#beliefs

You can never be really sure of how much you believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life or death to you. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#christianity #death

Image is only temporal. Substance endures. Who said, "Image is everything"? And who believed it? ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#endurance #image #quotes #substabce #death

If you think something’s too hard, it will be. If you think it’s just not possible or not possible for you, then you’ll probably be right. If you think it can’t be done then you’re not the person to do it. Because you’ll fail. ↗

— Peggy Haymes

#confidence #dreams #hope #possibility #self-help

We can either emphasize those aspects of our traditions, religious or secular, that speak of hatred, exclusion, and suspicion or work with those that stress the interdependence and equality of all human beings. The choice is yours. (22) ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#choice #equality #exclusion #hatred #inclusion

You know your testimony is strong when your roots are so deep that other people’s storms will never knock you over. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#faith #negativity #never-give-up #strong-women #testimony

I may not be sure if monsters exist, but I’d rather live my life in doubt than be persuaded by a real experience of one. ↗

— Gregory Maguire

#doubts #monsters #experience

Elder mocked me for praying once, and i spent an hour berating him for that. He ended up throwing up his hands, laughing, and telling me i could believe whatever i wanted if i was going to hold onto my beliefs so hard. ↗

— Beth Revis

#beliefs #faith #faith

They say faith is taking the first step when you can’t see the whole staircase. Actually, wisdom is seeing the elevator behind it that would have taken you to the top floor. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#faith #people #wisdom #faith

Beware: open-mindedness will often say, 'Everything is permissible except a sharp opinion. ↗

— Criss Jami

#beliefs #beware #brainwashed #conviction #freedom-of-speech

Do not make the mistake of thinking that you have to agree with people and their beliefs to defend them from injustice. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#free-speech #freedom #guarding #guards #injustice