Quotes about Doubt
I forbid you, agnostic, doubting thoughts, to destroy the house of my faith.
— Thomas Monson
Should doubt knock at your doorway, just say to those skeptical, disturbing, rebellious thoughts, I propose to stay with my faith, with the faith of my people.
— Thomas Monson
Faith and doubt cannot exist in the same mind at the same time, for one will dispel the other.
— Thomas Monson
The prayer that is faithless is fruitless.
— Thomas Watson
There are no sins God's people are more subject to than unbelief and impatience.
— Thomas Watson
You may as well bid an elephant fly in the air, as a covetous man live by faith.
— Thomas Watson
The secret is to fill your mind with thoughts of faith, confidence, and security. This will force out or expel all thoughts of doubt, all lack of confidence. To one man who for a long time had been haunted by insecurities and fears I suggested that he read through the Bible underlining in red pencil every statement it contains relative to courage and confidence. He also committed them to memory, in effect cramming his mind full of the healthiest, happiest, most powerful thoughts in the world.
— Norman Vincent Peale
Let the skeptics have their doubts. I prefer to believe that ideas do have wings!
— Norman Vincent Peale
Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
— Oscar Wilde
The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
— Oscar Wilde
The wise never doubt. The Humane never worry. The brave never fear.
— Confucius
Probably I dont believe in a lot of things that I used to believe in but that doesnt mean I dont believe in anything.
— Cormac McCarthy