Quotes about Belief
If a man believes and expects great things of himself, it makes no odds where you put him, or what you show him . . he will be surrounded by grandeur.
— Henry David Thoreau
There are various, nay, incredible faiths; why should we be alarmed at any of them? What man believes, God believes.
— Henry David Thoreau
Men cannot conceive of a state of things so fair that it cannot be realized.
— Henry David Thoreau
Some folks think that Christianity means a kind of insurance policy, and that it has little to do with this life, but that it is a very good thing when a man dies.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Though a man declares himself an atheist, it in no way alters his obligations.
— Henry Ward Beecher
A man has a right to picture God according to his need, whatever it be.
— Henry Ward Beecher
God's men are better than the devil's men, and they ought to act as though they thought they were.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Men can make an idol of the Bible.
— Henry Ward Beecher
It is no natural for a man to pray that no theory can prevent him from doing it.
— James Freeman Clarke
[I] never understood [what a republican government was and] I believe no other man ever did or ever will.
— John Adams
The liberty of conscience, which above all other things ought to be to all men dearest and most precious.
— John Milton
Just are the ways of God, And justifiable to men; Unless there be who think not God at all.
— John Milton