Thursday, 9 May 2019

Beliefs - Quotes

The more a man dreams, the less he believes. - H. L. Mencken

The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind. - H. L. Mencken

The thing you really believe in always happens. And the belief in a thing makes it happen. - Frank Lloyd Wright

There can be no merit in believing something which you can neither explain nor understand. - John Lubbock

There is no belief, however foolish, that will not gather its faithful adherents who will defend it to the death. - Isaac Asimov

They conquer who believe they can. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Though my sight be lost, I do not yet lose my faith: when I can no longer see, I can still believe. - Ivan Panin

To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection. - Henri Poincare

We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing. - Louisa May Alcott

Weak people believe what is forced on them. Strong people what they wish to believe, forcing that to be real. - Gene Wolfe

What ardently we wish, we soon believe. - Edward Young

Whatever we believe about ourselves and our ability comes true for us. - Susan L. Taylor

Whatever you do, you must remain nimble in your thinking. Do not become so attached to any one belief that you cannot see past it to another possibility. - Christopher Paolini

Where is the world whose people don't prefer a comfortable, warm, and well-worn belief, however illogical, to the chilly winds of uncertainty. - Isaac Asimov

Whether your beliefs are true or totally insane, if you accept them, then that's what your life will be about. - Robert Anthony

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