Quotes About Belief

Learning and knowledge make people think, and doubt and questioning are difficult companions for faith to have.

Philosophy is a dangerous thing for any dogmatic religion; it makes people think.

A person's right to be human outweighs anybody's human rights to be religious.

The expression "I'll believe it when I see it" is actually not the success formula for landing a new position. The formula that will help you get a job in a troubled job market is the opposite: "I'll see it when I first believe it." You first have to believe you can secure your next job; then you will.

I learned that I am what I think; I am my thoughts. I was taught to be the master of my own thoughts, because if I think I can do something, I will. And if I doubt I can do something, I won't. I learned that my thoughts are the blueprints for my future. The same is true for you!

When I began writing my first book in 1994, one naysayer told me I had a better chance of going to the moon than getting a book published! The most important lesson I learned back then was that anything was possible if I was committed to it. This is a valuable lesson for you. Anything is possible for you if you are committed to your goal. You must not give anyone permission to rob you of your dreams or let anything get in the way of attaining your true potential.

And, as a matter of fact, every believer may share in the full supply of divine equipment to the degree that is necessary to accomplish God's will.11

But as me mum used to say, 'It's always darkest before the dawn.' Things will get better; I'm sure of it." "What worries me is something my dad used to say." "Oh?" "For things to get better they must first get far worse." Her eyes widened. "Oh, dear." I had the feeling my dad knew more than her mum.

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For persuasive purposes, the opinion of your audience is as good as what it knows, and what it thinks is true counts the same as the truth.

Quién querría enseñar liderazgo cuando la academia no cree en los líderes? Al mismo tiempo, la literatura inglesa reemplazó a los clásicos y el pensamiento antiguo dejó de estar en boga.

I have convictions, and the courage of my convictions allows me to overcome my fears and act in a courageous manner...

Do not teach your congregation to pray. Someday they might succeed.

A goddess is the sum of all her believers, all the prayers and hopes and curses and despair ever uttered in her name.

For me, religion comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable.

Religion is for people afraid of going to hell, Spirituality is for people who have been there.

It is not an easy thing to alter the trajectory of your life. People have expectations on your behalf. You come to believe them yourself.

Love is blind. God is Love. Ray Charles is blind. Therefore Ray Charles must be God"14 Tom Waits was already a believer.

You are always in the beginning of some prophecy that you will not believe to save your life. You travel in cities that travel in you, lost in the ache of knowing none.

Believe and Succeed

Believe in yourself and in your own voice, because there will be times in this business when you will be the only one who does. Take heart from the knowledge that an author with a strong voice will often have trouble at the start of his or her career because strong,distinctive voices sometimes make editors nervous. But in the end, only the strong survive.

Charlotte never lied to others, so she made the classic mistake of the habitually honest—she assumed that other people did not lie to her, at least not to her face. In her world, people were innocent of deliberate deceit until proven otherwise, which was, of course, way too late. Even

You and I certainly had out issues, Cooper. But I never, for a moment, doubted that you could be trusted. My father told me once that your word was good amber. I have no reason to believe otherwise.

Don't let anyone tell you that you can't, because they didn't.