Belief Quotes - Page 36

• Without self belief nothing can be accomplished. With it, nothing is impossible.

  Felix Dennis

  Self, Impossible, Accomplished

  Felix Dennis (2008). “How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets”, p.105, Penguin

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• The arts reflect profoundly the most democratic credo, the belief in an individual vision or voice . . . The arts' belief in potential gives each of us -- both audience and creator -- pride in our society's ability to nurture individuals.

  Wendy Wasserstein

  Art, Pride, Voice

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• Masonry is not a religion.
  He who makes of it a religious belief, falsifies and denaturalizes it.

  Albert Pike

  Religious, Masonry, Religious Belief

  Albert Pike “Morals and Dogma : Scottish Rite in Freemasonry”, Lulu.com

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• Wicksell's old-fashioned liberalism is reminiscent of John Maynard Keynes' attitude toward conscription during World War I. Keynes opposed conscription, but he was not a pacifist. He opposed conscription because it deprived the citizen of the right to decide for himself whether or not to join in the fight. Keynes was exempt as a civil servant from conscription; so there is no need to question his sincerity. Apparently his belief in the rights of the individual against a majority of his compatriots was very strong indeed.

  Mancur Olson

  Strong, Attitude, War

  Mancur OLSON (2009). “The Logic of Collective Action”, p.90, Harvard University Press

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• I would prefer to remain in prison for another 20 years than bargain my beliefs for freedom.

  Samir Geagea

  Years, Prison, Bargains

  "Geagea Vows Not to Compromise His Principles" by Leila Hatoum, www.dailystar.com.lb. November 30, 2004.

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• Truth does not demand belief.

  Dan Barker

  Doe, Demand

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• You can never have too much butter - that is my belief. If I have a religion, that's it.

  Nora Ephron

  Too Much, Ifs

  Nora Ephron (2014). “The Most of Nora Ephron”, p.9, Random House

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• One of the basics of a good system of innovation is diversity. In some ways, the stronger the culture (national, institutional, generational, or other), the less likely it is to harbor innovative thinking. Common and deep-seated beliefs, widespread norms, and behavior and performance standards are enemies of new ideas. Any society that prides itself on being harmonious and homogeneous is very unlikely to catalyze idiosyncratic thinking. Suppression of innovation need not be overt. It can be simply a matter of peoples walking around in tacit agreement and full comfort with the status quo.

  Nicholas Negroponte

  Pride, Thinking, Agreement

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• Yeah, I think the common denominator - and this is probably going to sound like Acting 101 - but the common denominator is belief in the character in the moment.

  Jenna Elfman

  Character, Thinking, Acting

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

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• The stories that spread today empower us and give us belief in our own heroic potential.

  Jonah Sachs

  Giving, Empowering, Marketing

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• There is no place in contemporary Karate-do for different schools. Some instructors, I know, claim to have invented new and unusual kata, and so they arrogate to themselves the right to be called founders of "schools". Indeed, I have heard myself and my colleagues referred to as the Shoto-kan school, but I strongly object to this attempt at classification. My belief is that all these "schools" should be amalgamated into one so that Karate-do may pursue and orderly and useful progress into man's future.

  Gichin Funakoshi

  Art, School, Men

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• The person I love would never wear fur. Fur just makes me think of shallow women who have no conscience. The fur industry belongs to a time when people were selfish beyond belief. If you were some ancient tribal cheiftain, and there was not a department store nearby 350 years ago, I'd understand. But now, we have synthetic fibers,and it's not necessary. The elitism of fur makes me wanna puke.

  Gavin Rossdale

  Selfish, Thinking, Years

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• Believe in poverty and you will be poor.
  Believe in wealth and you will be rich.
  Believe in love and you will have love.
  Believe in health and you will be healthy.

  Napoleon Hill

  Believe, Love Is, Healthy

  Napoleon Hill (2007). “Grow Rich! With Peace of Mind”, p.225, Penguin

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• If we believe in magic, we'll live a magical life. If we believe our life is defined by narrow limits, we've suddenly made those beliefs real.

  Tony Robbins

  Real, Believe, Magic

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Unlimited Power: The New Science of Personal Achievement”, p.31, Simon and Schuster

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• Listen to your beliefs, think about how you learned them, and realize that they are not genetic, nor are they the "only way." You are free to acquire new perspectives, to absorb new ideas, and to question everything you were taught to believe. As your mind opens to exploration and change, you'll feel a new lightness and more joy.

  Charlotte Sophia Kasl

  Believe, Thinking, Ideas

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• Sometimes we adopt certain beliefs when we're children and use them automatically when we become adults, without ever checking them out against reality. This brings to mind the story of the woman who always cut off the end of the turkey when she put it in the oven. Her daughter asked her why, and her mother responded, "I don't know. My mother always did it." Then she went and asked her mother, who said, "I don't know. My mother always did it." The she went and asked her grandmother, who said, "The oven wasn't big enough."

  Charlotte Sophia Kasl

  Mother, Daughter, Children

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• The therapist does not treat patients by simply giving them another set of beliefs. He or she tries to help them see which kinds of ideas and beliefs have led to their suffering. Many patients want to get rid of their painful feelings, but they do not want to get rid of their beliefs, the viewpoints that are the very roots of their feelings.

  Nhat Hanh

  Painful Feelings, Ideas, Roots

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• Most philosophies wrap their seekers in a strict belief system. By virtue of what they include, they exclude everything else, especially some vital realizations. Periodically revising our philosophy of life as we live it is, therefore, a critically valuable exercise.

  Charles Bates

  Philosophy, Exercise, Realization

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• She realized how many of her beliefs were either unrealistic or belonged to her deceased parents and her ex-husband. She also realized that her expectations for herself and others were sometimes too rigid. She was trying to live up to what everyone else said was best for her, which made her depressed and hard to be around at times. Once she changed her beliefs about herself and others, she began to smile more and enjoy life.

  Salle Merrill Redfield

  Husband, Expectations, Enjoy Life

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• Be sure to choose what you believe and why you believe it, because if you don't choose your beliefs, you may be certain that some belief, and probably not a very credible one, will choose you.

  Robertson Davies

  Believe, May, Certain

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• I start off with the obvious, that it makes no sense either to believe or to disbelieve in God until a substantial and intelligent definition or concept should be offered. Belief or disbelief is a secondary consideration, contingent on the intelligibility and cogency of the premise; the primal unintelligence or irrationality of moderns is revealed by their eagerness to leap to a conclusion without ever being curious what the hell the original premise was.

  Kenny Smith

  God, Believe, Intelligent

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• If you really believe something, you will act in accordance with that belief - always. If you believe in gravity, you will never attempt to defy it. If you claim to hold a belief but act incongruently, then you don't actually believe it. You're only kidding yourself. Casual faith isn't.

  Steve Pavlina

  Believe, Claims, Gravity

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• Tolerance is a good cornerstone on which to build human relationships. When one views the slaughter and suffering caused by religious intolerance throughout all the history of man and into modern times, one can see that intolerance is a very nonsurvival activity. Religious tolerance does not mean one cannot express his own beliefs. It does mean that seeking to undermine or attack the religious faith and beliefs of another has always been a short road to trouble .

  L. Ron Hubbard

  Religious, Mean, Men

  L. Ron Hubbard “The Way To Happiness”, Bridge Publications, Inc.

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• Many teachers will tell you to believe; then they put out your eyes of reason and instruct you to follow only their logic. But I want you to keep your eyes of reason open; in addition, I will open in you another eye, the eye of wisdom.

  Sri Yukteswar Giri

  Teacher, Believe, Eye

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• Cancer taught me a plan for more purposeful living, and that in turn taught me how to train and to win more purposefully. It taught me that pain has a reason, and that sometimes the experience of losing things-whether health or a car or an old sense of self-has its own value in the scheme of life. Pain and loss are great enhancers.

  Lance Armstrong

  Pain, Cancer, Loss

  Interview with Tim Russert, www.nbcnews.com. August 26, 2007.

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