Belief Quotations | Page 3

A belief in God helps provide a foundation to arbitrate our decisions. Without this foundation, we are condemned to live essentially formless lives.

It is my belief CAFTA will be beneficial for Alabama and the United States as a whole.

My belief in God is responsible for what I am... How can I refuse to talk about something which is so much a prt of my life both as a man and as a actor?

Too many religious organizations are in the business of enforcing beliefs.

There is no way that you can ever really repeat something. I have this great belief that the magic of the moment can never be recaptured.

Then I realized that secrecy is actually to the detriment of my own peace of mind and self, and that I could still sustain my belief in privacy and be authentic and transparent at the same time. It was a pretty revelatory moment, and there's been a liberating force that's come from it.

'The Sea Wolf' is the story of a man who believes only in brute force. He is so firm in belief in his own ideas that he despises all who disagree with him. He preaches the doctrine of intolerance. He flaunts the notion that democracy is anything but weakness.

We have good security. It's hard to get in here. Barring a tactical entry where terrorists come in and hold us hostage, that's about the only thing that could possibly warrant me carrying a gun in the clubhouse. That's highly unlikely, and I admit that. But my personal belief is I don't want to suffer from the poor choices of others.

Belief is a moral act for which the believer is to be held responsible.

Google is more than a business. Google is a belief system. And we believe passionately in the open Internet model.

That's what got me through 65 years of life - my belief in God and what He's done for us and what He will do for us.

Hope is the belief we might get it done, and faith is the knowledge we will get it done.

If the American people really come to a settled belief that Bush lied us into war, his presidency will be over.

It is my belief that tax credits only go to people who are making money, and they generally keep it.

If we are going to save this country, if we are going to reestablish that belief in God, it's up to us. If we don't do it, who will?

The equation of religion with belief is rather recent.

My mom broke the mold. She put my brother and I first, always, and worked her fingers to the bone trying to provide for us. She taught us right from wrong and gave us very strong morals and values and belief in family, things that have stayed with me.

You're not free until you've been made captive by supreme belief.

It is my firm belief that action on the issues that matter for Africa must emerge from within Africa itself.

My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that's never been explained.

Then when I went to Iraq and saw the strength and character the men and women in our military service exhibit every day and their belief in what they're doing, I knew I wanted to get that on film and share it with everyone. They are my inspiration.

Most of the Michelle Bachmanns and Mitt Romneys who say such terrible things about us actually is a positive force, because it allows sensible people to realize how stupid and vile their beliefs are.

An atmosphere of beliefs and conceptions has been formed by the labours and struggles of our forefathers, which enables us to breathe amid the various and complex circumstances of our life.

The sweetest thing I could say about my mother and father is that if I had the choice, I would have picked them. But I don't have any belief in biology or DNA as compelling conduct. The idea that we owe people something because we're related to them is bizarre. But the idea that we owe something because of their conduct towards us is legitimate.

Man has not really vanquished Shamanism and its spooks till he possesses the strength to lay aside not only the belief in ghosts or in spirits, but also the belief in the spirit.

It is not to be forgotten that what we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts.

I believe veganism can be beneficial for the individual and the world, and of course the animal, but belief is like laying in the dark with someone and telling them you love them and hearing nothing back. So I've never had the confidence to get on a soapbox and tell someone else what to do.

Technological man can't believe in anything that can't be measured, taped, or put into a computer.

The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions.

The biggest barriers to strategic renewal are almost always top management's unexamined beliefs.

Um, I have an enormous faith in God. I have an enormous support system that also has that same belief.

Your work is to keep cranking the flywheel that turns the gears that spin the belt in the engine of belief that keeps you and your desk in midair.

As with many other folk beliefs, 'feng-shui' undoubtedly incorporates some scientifically correct observation or received wisdom based on direct experience of natural phenomena; but it needs to be dealt with skeptically as a credible system of thought. Some feng-shui prescriptions can certainly lead to desirable results.

To sustain your belief through situations that completely undermine it is quite something.

Being hurt personally triggered a curiosity about how such beliefs are formed.

Let us remember we are all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in equality under the law, basic respect for public order, and the right of peaceful protest.

He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.

The Obama presidency, and liberalism in general, are based on not trusting the American people - a belief that big government is better for people.

It is my belief that no matter how advanced man may become in science, technology, systems, and knowledge, he can never improve on the foundational precepts of marriage as the bedrock of social development.

We're constantly told that all cultures are equal, and that every belief system is as good as the next. And it led to a kind of - and generally, that America was to be known for its flaws rather than its virtues.

Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence.

Unfortunately, science cannot be reduced to short, catchy phrases. And if this is all that the general public can comprehend, it's no wonder that we spend so much of our time in the interminable debate about belief in God, or lack thereof.

Contrary to popular belief, Americans don't hate advertising.

I wouldn't trade anything for family time. To me, it is more important than everything else, and I have a very deep-rooted belief in it, which is influenced by my Jewish faith. That's a very great source of who I am and what I believe in.

When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.

The film depends on the audience's belief in this relationship.

No one has the right to destroy another person's belief by demanding empirical evidence.

I don't feel particularly comfortable about actors using whatever power they may have to push their beliefs, unless they're extremely well informed.

I am always easy of belief when the creed pleases me.

My core beliefs revolve around the idea that we should live to the best of our abilities-we should live and let live.

All that you accomplish or fail to accomplish with your life is the direct result of your thoughts.

That which has been believed by everyone, always and everywhere, has every chance of being false.

It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him; for the one is only belief - the other contempt.

A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.

We wanted to meet him, for though we were neither of us naive people we had not wholly lost our belief that it is delightful to meet artists who have given us pleasure.

A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not.

Religious belief has made me comfortable with ambiguity.

When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.

I just hate one-dimensional portrayals of religion; it's too cheap and easy to do, and ignores the nuances that go into having a belief system.

It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.

It is true that too much belief can be bad for your health.

We are all captives of the picture in our head - our belief that the world we have experienced is the world that really exists.

Religion is faith. Faith is belief without evidence. Belief without evidence cannot be shared. Faith is a feeling. Love is also a feeling, but love makes no universal claims. Love is pure.

The best way to know God is to love many things.

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.

I feel completely fearless when I'm on stage. And also totally fearful. There's the fear that I'm not making a very smart career move sometimes, but there's the stronger belief that these things need to be said.

I was brought up as a Catholic, and I'm no longer a Catholic. I don't talk about my beliefs too much in public probably because I feel very strongly that it's something personal - more than personal, it's private.

Never stop paying attention to things. Never make your mind up finally. Do not hold beliefs.

We all have our beliefs or our agnosticism.

I know there's a principle of spirit. It works without space-time. I am subject to that principle, in spirit and in belief of body. Learn how spirit works, a few simple rules, living a perfect spiritual life is easy.

The sixties were characterized by a heady belief in instantaneous solutions.

Truth is inseperable from the illusory belief that from the figures of the unreal one day, in spite of all, real deliverance will come.

I don't believe it. Prove it to me and I still won't believe it.

Americans will respect your beliefs if you just keep them private.

No one in the American Enterprise imposes their beliefs. We clash, and I think that's what the West is all about.

Of what worth are convictions that bring not suffering?

I believe a man is better anchored who has a belief in the Supreme Being.

I wanted to write about how people's beliefs shift.

Christmas is a Christian holiday, and any self-respecting person of another religion should not celebrate a holiday that they don't believe in. Clearly, Christ is in the name of the holiday, so there should be a belief in Him.

You can do what you think you can do and you cannot do what you think you cannot

I'm particularly happy that the Ronald Reagan Building is both public and private, and embraces his lifelong belief... in free and open trade.

I'd like Muslims to look at their religion as a set of beliefs that they can appraise critically and pick and choose from.

I am much more radical in my beliefs than my products represent me to be.

A belief is like a guillotine, just as heavy, just as light.

Most of our assumptions have outlived their uselessness.

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.

There's no sense in going to a tournament if you don't believe that you can win it. And that is the belief I have always had. And that is not going to change.

The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discovers to me his existence.

Christopher Reeve understood that... everything begins with hope. His vision of walking again, his belief that he would be able to in his lifetime, towered over his broken body.

I'm boring. My beliefs are neither here nor there.

Just as no one can be forced into belief, so no one can be forced into unbelief.

We were brought up Protestant, and I went to church three times a day on a Sunday. My parents weren't Bible-bashers, but we all have a strong belief in God and a strong faith. We had a huge garden; our house was a bit like a scene from 'The Good Life.' I think Mam and Dad had it really hard, bringing up a big family on very little.

I confused things with their names: that is belief.

The want of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot be overcome.

Myths which are believed in tend to become true.

I'm a strict, strict agnostic. It's very different from a casual, 'I don't know.' It's that you cannot present as knowledge something that is not knowledge. You can present it as faith, you can present it as belief, but you can't present it as fact.

In order to win, you must expect to win.

The word 'belief' is a difficult thing for me. I don't believe. I must have a reason for a certain hypothesis. Either I know a thing, and then I know it - I don't need to believe it.

Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we're hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.

I had a total belief in The Style Council. I meant every word and felt every action.