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Quotes About Belief

Moreover, the very belief that Americans had somehow discovered the ultimate answer to mankind's eternal quandaries and were now poised to establish heaven on earth was a delusion that deserved to be ranked alongside the fables about the Holy Grail and the fountain of youth. We may boast that we are one, the chosen people,: he (Adams) warned, and we may even thank God that we are not like other men, but, after all, it would be but flattery, delusion, the self-deceit of the Pharisee.
~ Joseph J. Ellis
creation: "If I could not go to heaven but with a party," proclaimed Thomas Jefferson, "I would not go there at all."1
~ Joseph J. Ellis
If it should be revealed or demonstrated that there is no future state, my advice to every man, woman, and child would be Ã¢â'¬Â¦ to take opium."48
~ Joseph J. Ellis
The doctor dresses the wound, but God heals it.
~ Joseph Murphy
You are as young as you think you are. You are as strong as you think you are. You are as useful as you think you are. You are as young as your thoughts.
~ Joseph Murphy
If you imagine, for example, that another person is mean, dishonest, and jealous, notice the emotion you evoke within yourself. Now reverse the situation. Begin to imagine the same person as honest, sincere, loving, and kind; notice the reaction it calls forth in you. Are you not, therefore, master of your attitudes?
~ Joseph Murphy
Life is addition! Death is subtraction. You add to your life by imagining whatsoever things are true, lovely, noble, and Godlike. Imagine and feel yourself successful, and you must become successful. You are never a slave to circumstances, environment, or conditions.
~ Joseph Murphy
am going to master this fear. I am overcoming it now. I speak with poise and confidence.
~ Joseph Murphy
I'm born to succeed; the Infinite within
~ Joseph Murphy
Over ninety percent of your mental life is subconscious. If you fail to make use of this marvelous power, you condemn yourself to live within very narrow limits.
~ Joseph Murphy
Never use the terms, "I can't afford it" or "I can't do this." Your subconscious mind takes you at your word and sees to it that you do not have the money or the ability to do what you want to do. Affirm, "I can do all things through the power of my subconscious mind.
~ Joseph Murphy
You must be like Joseph and become a practical dreamer. Decide to make your dreams come true. Withdraw, and take away your attention now from appearances of things and from sense evidence. Even though your senses deny what you pray for, affirm that it is true in your heart. Bring your mind back from its wandering after the false Gods of fear and doubt, to rest in the Omnipotence of the Spiritual Power within you. in the silence and quietude of your own mind, dwell on the fact that there is
~ Joseph Murphy
Give all your mental attention to recognizing the absolute sovereignty of the Spiritual Power, knowing that the God-Power has the answer and is now showing you the way. Trust It, believe in It, and walk the earth in the Light. Your prayer is already answered.
~ Joseph Murphy
Think good, and good follows. Think evil, and evil follows. You are what you think all day long.
~ Joseph Murphy
Trust in the Lord and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
~ Joseph Murphy
God is guiding me now, and I predicate my success on the fact that the Wisdom of the Almighty reveals to me everything I need to know; I am prospered be­yond my fondest dreams."  
~ Joseph Murphy
Choose to believe that something good can happen and is happening now. Your greatest power is your capacity to choose. Choose happiness and abundance.
~ Joseph Murphy
Remember, it is not the thing believed in, but the belief in your own mind, which brings about the result.
~ Joseph Murphy
There is only one Principle of Intelligence in this world; all that is really necessary is to say and believe, God is guiding me now, and there is only right action in my life.
~ Joseph Murphy
He calleth things that be not as though they were, and the unseen becomes seen.
~ Joseph Murphy
The American philosopher, Ralph Waldo Emerson, said, "Man is what he thinks all day long.
~ Joseph Murphy
The subconscious mind takes your fears as a request, proceeds to manifest them, and brings them into your experience.
~ Joseph Murphy
The suggestions of others in themselves have absolutely no power whatever over you except the power that you give them through your own thoughts. You have to give your mental consent; you have to entertain the thought. Then, it becomes your thought, and you do the thinking. Remember, you have the capacity to choose. Choose life! Choose love! Choose health!
~ Joseph Murphy
The doctor dresses the wound and God heals it."     Wonders
~ Joseph Murphy