Quotes about Doubt
And if God approves of people like Alicia, he doesn't want me; and the devil does. It's nice to be wanted, Mrs. Franklin. I haven't been wanted for a long time now.
— Madeleine L'Engle
I've gone out alone and bellowed in rage at God at the top of my lungs. But the fact that I bellow at him I suppose proves that I think he's there, doesn't it? Go ahead and be mad at God if you feel like it, Vicky. [...] But remember when you're yelling at God, what you're doing is saying, Do it MY way, God, not YOUR way, but MY way
— Madeleine L'Engle
The palaces faith builds are greater than the prisons fear creates.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Obstacles must be overcome.Problems must be solved.Doubt must be resisted.Fear must be defeated.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Great minds believe they will succeed.Average minds doubt they can succeed.Small minds don't even try to succeed.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Pride renders faith impossible.
— Andrew Murray
Amid the painful consciousness of ignorance and unworthiness, in the struggle between believing and doubting, the heavenly art of effectual prayer is learnt.
— Andrew Murray
A castle called Doubting Castle, the owner whereof was Giant Despair.
— John Bunyan
What a fool, quoth he, am I, thus to lie in a stinking dungeon, when I may as well walk at liberty! I have a key in my bosom, called Promise, that will, I am persuaded, open any lock in Doubting Castle.
— John Bunyan
The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.
— John Maxwell
We shall find that the reason why we doubt of God's promises is, because we sinfully detract from his power.
— John Calvin
For the truth of God is sufficiently solid and certain in itself, and can receive no better confirmation from any other quarter than from itself; but our faith being slender and weak, unless it be supported on every side, and sustained by every assistance, immediately shakes, fluctuates, totters, and falls.
— John Calvin