Quotes about Doubt
For God's sake, where is God?" And from within me, I heard a voice answer: "Where He is? This is where — hanging here from this gallows.
— Elie Wiesel
Faith's most severe tests come not when we see nothing, but when we see a stunning array of evidence that seems to prove our faith vain.
— Elisabeth Elliot
Don't dig up in doubt what you planted in faith.
— Elisabeth Elliot
Worry is the antithesis of trust. You simply cannot do both. They are mutually exclusive.
— Elisabeth Elliot
Guidance for Israel in their wanderings was unquestionable (Numbers 9). There could be no doubt if God wished them to move. Shall my Father be less definite with me? I cannot believe so. Often I doubt, for I cannot see, but surely the Spirit will lead as definitely as the pillar of cloud. I must be as willing to remain as to go, for the presence of God determines the whereabouts of His people.
— Elisabeth Elliot
always—you have God's Word to guide you. When in doubt, check it out!
— Elizabeth George
When all is said and done, the weather and love are the two elements about which one can never be sure.
— Alice Hoffman
For the skeptic no proof is possible, and for the "believer" no proof is necessary.
— Alistair Begg
In religious belief as elsewhere, we must take our chances, recognizing that we could be wrong, dreadfully wrong. There are no guarantees; the religious life is a venture; foolish and debilitating error is a permanent possibility. (If we can be wrong, however, we can also be right.)
— Alvin Plantinga
The wavering mind is but a base possession.
— Euripides
I have not that joy in the Holy Ghost, no settled, lasting joy; nor have I such a peace as excludes the possibility either of fear or doubt.
— John Wesley
Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.
— William James