Quotes about Doubt
Fear is born of Satan, and if we would only take time to think a moment we would see that everything Satan says is founded upon a falsehood.
— AB Simpson
Faith isn't about having everything figured out ahead of time; faith is about following the quiet voice of God without having everything figured out ahead of time.
— Rachel Held Evans
I have withstood the power of convictions a long time; and therefore I fear I shall be finally left of God.
— David Brainerd
Because still, in spite of everything, I have not enough faith in God. He has given me so much - which I certainly do not deserve - and I still do so much that is wrong every day.
— Anne Frank
It's twice as hard for us young people to hold on to our opinions at a time when ideals are being shattered and destroyed, when the worst side of human nature predominates, when everyone has come to doubt truth, justice and God.
— Anne Frank
in spite of everything, I still don't have enough faith in God. He's given me so much, which I don't deserve, and yet each day I make so many mistakes!
— Anne Frank
don't dare do anything anymore, 'cause I'm afraid it's not allowed.
— Anne Frank
Certainty is missing the point entirely.
— Anne Lamott
The opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty. Certainty is missing the point entirely. Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns. Faith also means reaching deeply within, for the sense one was born with, the sense, for example, to go for a walk.
— Anne Lamott
Or you might shout at the top of your lungs or whisper into your sleeve, I hate you, God. That is a prayer too, because it is real, it is truth, and maybe it is the first sincere thought you've had in months.
— Anne Lamott
The opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty.
— Anne Lamott
Faith is underrated. Paradoxically, religion is vastly overrated.
— Seth Godin