As soon as you begin to believe in something, then you can no longer see anything else. The truth you believe in and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.
Pema Chodron
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limitations. There is more logic i... VICTOR BORGE Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic i... VICTOR BORGE No one can hand you anything as a dancer. You have to earn it. ELIZABETH BERKLEY Life is energy ,create yourself from it and be who you are. And if you believe in anything believe i... KAT MORGAN Don't take anything for granted. If you don't believe in yourself, nobody else will. Have a ... CATHY MORIARTY It was easy to believe in anything when you were desperate enough... NICOLE SOBON A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but he's not a man of a... GEORGES CLEMENCEAU People tell you to believe in yourself for your whole life, then call you arrogant when you begin ta... CURTIS TYRONE JONES If you don't believe in something, you'll fall for anything. I believe everything happens fo... ERIC DAVIS You can pipe anything to anything else, and usually it'll do something. With most of the standard Li... SCOTT SIMPSON The beautiful thing about baseball is that anything can happen. It's like life in that way. As s... ALYSSA MILANO If you can think of anything more terrifying than that happening to you in the middle of the night, ... ROALD DAHL You can believe in whatsoever you like, but the truth remains the truth, no matter how sweet the lie... MICHAEL BASSEY JOHNSON Even if you are not asked anything, you just have to speak something to make someone believe that yo... VIKRANT PARSAI If you don’t believe in your self, how do you expect someone else to believe in you? RICHIE SAMBORA Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply becau... BUDDHA Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply becau... Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply becau... GAUTAMA BUDDHA Believe in yourself,there is something within you which makes you to withstand & overcome any obstac... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Pretty woman, I don't believe you, you're not the truth. No one could look as good as you, m... ROY ORBISON You can take as much as you can from the generation that has preceded you, but then it's up to y... JACKSON BROWNE You have to believe in yourself before anybody else believes in you. RAY LAMONTAGNE As I am defeated today, I tell you to believe what you will. Just as you believe yourself, your wors... E.G. KARDOS Jesus Christ said more about hell than anyone else in the New Testament. If it means anything to be ... RANDY ANDERSON Just 'cause something makes you feel better than anything else, that don't mean it's good for you. KURT VONNEGUT And as you come to know Him, you're becoming like Him. The more you are like Him, the more different... CRAIG GROESCHEL It's hard to believe in coincidence, but it's even harder to believe in anything else. JOHN GREEN When you are dispirited, held back, beat down and you have no one,you can give up, give in, or you c... JILL ANZINGER When you read anything especially a story in the bible, begin to ask and process how you can begin t... SUNDAY ADELAJA You cannot force someone to believe something they do not believe; you can only manage to force them... MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA To hear you is to dream,
To see you is to believe,
To know you is to love. TIM ANDERSON
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