Quotes About Belief

Ya no hay demasiados seres fantásticos en los que creer. Establecemos nuestro hogar en los escasos bosques que nos quedan. Pronto ya no quedarán ni ésos.

Yo no he tocado ese libro —le aseguró—. ¿Te acuerdas de que otras veces nos has pedido que te creamos? Pues ahora tú debes creerme a mí.

Si la hierba puede andar —sentenció el phooka—, un muchacho puede acabar plantado.

Y ya nadie cree en los seres fantásticos —agregó Jared, pero luego pensó en Lucinda—. Al menos nadie que esté cuerdo.

Bueno —dijo Mallory, tirando de un hilo suelto en el dobladillo de su jersey—, seguramente es mejor así. —No, ni mucho menos —replicó Jared—. Hasta tú deberías darte cuenta de eso. ¡No podemos devolver lo que no tenemos! Los monstruos no creyeron a tía Lucinda cuando les dijo que no tenía el libro. ¿Por qué iban a creernos a nosotros?.

Despite what you hear and say there will always be that one voice that will always be true to you.

You never know what's going to happen. My mother was an English teacher. If someone had told her that I was going to write a book, she would never have believed that. So you can never say never.

I've said all along that God is in control.

The single greatest reason why we are losing a generation is because the home is no longer the place of the transference of the faith. We live in a day of 'outsourcing'…Today, we have a generation of people that outsource their kids.

Many in our society want the benefits of freedom without its responsibilities and boundaries. They want "God bless America," but not one nation under God.

If you don't know the truth, or if you don't act on the truth, the shield of faith is impotent. In order to have faith, you have to know and respond to truth. And as we saw earlier, truth is fundamentally God's viewpoint on a matter.

Even when things seem to be going wrong, they just could be going right because when you're in God's will, the negatives are part of his positive program.

Religion can be one of the greatest hindrances to faith because it creates dependency on a ritual rather than on the God of the universe who can do all things.

Obeying the will of God takes priority over satisfying cultural expectations.

Tenacious prayer is a lifestyle that produces results.

When we allow our faith to be defined by our feelings, we will be confused. Faith must have an objective standard by which it is defined—truth. In fact, when faith operates by an objective standard of truth, it will eventually dictate our emotions rather than the reverse.

Faith is acting as if God is telling the truth. It is acting as if something is true even when it doesn't appear to be true in order that it might be shown to be true simply because God said it's true.

Size isn't important', he quipped. I have never adhered to this view. As far as I'm concerned, people who say size isn't important, aren't big enough to admit that they're wrong

Ernesto Cata was dead but the Little Fire God lived. The Badger Clan had provided another of its sons to personify this eternal spirit.

Our dialogue about race is complex, unresolved, and will probably be endless; a thing to be enacted forever on our shaky, shattered, and traumatized national ground. It requires of us a belief in the willingness of others, and a trust that even our misunderstandings will not be intentionally misunderstood.

I am an agnostic on most matters of faith, but on the subject of maps I have always been a true believer. It is on the map, therefore it is, and I am.

We were raised Methodists," Sue said. "But we converted to the Confederacy. There wasn't time for both." "War is hell," Ed deadpanned. "And it just might send us there.

Everything happens for a reason and a purpose, and it serves you.

Contrary to popular belief, they were not carnival acts meant to wow the crowds and convince everyone of his divinity—if that were the case, the miracles failed miserably, since none of Jesus' followers seemed to consider him a divine being until after his resurrection.