Top 1200 Personal Beliefs Quotes & Sayings - Page 17

I resolved from the beginning of my quest that I would not be misled by sentiment and desire into beliefs for which there was no good evidence.

The domination of western values, beliefs and way of life has angered many from the east and in developing countries.

The process of philosophic and scientific enlightenment has shaken the stability of beliefs held explicitly as articles of faith.

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.

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

Writing a book is very personal. It's a very personal relationship. A book will start with something as simple as two men talking about work. That gets the fire going. Sustaining that fire is the hard work. It takes attention and empathy to hone the characters.

Even if we don't have any knowledge in this life, we have and tend to rely on relevant true beliefs; and that's sufficient for inquiry.

Anything that is public display that will cause disruption to the beliefs of society of course would have to be curtailed.

For the sake of peace, religious beliefs must never be allowed to be abused in the cause of violence and war.

In modern America, Judeo-Christian beliefs are often held up to ridicule and disdain by the media.

They say misery loves company, but so does mediocrity. Don't let the limiting beliefs of OTHERS limit what's possible for YOU.

Beliefs, and the feelings that we have about them, are the language that "speaks" to the quantum stuff that makes our realty.

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

Beliefs. Once entrenched in a culture, they persist, evolve and diverge, in a manner reminiscent of biological evolution.

When I look in the mirror, I see a God-fearing man who would risk it all for family and his beliefs.

We exist in a bizarre combination of Stone Age emotions, medieval beliefs, and god-like technology.

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

At the foundation of moral thinking lie beliefs in statements the truth of which no further reason can be given.

The beauty of running is its simplicity; the beauty of runners is that we all have a similar drive to improve. We are either trying to run a personal best, or toeing the line for the first time, which will snowball into a future of trying to run personal bests. We road racers are a tight community of mileage-happy, limit-pushing athletes.

Ultimately, the core premise of 'American Gods' is, 'What do you believe?' And how your beliefs can be manifested into reality.

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

If you get a personal genome, you should be able to get personal cell lines, stem cell derived from your adult tissues, that allow you to bring together synthetic biology and the sequencing so that you can repair parts of your body as you age or repair things that were inherited disorders.

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.

People always tend to identify, instinctively, freedom with abandon.But the type of abandon that seeks personal gratification always gets you "tied up in a knot."Abandon instead your personal fears and desires...and you, the real you, will become freed, released from the bonds of your own mind.

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.

I think the more important task for a young person than developing a personal brand is figuring out what she's great at, what she loves to do, and how she can use that to leave an imprint in the world. Those are tough questions, but essential ones. Answer those - and the personal brand follows.

All the concepts, all knowings, all truths, all religous systems, all beliefs, fall away in the white light of eternity.

When all beliefs are challenged together, the just and necessary ones have a chance to step forward and re-establish themselves alone.

I would prefer to remain in prison for another 20 years than bargain my beliefs for freedom.

Nothing puts the dignity in personal dignity (or the freedom in personal freedom) like the self in self-rule.

When we do cross paths with people whose beliefs and attitudes conflict with our own, we are rarely challenged.

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

The confidence people have in their beliefs is not a measure of the quality of evidence but of the coherence of the story the mind has managed to construct.

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

As far as belief goes, postmodernism prefers to travel light: it has beliefs, to be sure, but it does not have faith

I do believe my personal spirituality, which spirituality itself I don't really equate to anything more than my personal connection with nature and the universe. With what is real, not a manmade contrivance. Finding a connection with those things through my music is something I've begun to take more seriously in order to understand why I feel that way.

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

All knowledge, we feel, must be built up upon our instinctive beliefs; and if these are rejected, nothing is left.

Champions invariably have fervent philosophical beliefs. Philosophy, in its simplest terms, means 'the love of wisdom.'

I believe in good. It is an ephemeral and elusive quality. It is the center of my beliefs, but it cannot be strengthened by talking about it.

I think religion is very personal. I definitely identify as Muslim. I consider myself practicing, but I don't think people who observe me from the outside would think of me as devout, and that doesn't bother me because one of the beauties of Islam is the fact that it is personal: you read the Koran, and what you believe is what you believe.

I always had music growing up, but music was also like a journal. It was like my personal diary or personal journal. A lot of the things I couldn't express to an individual, I would express them in my music.

People don't find the personal lives of people with much, much more power than any celebrity would have - don't find their personal lives interesting.

What's your personal computer, anyways? Your personal computer should be something that's always on your person.

In two areas above all others the Christian demonstration of love and communication stands clear: in the area of the Christian couple and their children; and in the personal relationships of Christians in the church. If there is no demonstration in these two places, on the personal level, the world can conclude that orthodox Christian doctrine is nothing but dead, cold words.

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

We choose what and how we believe, and our beliefs are tools that we then use to make things happen ... or not.

There is nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitor.

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

Faith does not offer a strong link between our beliefs and actual states of the world.

Happy is he who has gained the wealth of divine thoughts, wretched is he whose beliefs about the gods are dark.

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

Our beliefs are like the unquestioned commands, telling us how things are, what's possible and what's impossible, what we can and can not do.

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

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

As you become more senior in your career, it can be thin at the top - It's harder and harder to get unbiased and direct feedback when making decisions. You want people who will speak truth to power. Say no to any 'yes men or women' on your personal board. When you face a personal crossroads, you need honest advisors.

Strip back the beliefs pasted on by governesses, schools, and states, you find indelible truths at one's core.

Forceful actions arising from erroneous beliefs often create social effects that confirm the misbeliefs

Exploring an ever-expanding world of diverse cultures and beliefs is at the very heart of the 'Dragonships' series.

I think that we need to look hard at our beliefs and be responsible about how we speak out.