If I had believed in a God of rewards and punishments, I might have lost courage in battle

如果我相信奖惩之神，我可能会在战斗中失去勇气

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.

如果我对永生有什么信念的话，那就是我所认识的某些狗会去天堂，而且去天堂的人非常非常少。

If a belief is not realized immediately in open deeds, it is stored up for the guidance of the future.

如果一个信念不能在公开的行动中立即实现，它就会被储存起来，以备将来的指引。

If a fact does not modify your logic on being known, either you don't believe the fact or it is not a fact.

如果一个事实不改变你被人知道的逻辑，要么你不相信这个事实，要么它不是事实。

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.

如果我相信我能做这件事，我一定会获得做这件事的能力，即使我一开始可能没有这种能力。

If something is inconvenient, even if we believe in it, moral suasion, financial incentives, don't do much to move us but social pressure, that's powerful stuff.

如果某件事不方便，即使我们相信它，道德劝说，经济激励，对我们没有太大帮助，但是社会压力，是很强大的东西。

If the United Nations is to survive, those who represent it must bolster it; those who advocate it must submit to it; and those who believe in it must fight for it.

如果联合国要生存下去，代表它的国家必须支持它;主张它的人必须服从它;相信它的人必须为之奋斗。

If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.

如果我们不相信我们所鄙视的人的言论自由，我们就根本不相信它。

If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason there is a Universe, does science do us a disservice in deflating our conceits?

如果我们渴望相信星星为我们升起和落下，相信我们是宇宙存在的原因，那么科学是否会让我们的自负受挫呢?

If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth, and naturally disposed to it.

如果我们相信我们的逻辑学家，人类与其他生物的区别就在于它的笑的能力。他有一颗快乐的心，而且天生就喜欢快乐。

If you change the belief first, changing the action is easier.

如果你先改变信念，改变行动就会更容易。

If you develop the absolute sense of certainty that powerful beliefs provide, then you can get yourself to accomplish virtually anything, including those things that other people are certain are impossible.

如果你像强大的信念所提供的那样拥有绝对的确定性，那么你就能让自己完成几乎任何事情，包括那些别人认为不可能完成的事情。

If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?

如果你不改变你的信念，你的生活会永远这样。这是好消息吗?

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.

如果你不坚持某件事，你将会爱上任何事情。

If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of douts of my own.

如果你一定要告诉我你的意见，告诉我你的信仰。我自己也有很多缺点。