Quotes about Belief
The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Every year, if not every day, we have to wager our salvation upon some prophecy based upon imperfect knowledge.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
In every aspect of our lives, we are always asking ourselves, How am I of value? What is my worth? Yet I believe that worthiness is our birthright.
— Oprah Winfrey
Everything in your world is created by what you think.
— Oprah Winfrey
I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we are not wise enough to see it.
— Oprah Winfrey
You don't become what you want, you become what you believe.
— Oprah Winfrey
For whatever be the knowledge which we are able to obtain of God, either by perception or reflection, we must of necessity believe that He is by many degrees far better than what we perceive Him to be.
— Origen
Neither secular progress nor secular progressives have brought the West where they once promised. Nor can they.
— Os Guinness
Balaam's ass is the patron saint of apologists. Madness, as we shall see, is an appropriate term for the unreality of unbelief.
— Os Guinness
We betray our modern arrogance and forget the place of mystery in God's dealing with us.
— Os Guinness
If the Christian faith is true, it is true even if no one believes it, and if it is not true, it is false even if everyone believes it. The truth of the faith does not stand and fall with our defense of it.
— Os Guinness
An "open mind" can be an "empty head," and "tolerance" can be indistinguishable from believing nothing. These are no help in finding honest answers to honest and important questions.
— Os Guinness