The most positive men are the most credulous, since they most believe themselves, and advise most with their falsest flatterer and worst enemy,—their own self-love.
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744) English Poet
Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
Your level of belief in yourself will inevitably manifest itself in whatever you do.
—Les Brown
I believe in the sun even if it isn’t shining. I believe in love even when I am alone. I believe in God even when He is silent.
—Anonymous
I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.
—Shirley Temple (1928–2014) American Actress, Diplomat
An old belief is like an old shoe. We so value its comfort that we fail to notice the hole in it.
—Robert Brault
Believe
Believe in yourself, what you think, what you feel.
Believe in the truth, in the good, the ideal.
Believe that your dreams can someday become real…
Forever and always, believe.
Believe in yourself and what you can do.
Believe in the goals that you strive to pursue.
Believe in the friends who believe in you too…
Forever and always, believe.
—Jessica Lucas (b.1985) Canadian Actress, Singer
Faith makes the discords of the present the harmonies of the future.
—Robert Collier (1885–1950) American Self-Help Author
To believe a thing is impossible is to make it so.
—French Proverb
Faith is the force of life.
—Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) Russian Novelist
To me faith means not worrying.
—John Dewey (1859–1952) American Philosopher, Psychologist, Educator
Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.
—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian
Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something.
—Andrew V. Mason
At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide.
—Unknown
It is impossible on reasonable grounds to disbelieve miracles.
—Blaise Pascal (1623–62) French Mathematician, Physicist, Theologian
We won’t even attempt to achieve what we do not believe at a deep level we can have or deserve.
—Ruth Ross
Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch, which ought to be applied as sparingly as possible.
—E. M. Forster (1879–1970) English Novelist, Short Story Writer, Essayist
You’ve got to be success minded. You’ve got to feel that things are coming your way when you’re out selling; otherwise, you won’t be able to sell anything.
—Curtis L. Carlson (1914–99) American Businessman
Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
They believe that nothing will happen because they have closed their doors.
—Maurice Maeterlinck (1862–1949) Belgian Poet, Playwright, Essayist
Faith is verification by the heart; confession by the tongue; action by the limbs.
—Unknown
No faith is our own that we have not arduously won.
—Havelock Ellis (1859–1939) British Essayist, Physician
We believe at once in evil, we only believe in good upon reflection.—Is not this sad?
—Dorothee Luzy Dotinville (1747–1830) French Dancer, Actress
yamai wa ki kara
sickness is a thing of the spirit
—Japanese Proverb
In order to be a realist you must believe in miracles.
—David Ben-Gurion (1886–1973) Russian-born Israeli Head of State
No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, could ever compel the soul of man to believe or disbelieve.
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish Historian, Essayist
Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.
—Michelangelo (1475–1564) Italian Painter, Sculptor, Architect, Poet, Engineer
Fear knocked at the door. Faith answered. And lo, no one was there.
—Unknown
Artistic growth is, more than it is anything else, a refining of the sense of truthfulness. The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is.
—Willa Cather (1873–1947) American Novelist, Writer
Our faith triumphant o’er our fears.
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–82) American Poet, Educator, Academic
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