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I don't believe in wishful thinking.
- Bono
I don't believe that imagining is enough.
- Bono
The more you see the less you know.
- Bono
Above all else, my inspiration is friendship.
- Bono
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Objectivity is the cure for depression.
- Bono
Grace defies reason and logic.
- Bono
To carry each other is not a burden at all
but a kind of privilege.
- Bono
This is our moment, this is our time.
- Bono
I'm not on this trip as a tourist.
- Bono
The more you know the less you feel.
- Bono
Distance does not decide who is your brother and who is not.
- Bono
Religion often gets in the way of God.
- Bono
Don't lie down. Get up.
- Bono
We thought that we had the answers,
it was the questions we had wrong.
- Bono
I feel exuberant. I don't pretend.
- Bono
The less you know, the more you believe.
- Bono
Inspire people to do things for themselves.
Inspire people to think for themselves.
- Bono
My children have made me more aggressive about the world
that they're about to inhabit.
- Bono
With manners comes insincerity.
Truth is sometimes difficult.
- Bono
The right to be irresponsible is a right I hold dear.
- Bono
Dream up the world you want to live in. Dream out loud.
- Bono
I actually enjoy being out of my depth - I thrive on it.
- Bono
I'm a very loyal and unreliable friend.
- Bono
I'm actually starting to like more and more people
who have convictions that are unpopular.
-Bono
You either do it completely and utterly,
or you should stop doing it.
- Bono (paraphrase)
Religion can be the enemy of God.
- Bono
I want to have fun, and I want to change the world.
I have a chance to do both.
- Bono
God's Spirit moves through us and the world
at a pace that can never be constricted
by any one religious paradigm.
I love that.
- Bono
I love this work I do.
It's a privilege to serve the poor.
- Bono
To be one, to be united is a great thing.
But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.
- Bono
The world is more malleable than you think
and it's waiting for you to hammer it into shape.
- Bono
My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong,
who made mistakes, but recovered from them.
- Bono
Music can change the world because it can change people.
- Bono
I'm not religious at all,
but I believe in God very strongly.
- Bono
Stop asking God to bless what you're doing.
Get involved in what God is doing -
because it's already blessed.
- Bono
I think wholeness is God's design for us;
and that often amounts to embracing contradictions.
- Bono
It's stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.
- Bono
Books are the greatest gift one person can give another.
- Bono
You hold onto religion, you know,
rules, regulations, traditions.
I think what God is interested in
is people's hearts, and that's hard enough.
- Bono
The Spirit is described in the Holy Scriptures
as much more anarchic than any established religion credits.
- Bono
Feelings are much stronger than thoughts.
We are all led by instinct,
and our intellect catches up later.
- Bono
Books! I dunno if I ever told you this,
but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.
- Bono
As a rock star, I have two instincts,
I want to have fun, and I want to change the world.
I have a chance to do both.
- Bono
It's hard to believe, hard to be a believer,
when you see the way the things are in the world.
But I am a believer!
- Bono
You have to open yourself up,
you have to be raw;
and you have to reveal yourself,
and sometimes it's very difficult.
- Bono
There are colors and feelings and emotional terrain
that we occupy that is ours and ours alone.
- Bono
Everywhere I look, I see the evidence of a creator.
But I don't see it as religion,
which has cut Irish people in two.
I don't see Jesus Christ as being
in any part of a religion.
Religion to me is almost like when God leaves -
and people devise a set of rules to fill the space.
- Bono
Love interrupts, if you like,
the consequences of your actions,
which in my case is very good news indeed,
because I've done a lot of stupid stuff.
- Bono
I am still amazed at how big, how enormous
a love and mystery God is -
and how small are the minds
that attempt to corral
this life force into rules and taboos,
cults and sects.
- Bono
There are righteous people working
in a whole rainbow of belief systems -
from Hasidic Jews to right-wing Bible Belters
to charismatic Catholics.
- Bono
The future belongs to those
who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Whatever you do, you need courage.
Whatever course you decide upon,
there is always someone to tell you
that you are wrong.
There are always difficulties arising
that tempt you to believe your critics are right.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
This is my wish for you:
Comfort on difficult days,
Smiles when sadness intrudes,
Rainbows to follow the clouds,
Laughter to kiss your lips,
Sunsets to warm your heart,
Hugs when spirits sag,
Beauty for your eyes to see,
Friendships to brighten your being,
Faith so that you can believe,
Confidence for when you doubt,
Courage to know yourself,
Patience to accept the truth,
Love to complete your life.
- Anonymous
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it,
or who said it, no matter if I have said it,
unless it agrees with your own reason
and your own common sense.
- The Buddha
I believe that everything happens for a reason.
People change so that you can learn to let go,
things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right,
you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself,
and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.
- Marilyn Monroe
Trust your own inner guidance.
Have faith that your steps are
carrying you toward your dreams.
Keep your eyes on the heavens
and believe that your feet will carry you well.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Those who believe they can do something
and those who believe they can't
are both right.
- Henry Ford
Truth is not defined by
how many people believe something.
Ask. Question. Think.
Decide - for yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Believe in yourself.
- Anonymous
Believe that life is worth living,
and your belief will help create the fact.
- William James
You can, when you believe you can.
- Anonymous
Stand often in the company of dreamers.
They believe you can achieve impossible things.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Whatever the mind can conceive and believe,
it can achieve.
- Napoleon Hill
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations.
I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty,
believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
- Louisa May Alcott
It is done to you as you believe.
- Ernest Holmes
Believe you can and you're halfway there.
- Theodore Roosevelt
Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.
- Anne Frank
I don't believe in killing whatever the reason!
- John Lennon
Your life becomes what you believe.
- Jewel
What people believe prevails over the truth.
- Sophocles
Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world.
For, indeed, that's all who ever have.
- Margaret Mead
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