Quotes About Belief

When Jesus told His followers, "Unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 18:3), He was pointing toward the vulnerability and openness that are essential for those of us who aren't children to inherit the kingdom of God. This identification with children was important to Fred.

I think that Fred felt that loved ones in heaven do help those they left behind. He once told me, 'I think of my mother and my dad, and they're both in heaven and have been for a long time, and I know that they still love me and they help me. I have friends who are in heaven, and I know that they inspire me to do all kinds of things in this life.

But when I asked Fred directly about the oft-misunderstood concept of self-esteem, he said, "Now self-esteem is certainly not brought about by people saying that a child has done something wonderful when that person doesn't believe it.

So perhaps the philosophers and politicians and poets are wrong; perhaps prayer isn't a crutch or an old man's bauble. Maybe it's a necessity for both the strongest and the weakest among us.

You're the optimist all the way through, pretending to be a pessimist on the inside, because you can act like it hurts less if you say you knew all along it was going to go down like that.

I think it's exactly like that. When you think you can't do it anymore. You have to ignore it and keep going. Trust in your training.

My mom taught me to go after my dreams. I have this faith in myself that I must have gotten from her.

Then again, Einstein (pretty good at math) was also quite clear when he concluded, There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

I'm still not a god," he said apologetically. Crick stood behind him and pulled his shoulders back against that wide, strong chest. "Better than a god," Crick murmured. "You're the reason to have faith.

Turns out that sometimes, faith and a sense of humor really can be all you need.

happen? That the biggest con of all is telling yourself that it will? How could he tell Craw that saying you were going to do something and then making it happen was, for Jeremy, as unlikely as Craw settling down with a nice girl and breeding like bunnies?

Better than a god," Crick murmured. "You're the reason to have faith.

You're so beautiful," he murmured. "So beautiful. You're kind and smart and the best lover I will ever have. And I love you. And you probably don't believe that and think I'm too young, but I've believed I was in love a thousand times, and this is the first time it made me better. Made me stronger. Made me someone who can really love and not someone who is constantly begging for what the world won't give me. You did that.

It's hard to look for another man when your sky turns black and the world has crumbled up and turned to powder. I don't have a spare heart in my pocket in case you don't learn to duck and I lose you. You have to have faith in the world to love, Jackson. You are my faith. Don't take my faith away from me.

You're a hero for walking away," Jackson said soberly. "You're a hero for pressing charges. You're a hero for dealing with that for eleven years and still believing in the good in people. You'll never fool me again, asshole. I know who I'm dealing with now." Henry's eyes burned.

God, Con. The way he talked about you—I'm surprised you didn't go stark-raving bonkers in public sooner. But then I guess we both know which one of you was stronger.

Like the first time I saw you," Crick murmured. "Like proof that God exists.

best you can. You can. I think you're doing okay, man. I really do.

Funny, how some of the most important people of your life can be dismissed as inconsequential, just because you believe the bullshit they've spent their entire lives selling.

With every touch of his father's hand to his mother's face, he believed that about love.

could show you such faith," he said, almost transported by the thought. "I could believe in you until all your pain faded to memories. I could believe in you as we lived side by side. I could be your lawyer and defend your right to make beautiful porn until we're too old to get it up. My faith could be absolutely boundless, if only….

Do you know what I'd do with that kind of faith?" John asked, knowing he couldn't answer. "I'd hold it so tight inside, it'd never have a chance to disappear. Nobody has ever believed in me like that. If you believed in me like that, you'd better believe I'd never let you go." "Deal," Galen breathed, and although John startled and thought seriously about cursing at him, he didn't.

People shouldn't be given up," she said, her voice sinking. "Not if they make you happy." He smiled a little.

If you love them and have faith in them, you'll see them at their best every day.