belief quotes

Don’t be misled by those who claim God doesn’t exist, because He does.

Over the years I’ve learned how to lock myself up in a prison of hope, knowing that God has nothing but His best planned for me. He promised me things concerning my ministry and my life.

I’m trying to make God more relevant in our society.

Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed… Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.

God wants to help us… He loves us… we are His children. But He will not force His help on us at any time. He sees us when we struggle and fight and complain our way through things. And I believe it breaks His heart, when all we have to do is ask Him for help.

What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.

Responsibility, I believe, accrues through privilege.

I don’t argue when people say that my message is simple, but I believe Jesus‘ message was simple.

Our faith is released as we say, pray and do the Word.

I know what I believe, I know what I want to do, and I’m just comfortable saying it, and laying it out there.

I just want to lobby for God.

When you become a Christian, something truly amazing happens: God comes to live inside your heart. You become the home of God.

Duty cannot exist without faith.

The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.

I think being an atheist is something you are, not something you do.

God always has patience.

If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal happier and also a good deal more foolish.

Only God who made us can touch us and change us and save us from ourselves.

There are two great forces, God’s force of good and the devil’s force of evil, and I believe Satan is alive and he is working, and he is working harder than ever, and we have many mysteries that we don’t understand.

We think when God speaks to us, there’s going to be a boom out of Heaven or we’re going to get some chill bumps, but I really believe God’s talking to us all the time. He’s talking to us right in here. I call it our heart, our conscience, but it’s the Holy Spirit talking to us.

I believe that I have received Jesus Christ into my heart. I believe that he has covered all of my sins.

First of all, you ask me if the God of Christians forgives one who doesn’t believe and doesn’t seek the faith. Premise that – and it’s the fundamental thing – the mercy of God has no limits if one turns to him with a sincere and contrite heart; the question for one who doesn’t believe in God lies in obeying one’s conscience.

It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods.

I believe in believing. My coach John Kavanagh is a big atheist, and he is always trying to persuade people to his way of thinking, and I think, ‚What a waste of energy.‘ If people want to believe in this god or that god, that’s fine by me; believe away. But I think we can be our own gods. I believe in myself.

I think a big test we all face in life on a regular basis is that discouragement test. Life’s not always fair, but I believe if you keep doing the right thing, God will get you to where you are.

I do not believe any of the statistical claims that are made about public opinion. I don’t see why anybody does.

I’m trying to throw a big broad net to try to get people interested in God and believe that He’s for them and has a purpose.

Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.

I believe God, Jesus, died that we not just go to Heaven but that we excel in this life. I never think you make money your goal… God wants you to excel. Just keep Him in first place, and God will open up doors you never dreamed of.

When I hear Mitt Romney say that he believes that Jesus is the Son of God, that He’s the Christ, raised from the dead, that He’s his savior – that’s good enough for me.

The best augury of a man’s success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world.

Faith is the complete reliance on the power and goodness of Spirit and the firm belief that you are always connected to this goodness. Always affirm your faith and not your doubt.

No man ever quite believes in any other man. One may believe in an idea absolutely, but not in a man.

People often speak of God being even-handed. God is not even-handed. God is biased, in favor of the weak, of the despised.

Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom for himself.

Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.

It’s the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that’s totally nonsense. I am just one human being.

I always feel like it’s two key ingredients when it comes to following your dreams, making something happen that the average person deems difficult. If you truly believe it, that’s step one. Step two, is, you know, the hard work that goes along with it.

You know, my faith is one that admits some doubt.

I believe God’s keeping the records, and I believe you will be rewarded even in this life. Somehow, some way, God will make it up to you. It may be He protected you from an accident you never knew. You can’t give God something without God giving you more in return, whether it’s peace or joy or satisfaction.

I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.

Nevertheless, it is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.

The thing we fear we bring to pass.

If you will do what God tells you to do, there’s no person on Earth and no devil in Hell that can keep you from having what God wants you to have.

It is natural for the mind to believe and for the will to love; so that, for want of true objects, they must attach themselves to false.

I believe that God put us in this jolly world to be happy and enjoy life.

I don’t think even ungodly people realize what a society would be like that had no godly influence at all.

Our daily deeds as ordinary South Africans must produce an actual South African reality that will reinforce humanity’s belief in justice, strengthen its confidence in the nobility of the human soul, and sustain all our hopes for a glorious life for all.

I believe in the battle-whether it’s the battle of a campaign or the battle of this office, which is a continuing battle.

I believe in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

My life has been long, and believing that life loves the liver of it, I have dared to try many things, sometimes trembling, but daring still.

There’s a belief that you’re supposed to be poor, and suffering, and show your humility. I just don’t see the Bible that way. I see that God came and Jesus died so that we might live an abundant life and be a blessing to others.

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.

I take inspiration from everyone and everything. I’m inspired by current champions, former champions, true competitors, people dedicated to their dream, hard workers, dreamers, believers, achievers.

I do believe that there are places where the mythological and the literal touch.

My success isn’t a result of arrogance – it’s a result of belief.

I’m an atheist and I thank God for it.

And if a person is religious, I think it’s good, it helps you a bit. But if you’re not, at least you can have the sense that there is a condition inside you which looks at the stars with amazement and awe.

The chief contribution of Protestantism to human thought is its massive proof that God is a bore.