmy Carter

  Religious, Divorce, Political

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