~ Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events ... it is from numberless acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. ~

~ My creed is this: Happiness is the only good. The place to be happy is here. The time to be happy is now. The way to be happy is to make others so. ~

~ Whether you believe you can do a thing or believe you can't, you are right. ~

~ Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail. ~

~ One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interests. ~

~ One person with a belief is a social power equal to ninety-nine who have only interests. ~

~ The secret of making something work in your lives is first of all, the deep desire to make it work; then the faith and belief that it can work; then to hold that clear definite vision in your consciousness and see it working out step by step, without one thought of doubt or disbelief. ~

~ For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible. ~

~ Believe in something larger than yourself... Get involved in the big ideas of your time. ~

~ They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly those beliefs were; they all fused into a single stubbornness. ~

~ I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief. ~

~ One of my core beliefs is that belief itself is a choice that can be made of our own free will. ~

~ Our beliefs act as lenses. These lenses can help us see things we can’t otherwise see, but they can also block us from seeing parts of reality. ~

~ So let me assert my belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. ~

~ The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen. ~