Belief
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I am closest to my mother, as she is my rock, my pillar of strength, and my world. Not only has she stood by me through all times - happy, sad, and otherwise - but there have even been moments when I had completely lost hope, and her immense belief in me had lifted me up.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.
Therefore do not seek to understand in order to believe, but believe that thou mayest understand.
We are all worms. But I do believe I am a glow-worm.
With most men, unbelief in one thing springs from blind belief in another.
First we have to believe, and then we believe.
I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.
Fine, don't believe me! They didn't believe the boy who cried wolf!
In religion and politics, people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination.
Yes, I will try to be. Because I believe that not being is arrogant.
We were eighteen and had begun to love life and the world; and we had to shoot it to pieces. The first bomb, the first explosion, burst in our hearts. We are cut off from activity, from striving, from progress. We believe in such things no longer, we believe in the war.