Quotes with belief

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  • Anthony Walton America's greatest strength, and its greatest weakness, is our belief in second chances, our belief that we can always start over, that things can be made better.
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  • Bayard Taylor An enthusiastic desire of visiting the Old World haunted me from early childhood. I cherished a presentiment, amounting almost to belief, that I should one day behold the scenes, among which my fancy had so long wandered.
    Bayard Taylor
    American poet, travel author, and diplomat (1825 - 1878)
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  • Anthony Trollope And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning
    Anthony Trollope
    British writer (1815 - 1882)
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  • Michel de Certeau As a first approximation, I define ''belief'' not as the object of believing (a dogma, a program, etc.) but as the subject's investment in a proposition, the act of saying it and considering it as true.
    Michel de Certeau
    French writer
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  • Henry James Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.
    Henry James
    American author (1843 - 1916)
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  • Bono Because I was suspicious of the traditional Christian church, I tended to tar them all with the same brush. That was a mistake, because there are righteous people working in a whole rainbow of belief systems - from Hasidic Jews to right-wing Bible Belters to charismatic Catholics.
    Bono
    Irish singer, songwriter, philanthropist, activist and businessman (1960 - )
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • William James Belief creates the actual fact.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Robert A. Heinlein Belief gets in the way of learning.
    Robert A. Heinlein
    American science fiction writer (1907 - 1988)
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  • Frank Gifford Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture.
    Frank Gifford
    American football player and actor (1930 - )
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  • Barbara Grizzuti Harrison Belief in the absence of illusions is itself an illusion.
    Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
    American journalist, essayist and memoirist (1934 - 2002)
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  • Blaise Pascal Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists.
    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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  • Robert Wilson Belief is the death of intelligence. As soon as one believes a doctrine of any sort, or assumes certitude, one stops thinking about that aspect of existence.
    Robert Wilson
    American theater stage director and playwright (1941 - )
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  • William Hazlitt Belief is with them mechanical, voluntary: they believe what they are paid for - they swear to that which turns to account. Do you suppose, that after years spent in this manner, they have any feeling left answering to the difference between truth and falsehood?
    William Hazlitt
    English writer (1778 - 1830)
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  • Samuel Butler Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • David J. Schwartz Believe Big. The size of your success is determined by the size of your belief. Think little goals and expect little achievements. Think big goals and win big success. Remember this, too! Big ideas and big plans are often easier - certainly no more difficult - than small ideas and small plans.
    David J. Schwartz
    American motivational writer and coach (1927 - 1987)
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  • William James Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Benjamin Haydon Beware of the beginnings of vice. Do not delude yourself with the belief that it can be argued against in the presence of the exciting cause. Nothing but actual flight can save you.
    Benjamin Haydon
    British artist (1786 - 1846)
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  • Andrei Sakharov Both now and for always, I intend to hold fast to my belief in the hidden strength of the human spirit.
    Andrei Sakharov
    Russian nuclear physicist, dissident and activist (1921 - 1989)
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  • Barack Obama But let's remember that we're all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in equality under the law; a basic respect for public order and the right to peaceful public protest.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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