Quotes About Belief

Like a confiding child, she asked no questions, but left everything to God and nature, Father and Mother of us all, feeling sure that they, and they only, could teach and strengthen heart and spirit for this life and the life to come.

that religion was in a fair way to be reasoned into nothingness, and intellect was to be the only God.

Mark my words, Jo, you'll go next.

God has ordered it all for the best...

We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.

Sentimental? Yes. Thank Gott, we Germans believe in sentiment, and keep ourselves young mit it. Your English 'you' is so cold, say 'thou,' heart's dearest, it means so much to me, pleaded Mr. Bhaer, more like a romantic student than a grave professor.

After a while, I asked who was in charge. Phil said God. I said that was the most terrifying thing I'd ever heard and he said, Yeah, me too. That's why I bought the Bushmaster.

Higher Power makes promises we all know they can't back up, but anybody ever go and slap an old malpractice suit on God? Or the U.S. government? No they don't. Faith might be stupid, but it gets us through.

Funny how often the Will of God puts a dollar in a pocket, said Dr. Ames.

For you, not vaccinating me was a class thing. Upper-class delusionals can afford to indulge their paranoias only because the masses bear the so-called dangers of vaccinations.

For this reason, I have stressed his evangelical Baptism as the passkey that unlocks many mysteries of his life.

the dividing line will not be Mason & Dixons but between patriotism, & intelligence on the one side & superstition, ambition & ignorance on the other.

John D. Rockefeller drew strength by simplifying reality and strongly believed that excessive reflection upon unpleasant but unalterable events only weakened one's resolve in the face of enemies.

If it taught anything, it taught us thus early that prayer is a mere empty form of words.

The Lord will provide." Rockefeller tended to see a heavenly design in all things and was convinced that the Almighty had buried the oil in the earth for a purpose.

If she is right we will not gain anything by answering, and if she is wrong time will vindicate us.

Rockefeller was convinced that he had a God-given talent for making money, was obligated to develop it, and was liberally rewarded by God—all compatible with Baptist doctrine.

For this reason, he found religion far more of a spur than a hindrance to his ambitions.

John D. retained his mystic faith that God had given him money for mankind's benefit.

Sometimes to touch us, God touches someone that's close to us. This is what opens our eyes to the fact there is a higher power than ourselves, whether we call it God or not.

I ran out of strong.

She did have one other fear, though: missing the call of God.

There's somethin I learned when I was homeless: Our limitation is God's opportunity. When you get all the way to the end of your rope and there ain't nothin you can do, that's when God takes over. I remember one time I was hunkered down in the hobo jungle with some folks. We was talkin 'bout life, and this fella was talkin, said, 'People think they're in control, but they ain't. The truth is, that which must befall thee must befall thee. And that which must pass the by must pass thee by.

he assured me that God didn't make cancer because cancer is not good, and he cautioned me not to blame God for something He didn't make.