Quotes About Belief

As much as I believe in tolerance and fairness, I have never lost a wink of sleep about being unapologetically intolerant of anyone who refuses to show respect for those around them.

The achiever is usually in an internal struggle. He struggles against what he believes and what he thinks he must do to make himself feel good. The trick in our lives is to get the two together. An internal sense of worth is just as important to the healthy man as an external sense of worth. However, it takes a healthy man to realize this.

The most common problem I find among silent sons is their belief that they're just like everybody else. In other words, many either believe that their family was not dysfunctional (when in fact it was) or believe that it was dysfunctional, but they were not affected. This is not unusual for men. The following are some classic behavior patterns in silent sons.

Scientists have no proof that life was not the result of an act of creation, but they are driven by the nature of their profession to seek explanations for the origin of life that lie within the boundaries of natural law.

You must see the change you wish to be in the world.

What is too absurd to be believed is believed because it is too absurd to be a lie.

I've seen men die because they were sure that what should not happen,would not. -Robert Jordan(The eye of the world,Wheel of time)

Moiraine: It seems Ryne was wrong as well as a Darkfriend. You were better than he. Lan: He was better. But he thought I was finished, with only one arm. He never understood. You surrender after you're dead.

Lan said the time to sound most sure was when you were least certain.

Belief and order give strength. Have to clear rubble before you can build.

Just because fate has chosen something for you instead of you choosing it for yourself doesn't mean it has to be bad.

To believe a thing is not to make it true.

A man without trust might as well be dead.

Well, we'll survive, the Light willing. Some grinned and added, And if the Light doesn't will, we'll still survive.

You can never know everything," Lan said quietly, "and part of what you know is always wrong. Perhaps even the most important part. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of courage lies in going on anyway.

Lan shook his head sightly He was better. But he thought I was finished, with only one arm. He never understood. You surrender after you're dead.

Only a fool believed women less dangerous than men, but women often seemed to think men fools when it came to women.

Mat had tried to make her say she saw a hat floating around Mat's head. That would persuade Tuon to stop trying to get rid of his, would it not?

People had a way of folding what they saw into what they knew and what they wanted to believe.

It was hard to explain to students that there was a rule that trumped all of the others: Always trust your instincts.

Small hopes can grow surprising fruit.

Confidence was one key to victory. The other side believing you were confident was sometimes almost as good as actually being confident.

I've seen men die because they were sure that what should not happen, would not.

A man who trusts everyone is a fool, Lews Therin said, and a man who trusts no one is a fool. We are all fools, if we live long enough.