#lief

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#belief #common #common belief #contrary #exercise

I go through major crises every few months, but then I have great peaks of belief and creativity. I'm a weird kind of animal. ↗

— Brian May

#belief #creativity #crises #every #few

When you work in the United States Senate, and you are around people of all different ideas and beliefs, you realize that what our Founding Fathers did that was so genius, is that they made the Senate the place where compromises are supposed to happen because of the makeup of the Senate. ↗

— Claire McCaskill

#because #beliefs #compromises #did #different

When I worked at the White House in the mid-1990s, I would not have dreamed of sharing my beliefs on faith with my colleagues. ↗

— Mike McCurry

#colleagues #dreamed #faith #house #i

Don't make the mistake of thinking that you have to agree with people and their beliefs to defend them from injustice. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#beliefs #defend #injustice #make #mistake

The test of a belief is not exclusively in the belief itself, but also in the intentions and actions of those who embrace it. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#also #belief #embrace #exclusively #intentions

If you change the belief first, changing the action is easier. ↗

— Peter McWilliams

#belief #change #changing #easier #first

No relief was forthcoming from my then-Catholic faith, which said the practice of homosexuality was a 'mortal sin' subject to damnation. ↗

— James McGreevey

#damnation #faith #forthcoming #homosexuality #mortal

We need to seek wise leaders who will seek common ground among Americans instead of dividing us further for political gain. As citizens, we must embrace those who embrace ideas, thoughtfulness, civility and kindness to others no matter what their political beliefs. ↗

— James McGreevey

#beliefs #citizens #civility #common #common ground

I'm a peasant I'm the muzhik A pest you're destined to play the music And yes it's pleasant to say it's beauty I'm Indebted to rest respecting it truly ↗

— Criss Jami

#art #beauty #creation #creativity #credit