1082 – “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.”

-Christian D Larson [Attributed]

1022 – “Science is the key to our future, and if you don’t believe in science, then you’re holding everybody back. And it’s fine if you as an adult want to run around pretending or claiming that you don’t believe in evolution, but if we educate a generation of people who don’t believe in science, that’s a recipe for disaster.”

-Bill Nye [Attributed, See Source Notes]

1017 – “There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called yesterday and the other is called tomorrow, so today is the right day to love, believe, do, and mostly live.”

-Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama [Attributed]

1011 – “Always believe in yourself. Do this and no matter where you are, you will have nothing to fear.”

-Baron Humbert von Gikkingen (Voiced by Cary Elwes) in Studio Ghibli’s The Cat Returns

990 – “Pour accomplir de grandes choses il ne suffit pas d’agir, il faut rêver; il ne suffit pas de calculer, il faut croire.”

“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.”

-Anatole France

889 – “I believe in evidence. I believe in observation, measurement, and reasoning, confirmed by independent observers. I’ll believe anything, no matter how wild and ridiculous, if there is evidence for it. The wilder and more ridiculous something is, however, the firmer and more solid the evidence will have to be.”

–Isaac Asimov

861 – “The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it.”

–Captain W____ referring to Peter Pan in J M Barrie’s The Little White Bird

831 – “The moment we no longer have a free press, anything can happen. What makes it possible for a totalitarian or any other dictatorship to rule is that people are not informed; how can you have an opinion if you are not informed? If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer.”

–Hannah Arendt

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792 – “Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.”

–Ruth Bader Ginsburg

505 – “A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.”

–anonymous [See Source Notes]