Top 1200 Moral Beliefs Quotes & Sayings - Page 17

The challenge for the church is how do we have unity about basic beliefs and yet respect individual differences.

My opinion is borne out of my childhood, my faith, my beliefs. That marriage is between one man and one woman.

You must establish and maintain the beliefs that you are... capable, committed and destined to achieve your goals.

People of faith should be able to have confidence in their right to freely express and live their beliefs.

The more we can get together and talk about various perspectives, feelings, beliefs, the better.

I would say that I put down a lot of the white American culture, and ways, and beliefs.

It is fair to say there are individuals in the United States who ascribe to al-Qaeda-type beliefs.

Once a man is on hand, a woman tends to stop believing in her own beliefs

Conservatives say the government can't end poverty by force, but they believe it can use force to make people moral. Liberals say government can't make people be moral, but they believe it can end poverty. Neither group attempts to explain why government is so clumsy and destructive in one area but a paragon of efficiency and benevolence in the other.

Environmental history was . . . born out of a moral purpose, with strong political commitments behind it, but also became, as it matured, a scholarly enterprise that had neither any simple, nor any single, moral or political agenda to promote. Its principal goal became one of deepening our understanding of how humans have been affected by their natural environment through time and, conversely, how they have affected that environment and with what results.

One of my core beliefs is that belief itself is a choice that can be made of our own free will.

People — running from unhappiness, hiding in power — are locked within their reputations, ambitions, beliefs.

We are taught to be suspicious, especially of anyone who might not look like us or share our beliefs.

Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.

When I worked at the White House in the mid-1990s, I would not have dreamed of sharing my beliefs on faith with my colleagues.

My personal belief is that the only thing keeping you from freedom is all the beliefs you have about what has to happen before you can be there.

It's a struggle for anybody to take their paradigms and set of beliefs and understandings and completely flip the script.

... when you make it a moral necessity for the young to dabble in all the subjects that the books on the top shelf are written about, you kill two very large birds with one stone: you satisfy precious curiosities, and you make them believe that they know as much about life as people who really know something. If college boys are solemnly advised to listen to lectures on prostitution, they will listen; and who is to blame if some time, in a less moral moment, they profit by their information?

All your beliefs, they're just that. They're nothing. They're how you were taught and raised. That doesn't make 'em real.

Changing people's beliefs and altering behaviors is a very difficult challenge in any setting.

In Chaos Magic, beliefs are not seen as ends in themselves, but as tools for creating desired effects.

If you need help, look to clergy who do not spout their own beliefs but direct you in sincerity by using the Bible.

My mum's got morals and principles, and I've been brought up with those ideas and beliefs.

You ever want to see real witchcraft, you watch people protecting their comfort, their beliefs.

Never hesitate to go far away, beyond all seas, all frontiers, all countries, all beliefs.

Beliefs and values that have held sway for thousands of years will be questioned as never before.

There is an objective reality out there, but we view it through the spectacles of our beliefs, attitudes, and values.

I am perfectly clear in my mind and in my conscience in respect of freedom of religious principles and beliefs.

This is a free country, and nobody should be criticized for their political beliefs. We're all allowed to have our opinions.

False beliefs can be every bit as consoling as true ones, right up until the moment of disillusionment.

I was a romantic, messy thinker. I was raised with very conservative beliefs, but that was a long time ago.

A great introduction to cultures is their cuisine. It not only reflects their evolution, but also their beliefs and traditions.

I'm very proud that I was a Goldwater Girl. And then my political beliefs changed over time.

People - running from unhappiness, hiding in power - are locked within their reputations, ambitions, beliefs.

Our beliefs become the rules we live by, and then here's what happens: We make ourselves right.

One must marry one's feelings to one's beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve a measure of harmony in one's life.

It's an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of gossip.

Actually, it's the other way round. In a poor country, the only consolation people can have is the one that comes from their beliefs.

There is real confusion about what it means to be right and wrong - the difference between what spiritual beliefs are and what science is.

When people change their irrational beliefs to undogmatic flexible preferences, they become less disturbed.

I find this a fascinating phenomenon: the ability we have to manipulate ourselves so that the foundation of our beliefs is never shaken.

The next time your core beliefs are challenged - try being curious instead of furious.

Canada's extraordinary success is that we have bound together a vast country with a set of shared ideas and beliefs.

Rational beliefs bring us closer to getting good results in the real world.

Stories are attempts to share our values and beliefs. Storytelling is worthwhile when it tells what we stand for.

I was too busy fighting the river to worry about adjusting my beliefs in accordance to reality.

We are living in a dynamic age with multiple ideas and beliefs of correctness; this world is not deterministic and not still.

Everybody's got whatever problems they have. I refuse to let somebody's mistaken beliefs affect my life.

The beliefs concerning reincarnation have great ethical impact on human life and our relationship to the world.

History is full of examples of people compromising their beliefs in order to keep themselves alive.

I'm not a political person; I'm not an activist. I'm not a guy with strong beliefs about anything. I have nothing to say to the world.

Anger shows us precisely where we are stuck, where our limits are, where we cling to beliefs and fears.

Candidates With Deeply Held Christian Beliefs Are Unfit and Disqualified From Serving As A Federal Judge.

The outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to reflect their inner beliefs.

By isolating ourselves from those with whose opinions we disagree, we lose the ability to defend our beliefs.

Your beliefs are cause maps that you impose on the world, after which you 'see' what you have already imposed.

The biggest barriers to strategic renewal are almost always top management's unexamined beliefs.

I always try to honor a character by being honest and truthful to who they are, in spite of my own personality and beliefs.

Football Beyond Borders is about learning, establishing new beliefs in an ability to succeed.

Values must be demonstrated through behaviors, but they are truly significant when they represent the beliefs of an entire organization.