Quotes About Belief

faith is an initial and ongoing participation in the faith (i.e., faithful death) of Jesus.

for Paul private belief and public confession of it - including baptism - go hand in hand.3 Both are needed for salvation.

Paul's act of faith has enabled him to share in the faith of Jesus, the faith that expressed itself in self-giving love.

Specifically, the believer's faith is cruciform faith because Christ's faith(fulness) was expressed on the cross.

the founding fathers wholeheartedly believed "life was a school for virtue, and one must find the proper teachers."366 As a teacher, someone of Cincinnatus's virtue was "emulated, and spread," as Hume said, by "contagion."367

I have come to realize that much of my success can be attributed to the fact that I believe in the capacity of the people who have worked with me. I truly think that the leader who tries to know it all and tells everyone what to do is doomed to failure.

When most people come to believe the same thing, large gaps open up between price and value.

The other is the despair that arises when people believe the meritocratic promise has already been fulfilled, and they have lost out.

We perceive the world in the light of our hopes and fears.

En una sociedad desigual, quienes aterrizan en la cima quieren creer que su éxito tiene una justificación moral. En una sociedad meritocrática, eso significa que los ganadores deben creer que se han «ganado» el éxito gracias a su propio talento y esfuerzo.

This would turn the American dream into what Plato described as a "noble lie," a belief that, though untrue, sustains civic harmony by inducing citizens to accept certain inequalities as legitimate.

Trump supporters resented liberals' rhetoric of rising, not because they rejected meritocracy, but because they believed it described the prevailing social order. They had submitted to its discipline, had accepted the hard judgment it pronounced on their own merits, and believed others should do the same.

In an unequal society, those who land on top want to believe their success is morally justified. In a meritocratic society, this means the winners must believe they have earned their success through their own talent and hard work.

What is a good definition of a disciple of Jesus? Do you agree with the statement, "All disciples are believers, but not all believers are disciples"? Why or why not? Are you a disciple of Jesus? Who is a disciple of Jesus today? Is discipleship optional?

Just because it`s in print doesn`t mean it`s the gospel.

When they say the sky's the limit to me that's really true

If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.

Limits, like fear, is often an illusion.

Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.

Don't let them drag you down by rumors just go with what you believe in.

My mother is my root, my foundation. She planted the seed that I base my life on, and that is the belief that the ability to achieve starts in your mind.

In 1977, at least, he wished to have people believe that he shared and was proud of an attitude toward women that is not acceptable in a politician. In 2003, all he has said is that he doesn't remember the interview.

The truth was she didn't believe in a God who demanded her adoration. She believed in mystery. She believed in patterns and signs. She believed that quantum physics and the theory of relativity could not coexist in the same universe without help. She believed that there was no evolutionary reason for the way beautiful things could take the breath away or for the power of Art with a capital A.

You became what you wanted to become. That's what Ezra believe. You could become it if you tried hard enough, could take what you really were and change it, force-feed yourself a new life until it became your old life, too, blurred together until a better self emerged.