Quotes About Beliefs

I'm black, and I don't support Donald Trump in any way, shape, or form.

Donald Trump, you don't stand for our values.

You can come to a political position from an emotional place.

I'd say in the NBA, we have a league that really encourages players to stand for what they believe in. And I think that has created a great relationship between the players and the league.

Where do we begin this process of reevaluation of values? It makes sense to begin with our mind, which is the tool we use to evaluate. Once we make sure it is functioning as it should, we can feel confident in using it to think about our beliefs and priorities.

What Buddhism failed to give, Shintoism offered in abundance.

I believe we can't trust the gods. They don't shape our lives; we have to do that ourselves. It's not about whose gods are right, because there is no right or wrong. We have to be able to depend on ourselves and trust ourselves. If we can gather strength from our beliefs, then that's enough.

when people are different and don't believe the same things, it's not likely that a life together would ever work.

there are some values worth standing up for, regardless of shifting cultural mores.

I honestly do not know if love vanquishes death as our traditional faiths teach but I do know that our vulnerabilities trump our ideologies and that love leavens the purity and logic of our beliefs propelling us to connect as the fiercely gracious human beings we are.

We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.

To realise the relative validity of one's convictions and yet stand for them unflinchingly is what distinguishes a civilised man from a barbarian.

I have often said one of the reasons more blacks don't support Republicans is because they don't trust the GOP establishment.

Communists are not progressives.

In business, as in politics, it is never easy to go against the beliefs and attitudes held by the majority. The businessman who moves counter to the tide of prevailing opinion must expect to be obstructed, derided and damned.

What happens entirely in my head, including my thoughts and beliefs, is nobody's business but my own. But when I put thoughts or beliefs into action, I have to consider the impact on others, especially those whose thoughts and beliefs differ from my own. This

We each see ourselves as being a certain kind of person with a specific set of values, beliefs, and dreams. In practice, however, we often are not what we want to be but instead end up choosing what others expect us to be. This is called our ought self. Avoid it.

People should be judged by their actions, not their beliefs. Actions speak louder than faith.

Because some people never grow up, or not in a way that allows them to develop the courage of their convictions.

It's not events, but our opinions about them, which cause us suffering." Ellis

Epictetus, who said, "It's not events, but our opinions about them, which cause us suffering.

Feelings are self-justifying, with a set of perceptions and "proofs" all their own.

People's beliefs about their abilities have a profound effect on those abilities. Ability is not a fixed property; there is a huge variability in how you perform. People who have a sense of self-efficacy bounce back from failures; they approach things in terms of how to handle them rather than worrying about what can go wrong.

I'm not a believer in predetermined fates, being rewarded for one's efforts. I'm not a believer in karma. The reason why I try to be a good person is because I think it's the right thing to do. If I commit fewer bad acts there will be fewer bad acts, maybe other people will join in committing fewer bad acts, and in time there will be fewer and fewer of them.