Quotes about Beliefs

All that is sacred and taboo in the world are meaningless.

The Revolution was effected before the war commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people.

But what do we mean by the American Revolution? Do we mean the American war? The Revolution was effected before the war commenced. The Revolution was in the minds of the people; a change in their religious sentiments, of their duties and obligations.

Life consists in molting our illusions. We form creeds today only to throw them away tomorrow. The eagle molts a feather because he is growing a better one.

I'm going to fight for every person in America who believes government should serve the people, not the donors and not the special interests.

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.

What I stand for is what I stand on.

He went on to praise the company they had just left, declaring that he knew no better way for a young man to form his mind than by frequenting the society of men of conflicting views and equal capacity. "Nothing," said he, "is more injurious to the growth of character than to be secluded from argument and opposition; as nothing is healthier than to be obliged to find good reasons for one's beliefs on pain of surrendering them.

Superstitions and eccentric habits are a Western substitute for actual idols.

If human emotions largely result from thinking, then one may appreciably control one's feelings by controlling one's thoughts - or by changing the internalized sentences, or self-talk, with which one largely created the feeling in the first place.

Men are not disturbed by things, but by the views which they take of them.

The Constitution is man-made, so it is not perfect. It's not the basis of my beliefs. My belief system is based on the Scriptures which come from God.