Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.
— Mahatma Gandhi
Unconventional Contrary To Belief quotations
There is more to sex appeal than just measurements
Don't fall asleep yet. Contrary to popular belief, that's not where dreams get accomplished.
Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
Contrary to general belief, an artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs.
Contrary to popular belief, Americans don't hate advertising.
Contrary to what they tell you... You are not a limited material being.
Contrary to popular belief, English women do not wear tweed nightgowns.
Miracles, contrary to popular belief, do not just happen.
A miracle is the achievement of the impossible, and it is only when we put aside out greed, anger, pride and prejudice so that our minds are open and ready to accept it, that a miracle can occur.
Contrary to popular belief, I'm not promiscuous.
There does seem to be a mistaken belief out there that I am sexually available somehow which is not to say that I'm not open-minded about sex.
To preserve an unclouded capacity for the enjoyment of life is an unusual moral and psychological achievement. Contrary to popular belief, it is not the prerogative of mindlessness, but the exact opposite: It is the reward of self-esteem.
Contrary to the general belief about photography, you don't need bright sunlight: the best moodiest pictures are taken in the dim light of almost dusk, or of rainy days.
I don't think people understand that being poor means you have to work from dawn until dusk just to survive through the day. I think there's some notion that poor people lie about all day not doing anything.
Contrary to popular belief, we (millennials) can't be won back with hipper worship bands, fancy coffee shops, or pastors who wear skinny jeans.
Courage is not the absence of fear, courage is acting in spite of fear.
Contrary to popular belief. It's much wiser to take money from the poor than the rich.
If religious beliefs and opinions are found contrary to the standards of science they are mere superstitions and imaginations.
There are those who feel an imperative need to believe, for whom the values of a belief are proportionate not to its truth, but to its definiteness. Incapable of either admitting the existence of contrary judgments or of suspending their own, they supply the place of knowledge by turning other men's conjectures into dogmas.
Anyone can achieve something important.
Contrary to popular belief, the key is not hard work, but finding the right thing to achieve.
I'm not particularly fond of kissing strange men-contrary to popular belief.
The Christian religion is so manifestly contrary to the facts, belief in it can only be held with the most delusional gerrymandering imaginable.
Contrary to popular belief, we do not face a choice between economy and ecology, It is often said that protecting the environment would constrain or even undermine economic growth. In fact, the opposite is true: unless we protect resources and the earth's natural capital, we shall not be able to sustain economic growth.
The world is not ready for some people when they show up, but that shouldn't stop anyone.
RELIGION: A set of beliefs held as dogmas, dominating the conduct of life, going beyond or contrary to evidence, and inculcated by methods which are emotional or authoritarian, not intellectual.
Contrary to the vulgar belief that men are motivated primarily by materialistic considerations, we now see the capitalist system being discredited and destroyed all over the world, even though this system has given men the greatest material comforts.
Contrary to popular belief, there is no such thing as an educated person.
You are either learning or you are not. In today's world, it is vitally important that you see the truth in Eric Hoffer's statement. The win or loss, which is waiting in the wings for every person, is enormous. You get to choose which you will experience.
Contrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first.
Contrary to popular belief, the past was not more eventful than the present.
If it seems so it is because when you look backward things that happened years apart are telescoped together, and because very few of your memories come to you genuinely virgin.
Contrary to popular belief, all evolving artists are in a full time battle with mediocrity.
Contrary to popular belief, it's not the legs that go first; it's remembering the word for legs.
Contrary to popular belief, the Loch Ness Monster is not a dinosaur -- it's a huge mutant duck, a top researcher claims.... Most mainstream Nessie researchers consider Gluber's duck theory to be horse feathers and are trying to blast it out of the water.
You have a soft spot. Contrary to popular belief, it is not where you are weak, it is the gateway to indestructible power.
Contrary to popular belief, I have always had a wonderful repertoire with my players.
Contrary to popular belief, the experience of terror does not make you braver.
Perhaps though, it is easier to hide your fear when you're afraid all the time.
Children demand that their heroes should be freckleless, and easily believe them so: perhaps a first discovery to the contrary is less revolutionary shock to a passionate child than the threatened downfall of habitual beliefs which makes the world seem to totter for us in maturer life.