#belief

Omitting the section of the Pledge that affirms these beliefs strips the message of its meaning. More than any political connotation, this is why the Pledge of Allegiance is more than incomplete without the words 'under God' and 'indivisible.' It is also empty. ↗

— Dan Coats

#allegiance #also #any #beliefs #connotation

Those of us who were brought up as Christians and have lost our faith have retained the sense of sin without the saving belief in redemption. This poisons our thought and so paralyses us in action. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#belief #brought #christians #faith #lost

The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs. ↗

— John Dewey

#beliefs #least #made #mental #old

My belief in why America has been doing so well up to now is that we have been propelled by our immigrants and our encouragement of technical innovation and, indeed, creativity across the board. ↗

— Howard Gardner

#america #been #belief #board #creativity

Well, I'll put it this way: you can certainly say belief in God makes people behave worse. That can be proved beyond a doubt. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#belief #beyond #certainly #doubt #god

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence. ↗

— David Hume

#evidence #his #man #proportions #wise

If you feel irritated or threatened by others' beliefs, it's a sign that you're experiencing crisis of confidence. ↗

— Toba Beta

#crisis-of-confidence #experience #irritation #experience

Truth is not a prerequisite for belief, whilst belief is often times a catalyst for searching for one's own truth. ↗

— S.R.

#change #truth #change

You always really have to remain consistent in your beliefs and philosophy. ↗

— Mark Messier

#beliefs #consistent #philosophy #really #remain

Life is too short to waste any amount of time on wondering what other people think about you. In the first place, if they had better things going on in their lives, they wouldn't have the time to sit around and talk about you. What's important to me is not others' opinions of me, but what's important to me is my opinion of myself. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#freedom #inspirational #inspirational-attitude #inspirational-quotes #inspiring