I Quotes
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“If we believe [Obama] to be a good man who would never kill noncombatants in a cafe in Houston, sitting out in a sidewalk cafe, smoking - oh, that's right you're not allowed to smoke cigarettes anymore.”
“If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities.”
“If we believe heaven to be our country, it is better for us to transmit our wealth thither, than to retain it here, where we may lose it by a sudden removal.”
Source: Institutes of the Christian Religion Vol. 2: Translated from the Original Latin, and Collated With the Author's Last Edition in French
“If we believe in a God at all, we must surely ascribe to him perfection of wisdom and perfection of goodness; we are then forced to conceive of Him - however strange it may sound to those who believe, not only without seeing but also without thinking - as without will, because He must always necessarily pursue the course which is wisest and best.”
Source: The Theosophical Writings of Annie Besant
“If we believe in a theology that doesn't contain doing the works of Jesus, we will not have a practice of Signs & Wonders.”
“If we believe in Jesus, it is not what we gain but what He pours through us that really counts. God’s purpose is not simply to make us beautiful, plump grapes, but to make us grapes so that He may squeeze the sweetness out of us.”
Source: My Utmost for His Highest
“If we believe in magic, we'll live a magical life.”
Source: Unlimited Power a Black Choice
“If we believe in magic, we'll live a magical life. If we believe our life is defined by narrow limits, we've suddenly made those beliefs real.”
Source: Unlimited Power: The New Science of Personal Achievement
“If we believe in nothing, if nothing has any meaning and if we can affirm no values whatsoever, then everything is possible and nothing has any importance.”
Source: The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt
“If we believe in prosperity for all that will lead to liberation from poverty,”
“If we believe in the rebirth of our civilization... then clearly this renaissance must begin in the chambers of our own hearts... We cannot wait for society to change, or for our institutions to be renewed. We, as individuals, must assume responsibility for our own personal transformation.”
“If we believe in the words of God, written in the Holy Bible, we will allow it to guide our behaviour.”
“If we believe in them, love them and trust them, they see who they are through our eyes.”
“If we believe most people can't be trusted, that's how we'll treat each other, to everyone's detriment. Few ideas have as much power to shape the world as our view of other people. Because ultimately, you get what you expect to get.”
Source: Humankind A Hopeful History / Utopia for Realists And How We Can Get There
“If we believe not with faith divine and supernatural, we believe not at all.”
Source: The reason of faith, or, An answer unto that enquiry, wherefore we believe the scripture to be the word of God? The Causes and Nature of that Faith wherewith we do so. Wherein The Grounds whereon the Holy Scripture is Believed to be the Word of God with Faith Divine and Supernatural, are Declared and Vindicated: together with The causes, ways and means, of understanding the mind of God as revealed in his word, with assurance therein: and, a declaration of the perspicuity of the scriptures, with the external means of the interpretation of them
“If we believe something does not exist unless we measure it, then we put aside: love, feeling, intuition, art and philosophy.”
“If we believe terrorists are past redemption, we should just rip up like 1/2 the New Testament because it was written by one.”
“If we believe that god is the creator of evil, maybe there is evil also in heaven, if that is the case, we are not out of the woods yet”
Source: Pearls Of Eternity
“If we believe that he [Jesus Christ]really countenanced the follies, the falsehoods, and the charlatanisms, which his biographers [writers of the New Testament]father upon him, and admit the misconstructions, interpolations, and theorizations of the fathers of the early and the fanatics of the latter ages, the conclusion would be irresistible by every sound mind that he was an impostor.”
“If we believe that humanity may transcend tooth and claw, if we believe divers races & creeds can share this world as peaceably as the orphans share their candlenut tree, if we believe leaders must be just, violence muzzled, power accountable & the riches of the Earth & its Oceans shared equitably, such a world will come to pass.”
“If we believe that Jesus of Nazareth is the only begotten Son of God and that He came into this world and went to the cross of Calvary and died for our sins and rose again in order to justify us and to give us life anew and prepare us for heaven-if you really believe that, there is only one inevitable deduction, namely that He is entitled to the whole of our lives, without any limit whatsoever.”
“If we believe that life is limited to what fits into the rubrics of our logic maybe we are afraid of what life is, when maybe we should fear what our assumption of it is.”
“If we believe that life with God is possible in this world, and if we believe THAT life is the one we've always longed for, then it would be worth whatever it cost us to pursue it.”
Source: Recapturing the Wonder: Transcendent Faith in a Disenchanted World
“If we believe that murder is wrong and not admissible in our society, then it has to be wrong for everyone, not just individuals but governments as well.”
Source: Dead Man Walking: The Eyewitness Account Of The Death Penalty That Sparked a National Debate
“If we believe that the EU is only a fair-weather event we will be doomed. The EU cannot be an answer only to the tragedies of the past but also to the problems of the future. We must understand that the geopolitical holidays are over. It's time to go back to school where there will be only hard exams to take.”
“If we believe that the rational for betraying God could ever justify the betrayal itself, we have shown that we possess the ability to betray anything, including ourselves.”
“If we believe that the universe is unfriendly and that our very souls are in danger, peace will be elusive at best.”
“If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today”
“If we believe that we have control over life, we’re living in an illusion. And if we attempt to protect, strengthen, and expand this illusion, our influence on what’s genuinely happening becomes increasingly smaller; mired in resistance, our life would become a cycle of anxious complaining, postponed decisions, and missed opportunities.”
Source: The Mosaic: Realizations about Our Life, Consciousness, and Existence
“If we believe that we're separated from someone, though they stand in the same room with us, we're separated. If we believe that we're together, if we believe that they are with us, if we listen through our inner senses, there's a chance we'll hear.”
“If we believe the Bible, we must accept the fact that, in the old days, God and his angels came to humans in their sleep and made themselves known in dreams.”
Source: The Lincoln treasury
“If we believe the Canon is closed and Scripture is sufficient, then we believe God is not speaking new words apart from Scripture.”
“If we believe the good we read about ourselves, we have to believe the bad we read about ourselves.”
“If we believe we are just being naughty in the classroom of life, how can we ever hear this beautiful invitation from Jesus? If we believe in lukewarm sin, won't our repentance be lukewarm as well?”
Source: The Smell of Sin: and the Fresh Air of Grace
“If we believe we are loved, we will live loved.
If we believe we are strong in the power of God, we will live strong.
If we believe Christ is with us in our fear, we will be brave.
If we believe that Christ is with us in the mornings of life, He will be there at midnight too.”
Source: In the Middle of the Mess: Strength for This Beautiful, Broken Life
“If we belong to Christ, Satan has no right to exercise authority over us, but he hopes we're too ignorant regarding Scripture to know it.”
Source: Believing God
“If we bend over backwards to help immigrants and they throw that assistance back in our faces by committing crime then the punitive sentences should be double what would normally be expected, and upon serving their sentence they should be deported immediately.”
Source: 100 Common Sense Policies to make BRITAIN GREAT again
“If we bestow but a very little attention to the economy of the animal creation, we shall find manifest examples of premeditation, perseverance, resolution, and consumate artifice, in order to effect their purpose.”
Source: The Travels of William Bartram
“If we betake ourselves to the statistical method, we do so confessing that we are unable to follow the details of each individual case, and expecting that the effects of widespread causes, though very different in each individual, will produce an average result on the whole nation, from a study of which we may estimate the character and propensities of an imaginary being called the Mean Man.”
“If we blend efficiently democracy, demographic demand & demand, I believe that there will be a Vasco Da Gama on every street who will come searching for India.”
“If we blind them to The Adversary —decrease their desire for The Desire— while at the same time encourage them to do anything else they desire with increasing “freedom of choice,” then eventually we snuff out desire while leaving demand in tact.”
“If we bloggers have offended,
Think but this, and all is mended,
That you have but wander’d here
While this wordage did appear.
And this sprightly, vigorous theme,
No more yielding but a dream.
© 2025, Stewart Stafford. All rights reserved.”
“If we blow ourselves up we will do it by misapplication of science; if we manage to keep from blowing ourselves up, it will be through intelligent application of science.”
“If we blunt Russian efforts now to be aggressive, we may be pleasantly surprised by the policy options that become available to us, in terms of working with a better Russia.”
“If we boost productivity, we can improve economic growth.”
“If we born into the world, we must seek rebirth in the world.”
“If we both look at the same moon and you still want to call to say goodnight then maybe we're not looking at the same moon anymore.”
Source: Honeybee
“If we bought everything on the Internet, our eyes and mouths and nostrils would probably begin to film over with a tegument - one initially tissue-thin and capable of being removed each morning, but which gradually thickened and hardened until we were imprisoned in our own tiny minds.”
“If we break promises to God, shouldn't we be allowed an occasional violation of our word to our friends and superiors?”
Source: A Dave Robicheaux Ebook Boxed Set: Neon Rain, Heaven's Prisoners, Excerpt from The Glass Rainbow
“If we breathe the scent of goodly grass, the fragrance of spices, the aroma of good fruits, we pronounce a blessing over the pleasure.”