I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.

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It's not enough that you believe what you see. You must also understand what you see.

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There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we believe we left without having lived them, those we spent with a favorite book.

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When you want to believe in something, you also have to believe in everything that's necessary for believing in it.

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You can’t just hope for happy endings. You have to believe in them. Then do the work, take the risks.

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God can so fill a man with His Spirit that he can laugh and believe in the face of a thousand difficulties.

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If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it — then I can achieve it. ― Muhammad Ali, “The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life’s Journey

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What you believe, you can achieve.

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Rich people believe "You can have your cake and eat it too." Middle-class people believe "Cake is too rich, so I'll only have a little piece." Poor people don't believe they deserve cake, so they order a doughnut, focus on the hole, and wonder why they have "nothing.

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Even, today, when people tell me I'm beautiful, I do not believe a word of it.

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