Quotes about Belief
I believe you are a wizard, Mr. Holmes.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
To underestimate one's self is as much a departure from truth as to exaggerate one's own powers.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
There are a terrible lot of lies going around the world, and the worst of it is half of them are true.
— Winston Churchill
Now we will let the knight of faith appear in the rôle just described. He makes exactly the same movements as the other knight, infinitely renounces claim to the love which is the content of his life, he is reconciled in pain; but then occurs the prodigy, he makes still another movement more wonderful than all, for he says, "I believe nevertheless that I shall get her, in virtue, that is, of the absurd, in virtue of the fact that with God all things are possible.
— Soren Kierkegaard
He who loves God without faith reflects on himself, while the person who loves God in faith reflects on God.
— Soren Kierkegaard
That in which all human life is unified is passion, and faith is a passion.
— Soren Kierkegaard
There are two ways to be fooled: one is to believe what isn't true, the other is to refuse to believe what is true." Another translation says:"There are two ways to be fooled: one is to believe what isn't so; the other is to refuse to believe what is so.
— Soren Kierkegaard
Scepticismcan never be thoroughly applied, else life would come to a standstill.
— George Eliot
I try to live a faith-filled life. I'm a believer.
— George W. Bush
I pray daily, and I pray in all kinds of places. I mean, I pray in bed, I pray in the Oval Office. I pray a lot. And just different as the spirit moves me. And faith is an integral part of my life.
— George W. Bush
Every religion, every philosophy, every individual outlook on life tells a story of reality.
— Greg Koukl
The depth of our belief in the Resurrection and the Atonement of the Savior will, I believe, determine the measure of courage and purpose with which we meet life's challenges.
— James Faust