Quotes About Belief

When I was a girl I had this strong feeling that I didn't belong anywhere,... It was in my head, what I thought and dreamt, what I believed..., that's where I belonged, that was my country.

The truth is bigger than the stories people tell themselves and bigger than the lies they live with.

When I say my prayers I have a terrible doubt. How can I be sure God is forgiving me? What if he will forgive me, but hasn't forgiven me yet? That's why I don't want to die, Sir. That's why I can't die. Not until I am sure. Are you sure?

In politics, everyone regards themselves as a moderate, because they know some other sumbitch who's twice as crazy as they are.

Religious belief does not do away with either natural or human law from which sovereignty is derived.

This paradox—how a belief founded on a gospel of love could cause so much pain—is a big reason why people are leaving the church in droves. And it's no small part of my struggle as I step into the pilgrim realm.

He discovered that if he said something often enough, no matter how untrue, people would believe it. Small lies were for the timid. The key to telling a big lie was to do it with conviction. He

beliefs are perhaps more allegorical than factual.

feared going to the police. No one would believe her, as he warned her afterward. And even if they did, they wouldn't dare to go after him.

But even if the Fourth of July celebrants in Kokomo knew about the Big Lie of Stephenson's life, would it have mattered? They believed because they wanted to believe.

Faith is groping at air during the fall, hoping to find something to grab on to.

Nearly seven in ten Americans are still Christian. But if White Anglo-Saxon Protestants were indeed the rootstock of the United States, then the mother ground is nearly barren. What's happening is a mass exodus, particularly among the young: 71 percent of people aged eighteen to twenty-four say they have no religion.

He discovered that if he said something often enough, no matter how untrue, people would believe it.

Most people are fast to stop you before you get started but hesitate to get in the way if you're moving.

WHEN 99% OF PEOPLE DOUBT YOU, YOU'RE EITHER GRAVELY WRONG OR ABOUT TO MAKE HISTORY.

Doing the Unrealistic Is Easier Than Doing the Realistic

There's no difference between a pessimist who says, "Oh, it's hopeless, so don't bother doing anything," and an optimist who says, "Don't bother doing anything, it's going to turn out fine anyway." Either way, nothing happens. —YVON CHOUINARD,7 founder of Patagonia

Most people are fast to stop you before you get started but hesitant to get in the way if you're moving.

courage was more important than confidence. When you are operating out of courage, you are saying that no matter how you feel about yourself or your opportunities or the outcome, you are going to take a risk and take a step toward what you want. You are not waiting for the confidence to mysteriously arrive. I now believe that confidence is achieved through repeated success at any endeavor.

you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.

stick to what excites you no matter what people say. It's your life, live it the way you know is right for you.

Any useful statement about the future should at first seem ridiculous' by Jim Dator. Also, 'When it comes to the future, it's far more important to be imaginative than to be right' by Alvin Toffler. Both are famous futurists. These quotes remind me that world-changing ideas will seem absurd to most people, and that the most useful work I can be doing is to push the envelope of what is considered possible.

If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think. Unreasonable and unrealistic goals are easier to achieve for yet another reason.

everything around you that you call 'life' was made up by people that were no smarter than you. And