Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand. Votes: 4
Saint AugustineBelieving in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made. Votes: 4
Franz KafkaLabor believes in sustainability. We believe in acting on climate change, not just talking about it. Votes: 4
Anthony AlbaneseI rarely believe anything, because at the time of believing I am not really there to believe. Votes: 4
Gertrude SteinI do not believe in the commercial possibility of induced radioactivity. Votes: 3
John B. S. HaldaneI do not believe in terrorism, violence, destruction, murder, pre-emption, or War. Votes: 3
Rosanne CashI cannot believe homosexuality is that much fun. Heterosexuality certainly is not. Votes: 3
Zadie SmithNot believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! Votes: 3
Francis Pharcellus ChurchI do not believe that true optimism can come about except through tragedy. Votes: 3
Madeleine L'EngleI do not believe that things happen accidentally; I believe you earn them. Votes: 3
Madeleine AlbrightBe an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly. Votes: 3
Swami VivekanandaAs a neurosurgeon, I did not believe in the phenomenon of near-death experiences. Votes: 3
Eben AlexanderPeople do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to. Votes: 3
Malcolm MuggeridgeI will not and cannot believe that evil is the normal condition of mankind. Votes: 3
Fyodor DostoevskySurely you do not believe in the gods. What's your argument? Where's your proof? Votes: 3
AristophanesI do not believe in an atonement which is admirably wide, but fatally ineffectual. Votes: 3
Charles SpurgeonThe endeavor to change universal power by selfish supplication I do not believe in. Votes: 3
Thomas A. EdisonI personally do not believe in politics, hatred, or anger in my musical composition. Votes: 3
Horace SilverI do not believe that loyalty should demand defending behavior that I find abhorrent. Votes: 3
George StephanopoulosDo not believe yourself healthy. Immortality is health; this life is a long sickness. Votes: 3
Saint AugustineI do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil. Votes: 3
Albert EinsteinHe who does not believe in hell is in the greatest danger of landing there. Votes: 3
Eduardo SchwankI'm rather a cynic, I suppose. I do not believe in the niceness of humanity. Votes: 3
George MacDonald FraserI do not believe that God answers the prayer of any unredeemed Gentile or Jew Votes: 3
Jerry FalwellI do believe in reincarnation, but I do not believe there is life before noon. Votes: 3
Florence KingMost intellectual people do not believe in God, but they fear him just the same. Votes: 3
Wilhelm ReichYou may not believe in chance but it provides us with every opportunity we need. Votes: 3
Chloe ThurlowDo not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. Votes: 3
Gautama BuddhaI believe that there are too many practitioners in the church, who are not believers. Votes: 3
C. S. LewisI required kindness and sympathy, but I did not believe myself utterly unworthy of it. Votes: 3
Mary ShelleyI do not believe that the colour of one's skin determines whether you are disadvantaged. Votes: 3
Pauline HansonPoetry is the only hopeEven if you do not believe it, you have to do it. Votes: 3
Andrei VoznesenskyI do not believe anyone can be perfectly well, who has a brain and a heart Votes: 3
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowFaith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe. Votes: 3
Henry David ThoreauI do not believe in loving enemies; I have pretty hard work to love my friends. Votes: 3
Robert Green IngersollYou might not believe it...but you make the world a better place when you smile. Votes: 3
Nicholas SparksFather: Why did you not become mine God!? God: Because you did not believe in me. Votes: 3
Hiromu ArakawaI do not believe that I am now dreaming, but I cannot prove that I am not. Votes: 3
Bertrand RussellI do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death. Votes: 3
Francis BaconI do not believe that any man can preach the gospel who does not preach the Law. Votes: 3
Charles SpurgeonI do not believe that grief is ever so great that it can not be contained within. Votes: 3
Judith McNaughtI do not believe there was ever a life more attractive than life on a cattle farm. Votes: 3
Theodore RooseveltI do not believe in taking the right decision, I take a decision and make it right. Votes: 3
Muhammad Ali JinnahI do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game. Votes: 3
Wilhelm SteinitzThere is one thing more serious than merely to not believe, and that is to not care. Votes: 3
Sterling W SillNever explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway. Votes: 3
Elbert HubbardI do not believe that the hungry man should be treated as subversive for expressing his suffering. Votes: 3
Oscar AriasI may not believe in life after death, but what a gift it is to be alive now. Votes: 3
Natalie AngierI do not believe in the gifted. If [the students] have ganas, I can make them do it. Votes: 3
Jaime EscalanteWhen I see an evil person, I cannot believe that once he was an innocent and sweet baby. Votes: 3
Amit KalantriI do not believe in excuses. I believe in hard work as the prime solvent of life's problems. Votes: 3
James Cash PenneyA nihilist is not one who believes in nothing , but one who does not believe in what exists. Votes: 3
Albert CamusSometimes I find that in my happy moments I could not believe that I had ever been miserable. Votes: 3
Marion MilnerWhoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth Votes: 3
PhaedrusI do not believe that gifts, whether of mind or character, can be weighed like sugar and butter Votes: 3
Virginia WoolfWhoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth. Votes: 3
PhaedrusAs a child I was told by my parents that I was happy, but I did not believe them. Votes: 3
Mason CooleyI would rather trust my child to a serpent than to a teacher who does not believe in God. Votes: 3
Karl G. MaeserTake it all in all, I do not believe anybody on Earth has it worse than an Emperor penguin. Votes: 3
Apsley Cherry-GarrardDo not be afraid of the past. If people tell you that it is irrevocable, do not believe them. Votes: 3
Oscar WildeThe easiest way to not believe your own hype is to not know what people are saying about you. Votes: 3
Debby RyanI do not believe in inspiration, but I must have a title in order to work, otherwise I am lost. Votes: 3
Guillermo Cabrera InfanteTake it all in all, I do not believe anybody on earth has a worse time than an Emperor penguin. Votes: 3
Apsley Cherry-GarrardYou punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for one's self-respect to be a punching bag. Votes: 3
Ed KochI have noticed that many who do not believe in God believe in everything else, even in the evil eye. Votes: 3
Jules VerneI do not believe in eating fish hot. People always insist on hot fish, but that leaves it dried out. Votes: 3
Geoffrey ZakarianI am glad you have a Cat, but I do not believe it is So remarkable a cat as My Cat. Votes: 3
T. S. EliotI would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so. Votes: 3
Saint AugustineIt was fun while it lasted, but it never seemed real to me. I could not believe I was in Van Halen. Votes: 3
Gary CheroneAre you to give up the fight and let this vast body of our wealth go to ruin? I do not believe it. Votes: 3
Richard Parks BlandThe modern materialists are not permitted to doubt; they are forbidden to believe.
Gilbert K. ChestertonWe have people who believe they are scientifically literate but, in fact, are not.
Neil deGrasse TysonWe have not received the Spirit of God because we believe, but that we may believe.
Fulgentius of RuspeI am told there are people who do not care for maps, and I find it hard to believe.
Robert Louis StevensonI am not a commercial industry creator. I don't believe in making art to make money.
Alejandro JodorowskyI believe in a society where all people do well. Not just a handful of billionaires.
Anderson CooperI believe that anarchists should agree to disagree but not to fight with each other.
Murray BookchinIts not about earning a paycheck, its about doing something good that you believe in.
Adam KinzingerI believe increasing minimum wage it`s not just the minimum wage, it`s a living wage.
Alison Lundergan GrimesIt's not enough that you believe what you see. You must also understand what you see.
Leonardo da VinciI'm not superstitious. I don't really believe in star signs, sorry, or superstitions.
Richard BransonI do not care to speak ill of a man behind his back, but I believe he is an attorney.
Samuel JohnsonHindus believe in God positively. Buddhism does not try to know whether He is or not.
Swami VivekanandaI'm not trying to twist people's heads around. I'm not trying to say, "Believe in me."
Ozzy OsbourneThe situation now is not easy. But I believe in the good sense of the Japanese people.
Katsuya OkadaNow the church is not wood and stone, but the company of people who believe in Christ.
Martin LutherI required kindness and sympathy, but I did not believe myself utterly unworthy of it.
Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyMen are not on such intimate terms with the sublime that they really can believe in it
Soren KierkegaardI think maybe it is better to believe than not to believe. But I couldn't tell you why.
David GemmellI do not believe that politics in the long run is about individuals. It is about ideas.
Eliot SpitzerI do not believe in a mixture of good and evil in the world, or in myself. All is Good.
Emma Curtis HopkinsThere cannot be a God because if there were one, I could not believe that I was not He.
Friedrich NietzscheHe had the vanity to believe men did not like him " while men simply did not know him.
Gustave FlaubertSocialist: A man suffering from an overwhelming conviction to believe what is not true.
H. L. MenckenIf your team does not truly believe that you care about them, they will not follow you.
John FaircloughI do not believe wealthy candidates should spend vast resources in their own campaigns.
Laurance RockefellerIf you do not believe in co-operation, look what happens to a wagon that loses a wheel.
Napoleon HillIf the God you believe in is not a sovereign God, then you really don't believe in God.
R. C. SproulHe [Vladimir Putin] will not be able to push Donald Trump around the world. Believe me.
Rudy Giuliani...Politics is not about facts. It is about what politicians can get people to believe.
Thomas SowellEven the truth, when believed, is a lie. You must experience the truth, not believe it.
Werner ErhardI may not be a politician, but I will fight to the end of my life for what I believe in.
Bidzina IvanishviliWhy is it that we believe God's promises of blessing but not his promises of punishment?
Francis ChanI don't believe in luck. ... It's persistence, hard work, and not forgetting your dream.
Janet JacksonBesides one should not believe that the people only want reading that is easy to absorb.
Jean-Paul SartreI do not believe it is right to identify Islam with violence. This is not right or true.
Pope FrancisTo believe in luck, if it were not a solecism so to use the word believe, is skepticism.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThere are people in the world who desperately want not to have to believe in Darwinism .
Richard DawkinsJefferson owned slaves. He did not believe that all were created equal. He was a racist.
Stephen AmbroseI'm a people's person, believe it or not. I just have a dark side to me, which we all do.
ASAP RockyI'm an abstract painter not just for myself, but because I really believe in abstraction.
Brice MardenI do not believe the border is secure and I still believe we have a long, long way to go.
John CornynIt is one of the triumphs of the human that he can know a thing and still not believe it.
John SteinbeckI always brought up my children not to believe in Mothers Day gifts, and now I regret it.
Lauren BacallTo be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you're not, pretend you are.
Muhammad AliWe are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.
Samuel JohnsonI believe that when we are fully present, we not only live well, we live well for others.
Terry Tempest WilliamsI am not religious in the dogmatic sense ... I neither believe nor disbelieve in anything.
Charlie ChaplinYouâre not necessarily supposed to believe itâ¦Youâre just supposed to believe in it.
Daniel WallaceWhen you don't believe in anything except not dying, you don't really believe in anything.
Dennis PragerI believe in perpetual art, no matter if there are not many artists like me on this earth.
Jeet AulakhIf you believe in the Bible, you've got to do business with it and not just screen it out.
N. T. WrightSorry is for the things you've done that you shouldn't have not for things you believe in.
R.J. ElloryI am not moved by what I see. I am not moved by what I feel. I am moved by what I believe.
Smith WigglesworthI believe that eclecticism is a virtue. It may not be a word, but its definitely a virtue.
Will SmithI believe a champion wins in his mind first, then plays the game, not the other way around.
Alex RodriguezI spell 'god' with a small 'g' because I do not believe in him, but I love to swear by him.
Anais NinTalk what we will of faith, if we do not trust and rely upon Him, we do not believe in Him.
Anthony FarindonThere is nothing that isn't true if you believe it; and nothing is true, believe it or not.
Byron KatieContrary to what you believe, the earth does not revolve around the desires of your crotch.
Carlos Ruiz ZafonI don't believe in collective guilt. The children of killers are not killers, but children.
Elie WieselThere is not one single established religion that an intelligent, educated man can believe.
George Bernard ShawHe who does not believe according to the tradition of the Catholic Church is an unbeliever.
John of DamascusTo believe in a God means to see that the facts of the world are not the end of the matter.
Ludwig WittgensteinAny man who doesn't believe in carrying weapons on a first date is not a man worth knowing.
Mira GrantI personally do not believe I'm irresponsible. Everything I do revolves around my children.
Nadya SulemanI do not believe that it could never be justifiable to experiment on a brain-damaged human.
Peter SingerI don't know what I believe. I think there's a belief system, I'm just not sure what it is.
Tom BradySome people believe that I will go nowhere, and maybe they're right, but maybe they're not.
Veronica RothI was not born for courts and great affairs, but I pay my debts, believe and say my prayers.
Alexander PopeI was not going to allow myself to really believe that I was free until I was actually free.
Anthony Ray HintonWhen people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say âWhy?â, say âWhy not?
Billie Jean KingI am affected, not because you have deceived me, but because I can no longer believe in you.
Friedrich NietzscheI do not believe you can do today's job with yesterday's methods and be in business tomorrow
Horatio Nelson JacksonThe man who says "I may be wrong, but--" does not believe there can be any such possibility.
Kin HubbardWe are not at the mercy of events that transpired in our childhood unless we believe we are.
Lynn GrabhornWhen someone gives me three reasons instead of one, I'm inclined not to believe any of them.
Margaret MillarMost of us are not leaders today because, in our hearts we don't believe that is who we are.
Myles MunroeI do not believe that it is possible to teach a cat to obey; that is contrary to his nature.
Patricia MoyesDo not believe that it is very much of an advance to do the unnecessary three times as fast.
Peter DruckerEvil is not likely to result where people firmly believe that ends do not justify the means.
Roy BaumeisterHe who believes shall be saved, but he who does not believe shall be damned. God has spoken.
Saint PatrickYou believe by doubting and you doubt by believing; yet this state too is not the final one.
Stanislaw Lem[David Haye] is the biggest diva that boxing has ever seen, I could not believe the demands.
Tony BellewWhen you buy a depressed company it's not going to go up right after you buy it, believe me.
Walter SchlossI do not believe in the Cinema verite. Sometimes a really good lie is better than any truth.
Werner HerzogI do believe in [Robert] Bresson's method of creation through omission, not through addition.
Abbas KiarostamiI believe the word "perfection" should be changed to "pure fiction" - it's just not possible!
Arielle FordThe same ideas, one must believe, recur in men's minds not once or twice but again and again.
AristotleIf we cannot believe God when circumstances seem be against us, we do not believe Him at all.
Charles SpurgeonI'm not perfect, but I believe my faith in Jesus Christ will really take me far in the world!
Christina GrimmieI do not believe I could have built FedEx without the skills I learned from the Marine Corps.
Frederick W. SmithPersonally I do not believe in the likelihood of Persian oil deposits being worked at profit.
George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of KedlestonIf I did not believe in God, I should still want my doctor, my lawyer and my banker to do so.
Gilbert K. ChestertonI believe humility is a virtue, but I prefer not to use it unless it is absolutely necessary.
Helen KellerI thought being an adult meant knowing what you believe, but that has not been my experience.
John GreenWhat I believe is this: Catalunya is not Spain, it is something else and you have to feel it.
Thierry HenryWork hard. Believe in yourself. It's not the publicity that sells the clothes, it's the woman.
Oscar de la RentaI do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly.
Albert EinsteinFate is something you believe in when things are not going well. When they are, you forget it.
Aubrey MenenWe think we understand a song's lyrics but what makes us believe in them, or not, is the music
Carlos Ruiz ZafonWe believe we're seeing the world just fine until it's called to our attention that we're not.
David EaglemanI do not believe in the art which is not the compulsive result of man's urge to open his heart
Edvard MunchBelieve not much them that seem to despise riches, for they despise them that despair of them.
Francis BaconSex has been around for a long time. You may not believe this, but it was around before I was.
George BurnsI've never said I'm immortal. I do believe in correct language. I'm eternal; I'm not immortal.
Gough WhitlamPeople will really believe anything. You may have noticed this. It's not just me. Look around.
Greg ProopsI do not believe in inspiration, but I must have a title in order to work, otherwise I am lost
Guillermo Cabrera InfanteDo not let people put you down. Believe in yourself and stand for yourself and trust yourself.
Jacob NeusnerLong before I ever started acting, believe it or not, I always knew I wanted to be a director.
Jay BaruchelMusic has always played a big part in my life and, believe it or not, in my soap opera career.
Kassie DePaivaBelieve me, a thousand friends suffice thee not; In a single enemy thou hast more than enough.
Muhammad AliI do not believe it right for one group to impose its vision of morality on an entire society.
Nelson RockefellerIf you want something you just have to see it and believe in it and not take no for an answer.
Rick SpringfieldI read the bible often, not just to prepare for "Noah". I believe it is a very important book.
Russell CroweI did not believe what I was told about being poor and black and female in Mississippi in 1954.
Oprah WinfreyFor unlike my mother, I did not believe I could be anything I wanted to be. I could only be me.
Amy TanI believe if somebody chooses plastic surgery it should be for themselves, not for anyone else.
Ashlee SimpsonEvolution is not something you can believe in or not believe in like do you believe in gravity.
Bill NyeI do not believe that the way paint is applied should be more important than what is portrayed.
Burton SilvermanIf we do not cling to riches, selfishness or greed-then I believe we are getting closer to God.
Daniel OrtegaWhen a man ceases to believe in god, he does not believe in nothing. He believes in everything.
Gilbert K. ChestertonI'm not a bible thumper, I'm not any of that stuff, but I do believe that the force is with us.
Jim CarreyDon't matter if you believe in them or not. If they're there, they're there,' Mrs. Phipps said.
Joan Lowery NixonI believe that social security should be a universal retirement guarantee and not means tested.
Steve IsraelI'm not religious, but I believe that what I have is a gift, and I respect it and live up to it
Sugar Ray LeonardReason may not always tell us what to believe, but it can help us on what we shouldn't believe.
Walter KaufmannIf you believe that the killing of innocent people is right, then you are not part of my future.
Abdallah IIBelieve those who seek the truth, doubt those who find it; doubt all, but do not doubt yourself.
Andre GideNegative thoughts stick around because we believe them, not because we want them or choose them.
Andrew BernsteinI do not believe in the TRANSFER of an individual. I believe in the TRANSFER of entire villages.
Arthur RuppinIt may well be that some composers do not believe in God. All of them, however, believe in Bach.
Bela BartokI believe that the way to a man's heart is not through his stomach. It's a little further south.
Bill EngvallWe must be true to ourselves. And we must be true to others, whether they believe we are or not.
John McCainThere is so much one would rather not believe until one has seen for oneself whether it is true.
Selma LagerlöfDare to believe, and then dare to speak, and you shall have whatsoever you say if you doubt not.
Smith WigglesworthI believe most people are essentially good. I know that I am. It's you I'm not entirely sure of.
Stephen KingCan you believe that? She says I'm not leader enough for her. Who was she looking for... Hitler?
Woody AllenI still believe in abstraction, but now I know that one ends with abstraction, not starts with it
Alexander StepanovI do not believe there is a long-term future for the privately rented sector in its present form.
Anthony CroslandWe believe that what they call "Grexit" [a Greek exit from the eurozone] is not an option for us.
Antonis SamarasI do not believe making money in order to consume goods is mankind's sole purpose on this planet.
Bill HicksI believe you are more believing in the Bible than I. I am not, and, you are much happier than I.
Carl Friedrich GaussI believe that history is capable of anything. There exists no folly that men have not tried out.
Carl JungFight for your opinions, but do not believe that they contain the whole truth, or the only truth.
Charles A. DanaNever, under any circumstance, do I touch soup, as I do not believe in building a meal on a lake.
Elsie de WolfeI have not become the artist I believe I am. I want to become a stadium act. I'm not done at all.
Jimmy CliffI'm pretending to be a vegetarian. Were I not, I believe I probably still wouldn't eat a wallaby.
Kevin MoffettWe believe, that is, you and I, that education is not an expense. We believe it is an investment.
Lyndon B. JohnsonOur lives are not fully lived if we're not willing to die for those we love, for what we believe.
Martin Luther King, Jr.To say a prayer is not enough. One has to believe that it's possible for that prayer to be heard.
Marvin HierThe road back to God is not nearly so steep nor is it so difficult as some would have us believe.
Thomas S. MonsonGod's Word is true whether we believe it or not. Human unbelief cannot alter the character of God.
Aiden Wilson TozerEven under a harsh God-and I do not believe in a harsh God-one is entitled to serenity in old age.
Albert OutlerI believe that the United States is not genuine regarding having a cessation of violence in Syria.
Bashar al-AssadI used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not.
Damien HirstIf you don't believe your general, you're not going to go into battle knowing you're going to die.
Genndy TartakovskyWe are supposed to share the gospel. So, I believe it can actually be a sinful thing to not do it.
Greg LaurieGratitude is not a virtue I believe in, and to me it seems hypocritical to expect it from a child.
Hermann HesseI don't believe in making war with food. Food is not the enemy. Said by Claire in The 5th Horseman
James PattersonHaving listened to people for a long time, I believe many of us should be thankful not to be shot.
Leston HavensThere are zillions of people who say that alcoholism is a disease, but not many of them believe it
Mercedes McCambridgeWhether we report Iran to the council or not, I believe the only way forward is through diplomacy.
Mohamed ElBaradeiIn mathematics we do not appeal to authority, but rather you are responsible for what you believe.
Richard HammingThough my sight be lost, I do not yet lose my faith: when I can no longer see, I can still believe.
Ivan PaninI would like to believe in an afterlife; it makes things more palatable. But I'm not banking on it.
Jarvis CockerI believe in God, and that's a personal relationship that I have, but I'm not religious in any way.
Joe JonasI'm not one of those people who says, 'I never read reviews,' because I don't believe those people.
Marvin HamlischI don't believe in trying to be somebody you're not - just be a bigger, better version of yourself.
Neon HitchAnd believe it or not, she has a phone and everything. She stopped using smoking signals last year.
Nicholas SparksI do believe that an actor, who is self aware, will never do a film that is not an extension of his
Shah Rukh KhanWe only believe in those thoughts which have been conceived not in the brain but in the whole body.
William Butler YeatsTo believe in God is not hard. Inquisitors, Byron and Arakcheev believed in Him. No, believe in man!
Anton ChekhovMy philosophy is fundamentally sad, but I'm not a sad man, and I don't believe I sadden anyone else.
Antonio MachadoWe do not believe that in this country, freedom is reserved for the lucky, or happiness for the few.
Barack ObamaDo you honestly believe God likes you, not just loves you because theologically God has to love you?
Brennan ManningIt is 'where we are' that should make all the difference, whether we believe we belong there or not.
Chang-Rae LeeI believe philosophy must go to school with the poets; it's not either/or, it's not over or against.
Cornel WestRelationships or not, I believe that people don't need to know about my life beyond a certain point.
Deepika PadukoneI dare not hope. I never was fainthearted before; but I cannot believe such a creature cares for me.
Elizabeth GaskellIt was not right to believe anything you couldn't see or hold in your hands or test with your teeth.
Flannery O'ConnorI believe that art has a kind of rightness, as in music, when we hear whether or not a note is false
Gerhard RichterIt is a fearful mistake to believe that because our wishes are not accomplished they can do no harm.
Gertrude the GreatWe moderns do not believe in demigods, but our smallest hero we expect to feel and act as a demigod.
Gotthold Ephraim LessingIt is always hard to believe that the will to change something does not produce an immediate change.
Janet FrameI would like to make a confession which may seem immoral: I do not believe in Hilbert space anymore.
John von NeumannWe do not believe in order to be regenerated; we must be regenerated in order that we might believe.
Keith MathisonI do not believe that the desires of young boys cause catastrophic events. The actions of humans do.
Melina MarchettaI cannot have God in my heart if he is not in my head. Before I can believe in, I must believe that.
R. C. SproulWe are willing to follow leaders only to the extent we believe they call on our best, not our worst.
Rachel Maddow