Belief Quotes
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As a result of half a century of Soviet rule people have been weaned from a belief in human kindness.
Svetlana Alliluyeva -
I'll drown my beliefs. To have you be in peace.
Thomas Edward Yorke Atoms for Peace
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As far as belief goes, postmodernism prefers to travel light: it has beliefs, to be sure, but it does not have faith
Terry Eagleton -
The fluidity of thought is based on the flexibility of beliefs and the emotional boundaries surrounding them.
Michael Arndt -
Deportation is a decision taken by the home secretary under statute, The new grounds will include fostering hatred, advocating violence to further a person's beliefs, or justifying or validating such violence.
Tony Blair -
Belief is a very peculiar thing: we tend to put more store in a belief we like than a fact we hate.
Stephen Tobolowsky -
Modern Americans travel light, with little philosophic baggage other than a fervent belief in their right to the pursuit of happiness.
George Will -
Well I wasn't really attacking the religious beliefs in the song 'The Vatican Rag', I was attacking the formality of the rituals of the Catholic church; however, people took it wrongly.
Tom Lehrer
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We were never created to settle for mere religion. Jesus did not die so that we could have a religious belief system - but rather a life-giving relationship with our Father.
Christine Caine -
My belief is firm in a law of compensation. The true rewards are ever in proportion to the labour and sacrifices made.
Nikola Tesla -
The only thing more dangerous than an idea is a belief.
Sarah Vowell -
Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.
William James -
Better a wrong will than a wavering; better a steadfast enemy than an uncertain friend; better a false belief than no belief at all.
George Eliot -
Conservatism clings to what has been established, fearing that, once we begin to question the beliefs that we have inherited, all the values of life will be destroyed.
Morris Raphael Cohen
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Human beliefs, like all other natural growths, elude the barrier of systems.
Miguel de Unamuno -
Quite simply, there can be no popular sovereignty without a real belief in the value of government. If government does not assume and carry out public responsibilities, less accountable institutions such as the corporation will do the job in their own self-interest.
Charles Derber -
I'm never going to walk away because I'll always have belief that I can improve players and make things better.
Brendan Rodgers -
The first generation of school reformers I talk about - nineteenth century education reformer Horace Mann, Catharine Beecher - they are true believers in their vision for public education. They have a missionary zeal. And this to me connects them a lot to folks today, whether it's education activist Campbell Brown or former D.C. public schools chancellor Michelle Rhee. It's a righteous sense, a reform push that's driven by a strong belief in a particular set of solutions.
Dana Goldstein -
For I think belief in God is not a matter of reason at all; I think it finally is a matter of love.
William Peter Blatty -
To operate based on conviction and belief requires an acceptance that your actions could get you fired. This is different from pig-headed bravado, and it is different from putting the company at risk.
Simon Sinek
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It's my belief that one of the unconscious reasons which underlies the odd attitude of the establishment toward hallucinogens is the fact that they bring the mystery to the surface as an individual experience. In other words, you do not understand the psychedelic experience by getting a report from Time magazine or even the Economist. You only understand the psychedelic experience by having it.
Terence McKenna -
Old age is the lubricant of belief.
Carlo D'Este -
We often ask our citizens to split their public and private selves, telling them in effect that it is fine to be religious in private, but there is something askew when those private beliefs become the basis for public action.
Stephen Carter -
I believe acting truly is harnessing the power of belief.
Heath Ledger