Quotes about Belief

We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world.

Harry Potter is one boy in a long line of mythical heroes who have reminded the human race that we are so much more than we think we are, so much more powerful than we seem to know. Jesus said that we would someday do even greater works than He; should we not take Him at His word? And should not 'someday' be today? It's time for us to start working miracles, if indeed we have the capacity within us to do so.

We were taught that things like grades, being good enough, money, and doing things the right way, are more important than love.

In our ability to think about something differently lies the power to make it different.

A miracle is a shift in perception from fear to love—from a belief in what is not real, to faith in that which is. That shift in perception changes everything.

anymore, you consider the possibility that there might be a better way. That's when your head cracks open and God comes in.

There's a biblical story where Jesus says we can build our house on sand or we can build it on rock. Our house is our emotional stability. When it is built on sand, then the winds and rain can tear it down. One disappointing phone call and we crumble; one storm and the house falls down. When our house is built on rock, then it is sturdy and strong and the storms can't destroy it.

the Holy Spirit is within us to do the impossible.

Very few of us were taught that we're essentially good.

Our deepest fears is not that we are inadequate, . . .

A certain amount of desperation is usually necessary before we're ready for God.

We're not without hope; we just haven't been seeing it. We're not without power; we just haven't been claiming it. We're not without love; we just haven't been living it.