Belief Quotes - Page 4

Trust is a fragile thing. All it takes is a single moment in time, or a single word, to destroy what took a lifetime to build.

We do tend to believe things while we're hearing or reading them. Afterwards, it's another matter, when the book is closed and the voice stops speaking.

I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.)

Why do people go to these places, these places that are not for them?It must be that they believe in their night vision. They believe themselves able to draw images up out of the dark.But black wells only yield black water.

I sometimes find myself sitting here not watching an uninteresting movie and contemplating the future. I don't always know what to do, but I have faith that I'll figure it out somehow.

None of us got to where we are alone. Whether the assistance we received was obvious or subtle, acknowledging that helpis a very important part of understanding...and is also the importance of saying... THANK YOU.

A man can believe in a considerable deal of rubbish and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner.

We both believe, and disbelieve a hundred times an hour, which keeps believing nimble.

I did wonder if there really was such a person as Aslan: but then sometimes I wondered if there were really people like you. Yet there you are.

Because I have ‘chosen’ to see something as impossible, there’s a good chance that it’s not.

It's much easier to tame a wild tiger with your bare hands than to convince someone who believes in something, no matter wrong or right.

Leowin: Don't worry Luthiel. 'Truth's existence never depended upon belief.

I -- I alone know how to mourn for him as he deserves.' But while we were still shaking hands, such a look of awful desolation came upon her face that I perceived she was one of those creatures that are not the playthings of Time. For her he had died only yesterday. And, by Jove! the impression was so powerful that for me, too, he seemed to have died only yesterday -- nay, this very minute. I saw her and him in the same instant of time -- his death and her sorrow -- I saw her sorrow in the very moment of his death. Do you understand? I saw them together -- I heard them together.

The finest peculiarity of belief is that believers do not recognize themselves as believers.

If you drop your beliefs, you drop your success. God's mighty people begin to fall even as achievers when they begin to drop the beliefs they pursue at first.

you want to knowwhether i believe in ghostsof course i do not believe in themif you had knownas many of them as i haveyou would notbelieve in them either

At any moment we can demonstrate our faith by taking action that shows our belief in God's promises!

We must not decide how anyone else should or shouldn't be Living.Whenever I'm about to use the word "should" I use the word "could" instead. Should is judgemental, could is empowering.Try it out on yourself with the things that you talk to yourself about...I should do better. or I could do better.

When the stakes are this high- when calling God by the right name can make the difference between eternal happiness and eternal suffering, it is impossible to respect the beliefs of others who don't believe as you do.

Since then your sere Majesty and your Lordships seek a simple answer, I will give it in this manner, neither horned nor toothed. Unless I am convinced by the testimony of the Scriptures or by clear reason (for I do not trust either in the pope or in councils alone, since it is well known that they have often erred and contradicted themselves), I am bound by the Scriptures I have quoted and my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and I will not recant anything, since it is neither safe nor right to go against conscience. May God help me.

God wants us to believe in something bigger and better than ourselves.

I believe and therefore I am.

We must serve each other in love and in humanity.

You can believe in whatsoever you like, but the truth remains the truth, no matter how sweet the lie may taste.

Belief, hard work, love–you have those things, you can do anything.

Love is the reflection of a broken heart in a shattered mirror...

You can be an atheist three seasons out of the year, but not during spring. Spring makes it mandatory to believe in a Divine Creator.

Can a man change the stars?" "Yes William. If he believes enough, a man can do anything!

Every herd is a refuge for giftlessness, whether it's a faith in Soloviev, or Kant, or Marx. Only the solitary seek the truth, and they break with all those who don't love it sufficiently.

Every word that comes after "And the Lord told me. . . “is a pious lie

Quit beating yourself up, beat your goals up instead.

I think of the New Testament story of the woman with an issue of blood--specifically of her hand reaching out into the clutter and chaos of a crowd, not sure that she would reach Christ, but nevertheless reaching for him in hope. Her story is sacred to me because she truly believed that by reaching outside of the bounds that her culture had set for her--perhaps even the bounds she had set for herself--she could be made whole.

Every man wherever he goes is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions which move with him like flies on a summer day.

The only truth was whatever you could make someone believe.

Your belief is the operating system on which your life runs.

It doesn't matter what Church you belong to. If you don't believe in yourself you're Already Damned

Anytime you meditate, some electric jerks occur in your thigh...the symbol of premonition of an unpleasant event that has happened or will take place in future.

Every person has his secret; in reverie, unbeknown to others, he finds peace, freedom, sorrow and love.

Lifeboats are decked out on the sides of a ship waiting for when disaster strikes, faith on the other hand is a part of you for whenever.

When we worry about someone we send them a secret message – I don’t believe in you. When we worry about our life, we send ourselves a secret message – I don’t believe in me.

Trying to justify a world we don't hold all the answers to is what bedevils the best of us. Sometimes it's better just to accept that things are as we see them.

Have faith in your abilities.

Its not your fault for not being there.Its my fault for thinking you would be

We will be able to depart this life with the quiet peace-giving notion, that we were permitted to contribute to the happiness of many who will live after us. In our long lives we endeavored to unfold the collective consciousness. In our lives we have known hell and heaven; the final balance, however, is that we helped pave the way to dynamic harmony in this earthly house. That, I believe, is the meaning of life.

I do not believe in religion, but if I had to choose one, it would be Buddhism. It seems more livable, closer to men.

You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you.

Penetrating so many secrets we cease to believe in the unknowable. But there it sits nevertheless calmly licking its chops.

We can, each of us, be likened to houses made entirely of colorfully stained-glass. They sparkle and shine when the sun is on them, however when the darkness sets in, their greatest beauty is revealed only by a Light from within.

You can, and you will. If you're going to carry any belief, carry one that empowers you. Believe in your unlimited potential.

This is my living faith, an active faith, a faith of verbs: to question, explore, experiment, experience, walk, run, dance, play, eat, love, learn, dare, taste, touch, smell, listen, speak, write, read, draw, provoke, emote, scream, sin, repent, cry, kneel, pray, bow, rise, stand, look, laugh, cajole, create, confront, confound, walk back, walk forward, circle, hide, and seek.

Well, a man can but hold fast to what he believes right, and even the opponent he baulks should value him for that.

I trust in God. He is my provider, refuge, and shelter.

We have managed to transfer religious belief into gullibility for whatever can masquerade as science.

I guess sometimes the truth just isn't worth believing... Personally, I've always felt that life's too short for truth. I'm just here to be entertained.

Be thankful for your achievements; be thankful for your accomplishments, no matter how big or small. Be thankful for the mind to complete the accomplishments. Be thankful for your past, present, and future. And know that if you are creating success stories you will find that average is how you began, above average is then where you will stand! Lest you forget the strong develop and improve; the weak get frantic, digress and deviate.

Thy word O Lord is a lamp that lights my path.

Even in the broken state, my mind find waysto connect with you.

Sometimes, your future is already set, and there is nothing you can about it. there are somethings you just can't change, no matter how hard you work. Unfair, don't you think? It isn't an easy fact to accept, and I'm not telling you to, but that's just how life is. UnfairBut no matter how hard i think about it, i just believe everything in this world is beautiful. The sky, birds, bugs,frogs,flowers and even rocks. Nature is really awesome, because, if God created this world, could there really be anything dirty and ugly in it?

The spark of divinity is sacred spirit with divine soul.

As Christians, we call ourselves people of faith, but how much practical faith do we really have?