Quotes About Belief

I always call myself either an optimistic pessimist or a pessimistic optimist - I'm not sure which way it goes.

In this pessimistic world, especially in America, a positive outlook is very necessary.

It takes a certain amount of courage to not be pessimistic. I'd like to believe there is good in everyone.

I'm not pessimistic about anything.

I don't like being pessimistic. I don't like living my life with a nihilistic mindset.

I heard that Jesus had a pet dinosaur. Evolution must be a myth then.

We all have our pet things that we like to get religious about.

My dad Peter, who was my roadie when I was starting out, had loads of confidence but couldn't sing.

The boost in confidence that kept me going in those early days when I was at Newcastle came from Peter Beardsley.

When I was getting my education, I fell in love with the writings of Peter Drucker. He was my hero. I had a naive belief that when I became a manager, it was going to be like Peter Drucker's books. That is, I was going to be the effective executive. I was going to talk to people about their goals. I was going to help them actualize.

There are two metaphors for Mario the person and not Mario the footballer. I think I am a man, but I don't believe I need to say it. But I could also be Peter Pan because I do things my own way and I am free. So, yes, maybe I should say that I am Peter Pan - although I am much more of a man.

'Peter Pan' is tried and true - it's a story that everybody knows.

We're often ashamed of asking for so much help because it seems selfish or petty or narcissistic, but I think, if there's a God - and I believe there is - that God is there to help. That's what God's job is.

I turned to my mom and said, 'I'm going to be a martial arts movie star.' She didn't believe me, and neither did my dad. They both thought I would grow out of it. That it was a phase. I decided then I was going to do it or die trying.

I was in a phase when I was obsessed - I still am - with fortunetellers and psychics.

I don't believe in professional dissidents. I think it's just a phase, like adolescence.

I don't dismiss the music that I was involved with, I don't think it was a joke, I don't think it was funny or a phase, I don't think it was just something I was doing back then, to me it was who I am. It connects all the way through. I don't distance myself from any of it.

I think if you believe in past lives, I must have been an extremely deprived being. I must have been mistreated, beaten, and forced into indentured servitude because this life has just been phenomenal.

It is a truly powerful phenomenon when a brand makes a stand for what it believes in.

I'm Phil Knight, and I don't believe in advertising.

Everyone's talking about Phil Davis and what he did in college. It's an accomplishment to win an NCAA title. I don't want to discredit that. But I believe if I would have wrestled him in college, I would have beat him.

I have a lot of confidence in myself and Philadelphia has a lot of confidence in me.

At the end of my journey, I see myself as a Rocket. That's where I ended my career, and also the organization that did so much for me. They knew I had a vision, and I went to work for the owner, who's a man who believes in philanthropy and believed in me as a player.

I believe this Emperador Distillers investment in Whyte & Mackay is good for the Philippines as a whole, not only beneficial to our business.