Firm Beliefs Quotes - Page 2

• A firm belief atthracts facts. They come out iv holes in the ground an' cracks in th' wall to support belief, but they run away fr'm doubt.

  Finley Peter Dunne

  Running, Wall, Support

  Finley Peter Dunne (2015). “Mr. Dooley Says”, p.74, The Floating Press

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• Most of the characteristics which make for success in writing are precisely those which we are all taught to repress ... the firm belief that you are an important person, that you are a lot smarter than most people, and that your ideas are so damned important that everybody should listen to you.

  Robert Anton Wilson

  Writing, Ideas, People

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• Oprah Winfrey's global influence is unparalleled. Not only has her generosity and firm belief that education is the key to a better life benefited countless women and children around the world, but her example has also inspired millions of people to give back in ways big and small.

  Eli Broad

  Children, Keys, People

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• I am of the firm belief that everybody could write books and I never understand why they don't. After all, everybody speaks. Once the grammar has been learnt it is simply talking on paper and in time learning what not to say.

  Beryl Bainbridge

  Book, Writing, Talking

  1976 In D L Kirkpatrick (ed) Contemporary Novelists.

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• It is my firm belief that all successful languages are grown and not merely designed from first principles

  Bjarne Stroustrup

  Learning, Successful, Principles

  Bjarne Stroustrup (1994). “The Design and Evolution of C++”, Addison-Wesley Professional

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• It is my firm belief that the infinite and uncontrollable fury of nuclear weapons should never be held in the hands of any mere mortal ever again, for any reason.

  Mikhail Gorbachev

  Hands, Nuclear Disarmament, Weapons

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• Participation in the dance was entirely voluntary, a mental vow to worship the Mystery in this manner being expressed by a man ardently desiring the recovery of a sick relative; or surrounded by an enemy with escape apparently impossible; or, it might be, dying of hunger … since some inscrutable power had swept all game from forest and prairie. Others joined in the ceremony in the hope and firm belief that the Mystery …would grant them successes against the enemy and consequent eminence at home.

  Edward S. Curtis

  Home, Recovery, Men

  Edward S. Curtis (2015). “The Teton Sioux, The Yanktonai, The Assiniboin”, p.88, Native American Book Publishers, LLC

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• I looked at myself in the mirror. I looked awful, but I always look awful in the mirror. I keep myself going with the firm belief that my real face is much better looking.

  George Alec Effinger

  Real, Mirrors, Looks

  George Alec Effinger (2017). “The Budayeen Cycle: When Gravity Fails, A Fire in the Sun, and The Exile Kiss”, p.23, Open Road Media

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• Young persons, because of their immaturity, may not fully comprehend the consequences of their actions and should therefore benefit from less severe sanctions than adults. More importantly, it reflects the firm belief that young persons are more susceptible to change, and thus have a greater potential for rehabilitation than adults.

  Mary Robinson

  Immaturity, Adults, Benefits

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• For in Asia and around the world, India is not simply emerging; India has already emerged. And it is my firm belief that the relationship between the United States and India - bound by our shared interests and values - will be one of the defining partnerships of the 21st century. This is the partnership I have come here to build. This is the vision that our nations can realise together.

  Barack Obama

  Inspiring, Vision, Together

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• It is my firm belief that the God of Heaven raised up the founding fathers and inspired them to establish the Constitution of this land. This is part of my religious faith. To me this is not just another nation. It is a great and glorious nation with a divine mission to perform for liberty-loving people everywhere.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Religious, Father, Land

  Ezra Taft Benson, Carlisle Bargeron (1956). “Farmers at the Crossroads”

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• Nowhere does one become more convinced of the strong hold which Freemasonry takes upon the minds and lives of those aging workers in the Craft who have attained its highest honors and of their firm belief in the power of its teachings to purify the soul of men and raise them to a new dignity and to greater heights of spirituality and practical morality.

  George Washington

  Strong, Teaching, Men

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• The gospel of Jesus Christ is good news, glad tidings, and much more. It is the message of salvation as repeatedly announced by Jesus Christ and His apostles and prophets. It is my firm belief that all truth and light originating with God is embraced in the gospel of Jesus Christ.

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Jesus, Light, News

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• What is the special privilege of youth? It is, I think, the power of looking forward, the firm belief that the future holds something that is worth possessing, and that, therefore, one can let the present moment drop from one without regret and without fear.

  Edith Sitwell

  Regret, Thinking, Special

  Edith Sitwell (Dame), Elizabeth Salter, Allanah Harper (1976). “Edith Sitwell: fire of the mind : an anthology”, Michael Joseph

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• Baseball is the greatest of American games. Some say football, but it is my firm belief, and it shall always be, that baseball has no superior.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Baseball, Football, Games

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• 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.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Would Be, Belief, Affair

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• It is my firm belief that the solution to all problems lies in dialogue. Earlier, it was believed that force indicates power. Now, power must come through the strength of ideas and the effective dialogue.

  Narendra Modi

  Lying, Ideas, Innovation

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• It is a widespread and firm belief among guests that their departure is always a matter of distress to their hosts, and that in order to indicate that they have been pleasantly entertained, they must demonstrate an extreme unwillingness to allow the entertainment to conclude. This is not necessarily true.

  Judith Martin

  Order, Departure, Guests

  Judith Martin (1989). “Miss Manners' guide for the turn-of-the-millennium”

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• I have a firm belief in such things as, you know, the water, the Earth, the trees and sky. And I'm wondering, it is increasingly difficult to find those elements in nature, because it's nature I believe in rather than some spiritual thing.

  Bill Blass

  Spiritual, Believe, Sky

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• What people have to realize is that if one has a firm belief in God and the spirit then one does not make statements that are negative and untrue.

  Prince

  People, Negative, Doe

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I'm a common law judge. I believe in deciding every case on its facts, not on a legal philosophy. And I believe in deciding each case in the most limited way possible, because common law judges have a firm belief that the best development of the law is the one that lets society show you the next step, and that next step is in the new facts that each case presents.

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Philosophy, Believe, Law

  Source: progressive.org

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• My firm belief is that he reveals Himself daily to every human being but we shut our ears to the still small Voice.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  God, Voice, Ears

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.64, A&C Black

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• Faith: a firm belief for which there is no evidence.

  Bertrand Russell

  Belief, Evidence, Firm

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• I want to remind you that success in life is based on hard slogging. There will be periods when discouragement is great and upsetting, and the antidote for this is calmness and fortitude and a modest yet firm belief in your competence. Be sure that your priorities are in order so that you can proceed in a logical manner, and be ever mindful that nothing will take the place of persistence.

  Walter Annenberg

  Inspirational, Persistence, Order

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• I came to Ottawa with the firm belief that the only people in this country who should have guns are police officers and soldiers.

  Allan Rock

  Country, Gun, Should Have

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