A Quote by George Herbert

He that believes all misseth; he that believes nothing, hits not.

George Herbert

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George Herbert
British - Poet
April 3, 1593 - March 1, 1633

Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.

Thomas Jefferson

Donald Trump believes in America, he believes in its people. He believes in its promise, is very liberating and you see that when you're with him privately, you see it publicly.

Kellyanne Conway

Two visions of the world remain locked in dispute. The first believes all men are created equal by a loving God who has blessed us with freedom. The second vision believes that religion is opium for the masses. It believes that eternal principles like truth, liberty, and democracy have no meaning beyond the whim of the state. And [Vladimir] Lenin spoke for them.

Ronald Reagan

To an experienced Zen Buddhist, asking if one believes in Zen or one believes in the Buddha, sounds a little ludicrous, like asking if one believes in air or water. Similarly Quality is not something you believe in, Quality is something you experience.

Robert M. Pirsig

A person who believes in nonviolence believes in a living God. He cannot accept defeat.

Mahatma Gandhi

One sort of believes in recycling. But one believes in it as a kind of palliative to the gods.

Fay Weldon

No one believes in God any more, but everyone believes in Bach.

Mauricio Kagel

One believes in Stephen Dedalus as one believes in few characters in fiction.

H. G. Wells

Everyone who believes in God at all believes that he knows what you and I are going to do tomorrow.

C. S. Lewis

As Mike Bickle said to me, there is a spiritual battle going on in the world, and he believes that in America marriage between a man and a woman will become illegal. He believes there will be a war. He believes it'll begin in schools and the Christian kids will rise up and slay the non-Christian kids. This was an on-camera interview!

Roger Ross Williams

An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.