It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving, it consists in professing to believe what one does not believe.
Thomas Paine The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase, Saying, and Quotation
Categories: happiness authenticity beliefs

Our own beliefs create inner turmoil or harmony and lifelong learning. If we can assimilate every event as instruction, nothing is wasted, no experience is for naught.
Marsha Sinetar To Build the Life You Want, Create the Work You Love: The Spiritual Dimension of Entrepreneuring
Categories: beliefs learning self-improvement growth

...while yearning to overthrow old beliefs, we also thirst for new certainties...
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Finding Flow: The Psychololgy of Engagement With Everyday Life
Categories: faith believe beliefs traditions spirituality

You can't just change how you think or the that way you act -- you must change the way that you will. You must gain control
Peter Koestenbaum "Do you have the will to lead?" by Polly LaBarre, Fast Company , March 2000
Categories: attitudes decisions beliefs potential courage

Each man believes only his experience.
Empedocles The Story of Thought
Categories: experience knowledge beliefs wisdom learning

An open mind is all very well in its way, but it ought not to be so open that there is no keeping anything in or out of it. It should be capable of shutting its doors sometimes, or it may be found a little draughty.
Samuel Butler The Forbes Book of Business Quotations
Categories: openness character beliefs believing tolerance

Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
Margaret Thatcher The Book of Positive Quotations
Categories: choice integrity stand beliefs leadership

He does not believe that does not live according to his belief.
Thomas Fuller Webster's New World Dictionary of Quotations
Categories: faith actions speak louder than words beliefs

Your self-beliefs either support or undermine you.
Marsha Sinetar To Build the Life You Want, Create the Work You Love: The Spiritual Dimension of Entrepreneuring
Categories: self-esteem self-knowledge self-concept attitude beliefs support

No stance is without presuppositions, for to be without them is to be without a foundation. Presuppositions are our guidelines to truth; they undergird our values, standards, and ideals; they form the framework within which we move. Yet presuppositions by their very nature can not be proved or demonstrated; they can only be affirmed. This makes all of man's knowledge tenuous, assailable, vulnerable.
Clyde L. Manschreck History of Christianity in the World
Categories: beliefs self-awareness values truth standards ideals

...changing your mind is easy; changing your heart is hard.
Timothy Ray Miller How to Want What You Have
Categories: change opinion bias beliefs self-improvement habit

Change can either challenge or threaten us...Your beliefs pave your way to success or block you.
Marsha Sinetar To Build the Life You Want, Create the Work You Love: The Spiritual Dimension of Entrepreneuring
Categories: change challenge growth success beliefs self-esteem confidence

Honesty characterizes the person and enables him to create an identity, to communicate a real presence, and to establish authentic bonds with others. The individual increasingly comes to know who he is through the stand he takes when he expresses his ideas, values, beliefs, and convictions, and through the declaration and ownership of his feelings.
Clark Moustakas Thoughts on Leadership
Categories: authenticity honesty communication relationships opinions values beliefs

Our ways of thinking make our happiness or unhappiness, our success or nonsuccess. We can, by effort, change our ways of thinking.
H. Emilie Cady Lessons in Truth
Categories: optimism thoughts habits beliefs success happiness achievement

Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years wrinkle the face, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, doubt, self-interest, fear, despair -- these are the long, long years that bow the head and turn the growing spirit back to dust.
Watterson Lowe The Forbes Book of Business Quotations: 14,266 Thoughts on the Business of Life
Categories: attitude beliefs authenticity aging enthusiasm worry doubt selfishness fear afraid despair

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.
Albert Einstein The Quotable Einstein
Categories: spirit thought independence self-determination peer pressure responsibility choice judgemental criticism self-expression courage of your convictions strength bravery beliefs integrity character