"A man lives by believing something."
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"Conviction never so excellent, is worthless until it coverts itself into conduct."
"It is not to be forgotten that what we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts."
"I have personal beliefs and they are sometimes reflected in the movies I make, but I also reflect other points of view."
"It is the want to know the end that makes us believe in God, or witchcraft, believe, at least, in something"
"In order to win, you must expect to win."
"In the Church, considered as a social organism, the mysteries inevitably degenerate into beliefs."
"An unaspiring person believes according to what he achieves. An aspiring person achieves according to what he believes."
"I've run my mouth pretty good about my beliefs."
"Do not believe in an absurdity no matter who says it."
"The belief that consciousness extends beyond death is surely to put more belief in the permanence of self, not less. That seems to me a comfort that you're allowing yourself."
"They hadn't much faith in travel, nor a great belief in a change of scene as a panacea for spiritual ills; they were simply glad to be going."
"I'm particularly happy that the Ronald Reagan Building is both public and private, and embraces his lifelong belief... in free and open trade."
"I am a Hindu by birth. And yet I do not know much of Hinduism, and I know less of other religions. In fact I do not know where I am, and what is and what should be my belief. I intend to make a careful study of my own religion and, as far as I can, of others."
"The only thing that can free you is the belief that you can be free."
"Believe it and achieve it."
"Her trust makes me faithful, her belief makes me good."
"When your reasons for believing something are justified ad hoc, you are left susceptible to further discoveries undermining the rationale for that belief."
"The facts of life do not penetrate to the sphere in which our beliefs are cherished; they did not engender those beliefs, and they are powerless to destroy them."
"The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false."