Quotes about Doubt
To fear and not be afraid- that is the paradox of faith.
- AW Tozer
Indecision, doubt and fear. The members of this unholy trio are closely related; where one is found, the other two are close at hand.
- Napoleon Hill
To fear to face an issue is to believe that the worst is true.
- Ayn Rand
The combination of fear and ignorance (two sides of the same coin) can be paralyzing.
- Seth Godin
Within orthodoxy, there is always a danger of faith collapsing into fear.
- NT Wright
Trust in the person's promise who dares to refuse what they fear they cannot perform.
- Charles Spurgeon
Fear is just faith in the wrong person.
- Bill Johnson
You may not be down to your final heartbeat, but you may be down to your last paycheck, solution, or thimble of faith. Each sunrise seems to bring fresh reasons for fear.
- Max Lucado
Many people are afraid to embrace religion, for fear they shall not succeed in maintaining it.
- Henry Ward Beecher
He that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious; and he that becomes suspicious will quickly become corrupt.
- Samuel Johnson
Life offers us this great gift of self-organization, how we can be held in the basin of shared meaning and, within that, exercise individual freedom. It is such a shame to waste it on fear and doubt. Or to seek to contain and control it.
- Margaret J. Wheatley
If I can trust the word of a friend, why do I question the word of the God of the universe? Go figure. Sin is truly bizarre." [Running Scared, p. 111]
- Edward Welch