Quotes about Doubt

Our belief at the beginning of a doubtful undertaking is the one thing that ensures the successful outcome of our venture.

Maybe," he said hesitantly, "maybe there is a beast." [...] "What I mean is, maybe it's only us.

We affect to laugh at the folly of those who put faith in nostrums, but are willing to see ourselves whether there is any truth in them.

There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith in his true Self.

Our belief at the beginning of a doubtful undertaking is the one thing that assures the successful outcome of any venture.

Dostoyevsky said, "All things are permitted." But man cannot live this way. So he makes a leap of faith and affirms values anyway. And when he does so, he reveals the inadequacy of a world without God.

15th June, 1872.—Lewalé doubts Sangara on account of having brought no letters. Nothing can be believed in this land unless it is in black and white, and but little even then; the most circumstantial details are often mere figments of the brain. The one half one hears may safely be called false, and the other half doubtful or not proven.

13th May, 1872.—He will keep His word—the gracious One, full of grace and truth—no doubt of it. He said, "Him that cometh unto me, I will in nowise cast out," and "Whatsoever ye shall ask in my name I will give it." He WILL keep His word: then I can come and humbly present my petition, and it will be all right. Doubt is here inadmissible, surely.—D.L.

The reason people lose their healing, is because they begin questioning if God really did it.

Never let the presence of a storm cause you to doubt the presence of God.

Once people stop believing in God, the problem is not that they will believe in nothing; rather, the problem is that they will believe anything.

God put enough into the world to make faith in Him a reasonable thing. But He left enough out to make it impossible to live by reason alone.