I Believe Myself Quotes

#1. I would judge the sanest man to be him who most firmly realizes the tragic isolation of humanity and pursues his essential purposes calmly. I suppose I feel about it this way because I have a delusion of grandeur. I believe myself to be Joe Gould.

Joe Gould

#2. When I go to one of those singles dating parties I believe myself to be a bowl of fruit. When I talk to potential dates, I judge them by the smile in their lips, their smoothness of speech, and the whiteness of teeth; then I offer them the appropriate fruit, which is usually a lemon.

Amanda Holden

#3. I believe myself to possess a most singular combination of qualities exactly fitted to make me pre-eminently a discoverer of the hidden realities of nature.

Ada Lovelace

#4. I believe myself to be the type of person who does not complicate his life. I have always lived my life without dramatizing things, whether the good things that have happened to me or the bad. I simply live those moments.

Jose Saramago

#5. I believe myself to be an artist. That was my calling, to do my work, and what's most important to me is to do the best work I possibly can. And that is what means the most, that is what will endure.

Patti Smith

#6. I believe myself to be writing a book on economic theory which will largely revolutionize - not, I suppose, at once but in the course of the next ten years - the way the world thinks about economic problems.

John Maynard Keynes

#7. The most important, what I believe myself to do, is what is the interest of Lebanon, what is the interest of my country and my nation? And I'm going to do it fully.

Najib Mikati

#8. The main thing is that I believe myself when I lie. The hardest thing in life is to live and not lie ... and ... and not to believe your own lies, yes, yes, that's it precisely!

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#9. I believe myself that the secretary of state, secretary of defense and - you have to make your own decisions as to what the president knows - (know) this war is lost and the surge is not accomplishing anything as indicated by the extreme violence in Iraq yesterday,

Harry Reid

#10. I believe myself to be a worthwhile and inventive performer in my own right. [And] I want to be known for what I do best.

George Carlin

#11. I believe myself that there's a great deal more interest and engagement among Americans than our politicians recognize.

Jeffrey Sachs

#12. I hate it when I get mad at myself because it's impossible to turn on my heel and walk away in a huff and refuse to speak to me again. I've tried it plenty of times, believe me.

Gary Reilly

#13. I think the one worthy cause I can identify myself with is valuing education. Because I believe education is something that cannot be taken away from you. You can have money, you can have fame, but in the end, it can be taken from you. But education will always be there to help you.

Shamcey Supsup

#14. I believe in God, and I trust myself in His hands.

James A. Garfield

#15. I really believe in challenging myself, pushing myself to new places.

Jonathan Evison

#16. I simply can't look into the heavens on a crisp starry night and somehow bring myself to believe that the gaping expanse that engulfs the whole of me is the product of chance happenstance. And neither can I believe that the gaping expanse that rests within me is anything less.

Craig D. Lounsbrough

#17. . . . i believe my life had to be annihilated or something in order for me to find myself.

Harriet Showman

#18. I guess this is gonna sound kind of weird, but I'm not scared for myself for dying. Because I believe all these places are temporary. This is just one shell. Because we Hawaiians live in both worlds.

Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

#19. I wanted to show them I will never give up. We have to keep together. I still believe in myself. I will never change. The players need to release the rubbish from their brains.

Paolo Di Canio

#20. I don't believe for one moment that I killed him [ ... ] But if I didn't, somebody else did. I must appoint myself Investigator. I must catch this malefactor, this pig. And if at any time it looks as if I am going to catch myself, I can always accept my resignation.

Pamela Branch

#21. Then it dawned on me that no one else was going to believe in me until I believed in myself.

David J. Schwartz

#22. I believe you make your day. You make your life. So much of it is all perception, and this is the form that I built for myself. I have to accept it and work within those compounds, and it's up to me.

Brad Pitt

#23. Yeah, well, I try to think for myself once in a while, rather than buy in to the ridiculous propaganda the media would have us believe.

Marissa Meyer

#24. I may not be loud but that doesn't mean I'm not strong within myself. My mum and dad instilled in me to stand up for what I believe in - and I do.

Leona Lewis

#25. The only person who can pull me down is myself, and I'm not going to let myself pull me down anymore.

C. JoyBell C.

#26. I see myself as a man who is searching for meaning in life. This is rather different from being a staunch believer in something. A believer is someone who senses a consciousness or a direction and believes in it. The one who searches for meaning has not found the direction yet.

Aharon Appelfeld

#27. The more I ponder some of the boneheaded decisions GOP candidates have made of late, I can't bring myself to believe that they are serious about capturing more than about 8 percent of the black vote.

J. C. Watts

#28. Nobody ever told me, I found out for myself, you got to believe in foolish miracles.

Ozzy Osbourne

#29. I don't believe in angels, I believe in what I can do for myself.

Richelle Mead

#30. But even a medicine man like myself has to have some money, because you force me to live in your make-believe world where I can't get along without it.

John Lame Deer

#31. Welcome to my world! I've been through it all, and I often pinch myself to believe my luck. I design jewlery, create cosmetics, perform comedy, act, lecture, write books, travel, have a fabulous daughter, and a phenomenal grandson-and I feel I'm the luckiest woman on the planet.

Joan Rivers

#32. As a young person, and I know it's hard to believe that I was shy, but you could take your camera, and it would take you to places: it was like having a friend, like having someone to go out with and look at the world. I would do things with a camera I wouldn't do normally if I was just by myself.

Annie Leibovitz

#33. I will eliminate hatred, envy, jealousy, selfishness, and cynicism, by developing love for all humanity, because I know that a negative attitude toward others can never bring me success. I will cause others to believe in me, because I will believe in them, and in myself.

Napoleon Hill

#34. Oh, Isabella, what's wrong with me? I believe I'm actually jealous of . . . of myself!" "Then

Mia Marlowe

#35. I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me.

S.E. Hinton

#36. Now I call myself a bleeding heart libertarian. Because I do believe in the principles of Libertarianism as an ideal - because I'm an idealist.

Neil Peart

#37. I've seen such things as you would not believe. I've seen motorbikes driven down hotel corridors - and had a go myself.

Roy Harper

#38. Is that true? Are you really him?"
"I am afraid I still hold that distinction."
"You are Sherlock Holmes? No, I don't believe it."
"That is quite all right. I scarcely believe it myself.

Mitch Cullin

#39. Do I consider myself a part of the casino capitalist process? No I don't. I believe in a society where all people do well.

Bernie Sanders

#40. I don't have a specific mantra; It's more about believing that I'm tough. I've been through a lot, and I'm not wiling to let myself get beat.

Katie Hoff

#41. I believe in growth - in myself and in the characters I create.

Barbara Delinsky

#42. I'm not afraid to take a step and if I fall, I fall. I pick myself up and move on. If we can all learn one thing in life, it's don't be afraid to take on something that you believe you're capable of achieving.

Michael Jordan

#43. The only person I'll marry is myself. Believe me, my ego is that big.

Max Beesley

#44. My dad is truly the person who always made me believe in myself, to appreciate that I was smart.

Wendy Davis

#45. Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me ... I go to prepare a place for you ... I will come again and receive you to Myself;

Billy Graham

#46. I appreciate it everyday. I'm like, 'I can't believe this is happening to me.' I'm so thankful. I feel really lucky and really blessed. I remind myself all the time, because it can go as quickly as it came.

Avril Lavigne

#47. It's my firm intention to whop cancer into submission and I truly believe I've given myself the best start possible by radically overhauling my diet and by staying true to my motto, which is: Don't worry, be happy, feel good. The first thing I did when I was diagnosed was to turn vegan.

Larry Hagman

#48. When I was on the X-Factor, I found that I grew a lot as a performer. I knew I could sing but I didn't believe in myself enough ... I needed to hear that I was good.

Rebecca Ferguson

#49. I may not believe in myself, but I believe in what I'm doing.

Jimmy Page

#50. But if there is no God, then who made the knowledge? And if there is no God, then who appoints the kings? I think I must believe there's a God. I cannot rule a country by myself.

Lindsey Renee Backen

#51. "I believe I'll keep that one to myself, luv. If I told you all my secrets, there would be no more mystery in our relationship."
"I'm not a big fan of mysteries."
That roguish smile I once hated curls his lips and curls my insides. "Rubbish. You adore them."

A.G. Howard

#52. I wrote 'Fight Song' as this declaration to believe in myself, and that is similar to what you are taught to believe in Girl Scouts. Building confidence. Building character. And above all else, being there for each other as a community.

Rachel Platten

#53. Sometimes I look at you, and I think - if I didn't know we shared a destiny, if I hadn't seen the proof for myself, I'd never believe this was real. That you could love me as much as I love you.

Claudia Gray

#54. I believe that what it is I have been called to do will make itself known when I have made myself ready.

Jan Phillips

#55. Stand up for what you believe. Follow your gut, which most of the time is your heart talking. This has been my hardest lesson. I have given this advice and not always followed it myself. The truth is, there is no other way.

Faith Hill

#56. They did not hear Grimble, as he lay dying, chant in the true voice of the Boreal Owl, in tones like chimes in the night, an ancient owl prayer, "I have redeemed myself by giving belief to the wings of the young. Blessed are those who believe, for indeed they shall fly."

Kathryn Lasky

#57. Every so often I revolt, even against what I believe in with all my heart. I have to attack everything, myself included. Why? To simplify things.

Henry Miller

#58. I try to create a challenge for myself in each book. And sometimes, believe me, I just kick myself afterwards, and say, 'Why on earth did you ever attempt this, you idiot!' But I'm always better for the experience.

Elizabeth George

#59. And now I knew myself to be generous with encouragement only when I either did not want the thing the other person sought of did not believe the person would really get it.

Curtis Sittenfeld

#60. I had made myself believe that the eyes are not the mirror of the soul. Some of the deadliest little female contraptions I ever saw had the faces and the eyes of angels.

John Steinbeck

#61. I've been alone most of my life because I'm the only person in the world I can rely on. For a few days I deluded myself into thinking you were someone I could believe in. That I could trust you and lean on you, that you would never lie to me. What a mistake I made.

Elizabeth Camden

#62. I pinch myself every night when I hear the overture starting. I'm so overwhelmed by the whole process, and humbled and giddy all at the same time because I can't believe it's me that gets to sing these songs every night.

Tituss Burgess

#63. I have come to the unequivocal decision that Kate Brooks's ass is one that I, sadly, am never going to tap. And I'm okay with that. Really.

And I almost believe myself.

Right up until she shows up at my door.

Christ.

Emma Chase

#64. First of all, I'm not a heartthrob. If you saw me in high school, you wouldn't say I'm a heartthrob. Having a hit song, the minute you're famous, you're a heartthrob. I know you don't believe me, but I honestly don't consider myself a heartthrob.

Enrique Iglesias

#65. I adhere to the law of chastity because I don't believe in pushing women. That's what it means to be a man. I don't hurt others simply to make myself feel superior. Gossip can ruin a woman as surely as unchaste behavior. True men don't indulge in either. We don't need to.

Courtney Milan

#66. I needed to believe that those on whom I depended for my orientations were more fixed and enduring that myself. So as to know where to return to. So as to continue existing.

Antoine De Saint-Exupery

#67. I believe in myself and in Saint Therese.

Tara Lipinski

#68. I had heard that verse many times but in a flash of insight realized that one of the keys I had missed was that hadn't trained my mind to believe, to think positively, to have faith in either God or myself.

Norman Vincent Peale

#69. I dare say you will try to make me believe that Editors are human. Now I deny that, for I myself have, in past days, had evidence to the contrary.

Fanny Fern

#70. You know what? I'm not going to beat myself up. I did the best I can do, and so I'm going to believe that - I'm going to believe good things about myself.

Joel Osteen

#71. Or else I'd try to force myself to fall in love; in fact, I did it twice. And I suffered, gentlemen, I assure you I did. Deep down in your heart you don't believe in your suffering, there is a stirring of mockery, and yet you suffer - in the most genuine, honest-to-goodness way.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#72. I have to believe in myself. I know what I can do, what I can achieve.

Sergio Garcia

#73. I believe that any type of education can be great, but an education about ourselves can create something wonderful. I am a comedian, but people have called me a motivational speaker. I don't really consider myself that at all.

Andy Andrews

#74. What do I believe? It has been a long journey of discovery. There have been hesitations and errors along the way, and no doubt will be more, because I am still learning, both about myself and about life.

Anne Perry

#75. The thing about me that seems to puzzle people the most - people who know me, who believe what i tell them - is that I can write the most profound things without actually meaning them.
I can persuade people of things I don't believe myself,or (more usually) simply don't care about

K.J. Parker

#76. Even as a youngster, though, I could not bring myself to believe that if knowledge presented danger, the solution was ignorance. To me, it always seemed that the solution had to be wisdom. You did not refuse to look at danger, rather you learned how to handle it safely.

Isaac Asimov

#77. I ask myself whether Russia is moving in the direction of democracy. I don't believe it is! Bit by bit, Russia is slipping back into an authoritarian empire.

Vladimir Sorokin

#78. But I cannot bring myself to believe that I was intended for a musician, because it seems so small a business in comparison with other things which, it seems to me, I might do. Question here: 'What is the province of music in the economy of the world?'

Sidney Lanier

#79. I proved to myself that if I believe in something and set my mind to it I could actually accomplish it.

Salma Hayek

#80. I am now willing to forgive myself ... for believing I could offer something to others before I have offered it to myself.

Iyanla Vanzant

#81. I don't believe in luck. Like I didn't win a lot of races for awhile, and it's because I didn't put myself in position to win enough of them.

Michael Waltrip

#82. Her hair gives dawn it's fire, her eyes give dusk her soul"
He knew how to use his voice to melt a girl's heart, to make a girl want to believe. I steeled myself against the seductive words. "Excuse me?"
"It's a line of poetry describing a beautiful girl, one who doesn't seem to know it.

Elizabeth Chandler

#83. I've always considered myself a fairly romantic person. I believe in love and falling in love at a young age.

Mandy Moore

#84. I think that that Davis Cup final made me much stronger mentally. And this preseason, I was working really hard. So today, I was really believing in myself that I can win the match anyway, that I'm going to five sets. That's so important, no, believe in yourself.

Fernando Verdasco

#85. I learned how to believe in myself. Learned how to set goals, you know, self help books man. I just read every single one I can get a hold of, and I still do.

Drew Carey

#86. I fucking loved that girl, Sky. I need to believe that what she did was the only answer she had left, because if I don't, then I'll never forgive myself for not helping her find a different one.

Colleen Hoover

#87. I realize we're not promised tomorrow. Believe me, I realize that. But if God blesses me and lets me stay, I love my life so much, it is such a good life. I am eager to throw myself at His feet, but I don't want to get on the first busload that is going.

Barbara Mandrell

#88. I'm not a Communist. I'm an American. I'm a capitalist. I mean, I'm not a very good capitalist, myself. I'm not very good at it, but it's not that I'm not for capitalism. But people who believe in things like corporate citizenship, it's idiotic. I mean, it shows you're an idiot.

Fran Lebowitz

#89. Finding myself to exist in the world, I believe i shall, in some shape or other, always exist.

Benjamin Franklin

#90. I couldn't let how the team was doing affect my mindset on my rehabilitation because I sort of believe I had to take it upon myself that my rehabilitation and getting myself 100 percent healthy had to be first and foremost, before the team, in my mind,

Tedy Bruschi

#91. I've had to create companies that I believe in 100%. These are companies I feel will make a genuine difference. Then I have to be willing to find the time myself to talk about them, promote them and market them. I don't want to spend my life doing something that I'm not proud of.

Richard Branson

#92. I heard you were a 'love em and leave em' kind of guy but I didn't want to believe it! Intil I experienced it for myself! And to be honest, I feel completely jilted because I didn't even to get to fuck you before you left me!

Tamsyn Bester

#93. But while I have never considered myself a very good person, neither can I bring myself to believe that I am spectacularly bad one. Perhaps it's simply impossible to think of oneself in such a way.

Donna Tartt

#94. I'm torn about late parenting. I believe people should spend their twenties living and having fun and not having any regrets later. I also think people in their thirties generally make better parents but so many of my friends are having trouble - myself included - as fathers get older.

Eric McCormack

#95. As Olafsson showed me, White can win ... It's hard to believe. I stayed up all night analysing, finally convicing myself, and, incidentally, learning a lot about Rook and Pawn endings in the process.

Bobby Fischer

#96. No longer will I doubt my abilities ... I will give myself a chance.

Stephanie Lahart

#97. I wouldn't call myself an actress, but I at the same time, if there is an opportunity ... I believe in taking chances and living your life.

Gisele Bundchen

#98. I don't myself believe in a two-state solution. I believe in a one-state solution.

Edward Said

#99. I still can't believe that I went on 'The Colbert Report' myself; for the appearance I wore a lot of makeup, my hair was curled like a poodle's, and I could barely breathe in my Spanx undergarments. But, hey - an authoress has to lean in, right?

Edan Lepucki

#100. I can officially state that my government and myself believe that all over Europe we need to open a debate on the 'drug question' in order to create more coherent and human policies with better perspectives ... The policy of criminalizing consumers has failed, creating many problems to our society.

George Papandreou