Quotes about Certainty

Faith in the widest sense of the word, is assent to the truth, or the persuasion of the mind that a thing is true.

Science is more than knowledge. Knowledge is the persuasion of what is true on adequate evidence.

Anything under God's control is never out of control.

Impossibility is more possible than everything which we hold to be possible.

The man who wavers in his faith is upset by the smallest trifles; the man who is steadfast in his faith can look on calmly at the ruin of all his universe.

Think of it this way: no scientist has ever seen an electron, but all scientists agree that electrons exist. No physicist has ever seen a quark, but all physicists believe that quarks are real. Why? Because when they look into their microscopes, they see things happening that could only happen if quarks and electrons existed. I believe in the reality of God the way scientists believe in the reality of electrons. I see things happening that would not happen unless there is a God.

To believe in God is not to affirm His existence. To believe in God means to trust God, to rely on God to be there for you when you are afflicted by despair, to light your path when you are uncertain as to what to do.

Once a decision was made, I did not worry about it afterward.

Only in a world where faith is difficult can faith exist.

Faith is only as good as the one in whom it's invested.

We treat our encounters with them with carefree casualness. We are certain that our relationships will naturally take care of themselves.

A testimony of the truth of the gospel does not come the same way to all people. Some receive it in a unique, life-changing experience. Others gain a testimony slowly, almost imperceptibly until, one day, they simply know.