Quotes about Doubt
I do not believe in the divinity of Christ, and there are many other of the postulates of the orthodox creed to which I cannot subscribe.
— William Howard Taft
Because one doesn't like the way things are is no reason to be unjust towards God.
— Victor Hugo
A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.
— Victor Hugo
We try too much and trust too little. Count the times God's Book tells us to try. Now count the times it tells us to trust.
— Peter Kreeft
Disbelief is a sin, but honest unbelief is not.
— Peter Kreeft
Many people disbelieve in angels because they disbelieve in spirit. They believe only matter exists.
— Peter Kreeft
Hence the fact that some happen to doubt about articles of faith is not due to the uncertain nature of the truths, but to the weakness of human intelligence;
— Peter Kreeft
God, I don't know whether you exist or not. Maybe I'm praying to nobody, but maybe I'm praying to you. So if you are really there, please let me know somehow, because I do want to know. I want only the Truth, whatever it is. If you are the Truth, here I am, ready and willing to follow you wherever you lead.
— Peter Kreeft
We must distinguish the act of faith from the object of faith, believing from what is believed.
— Peter Kreeft
Our faith here can only be in God, not in our faith (that's presumption). He will never abandon us, but we can abandon Him. That's why we must be vigilant.
— Peter Kreeft
The devil's purpose in the past was to keep Christ away from the world. Having failed that goal, the only option left to him is to keep the world away from Christ. He does so by sprinkling lies with truths and half-truths to create doubt in our minds about the faithfulness and glory of God.
— David Jeremiah
She'd left God behind long ago, and she doubted he'd care to hear from her now that she was in the worst trouble of her life.
— Colleen Coble