Quotes about Belief
I refuse to believe that we're only here to live and die.
— Amy Grant
Considering the inner fitness of things, one would rather think that the very first act of a will endowed with freedom should be to sustain the belief in the freedom itself.
— William James
A philosophy may explain difficult things, but has no power to change them. The gospel, the story of Jesus' life, promises change.
— Philip Yancey
The Gospel is not a theory the Gospel is not a philosophy or an idea the Gospel is not a way of thinking or feeling. The Gospel is an event in history.
— John Piper
Then I grasped the meaning of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart: The salvation of man is through love and in love.
— Viktor E. Frankl
In the final analysis it is between you and God, it was never between you and them anyway.
— Mother Teresa
Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.
— John Quincy Adams
As a general rule, I would say that human beings never behave more badly toward one another than when they believe they are protecting God.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
The question is not if the candidate's heart is favorable to Christianity, but if he has Christ as his starting point even for politics, and will speak out His name!
— Abraham Kuyper
I just don't believe in the basic concept that someone should make their whole career in public service.
— Dan Quayle
In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution.
— Alexander Hamilton
I'm an idealist without illusions.
— John F. Kennedy