--- title: "24 God Believed Quotes by 23 authors" description: "Browse 24 God Believed quotes by 23 authors. Discover the best God Believed sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abe/jules-verne-795_conscience_god-if-he-believed-in-him-and-his-consci_3112443.jpg" --- > [“God, if he believed in Him, and his conscience, if he had one, were the only judges to whom he was answerable.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jules-verne/god-if-he-believed-in-him-and-his-conscience-if-he-had-one-were-the/) [Jules Verne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jules-verne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abe/jules-verne-795_conscience_god-if-he-believed-in-him-and-his-consci_3112443.jpg) > [ I don't know whom or what he was defying. \[...\] \[M\]aybe the God he had never believed in. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/i-don-t-know-whom-or-what-he-was-defying-m-aybe-the-god-he-had-never/) [Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c66/khaled-hosseini-251_believed_i-don-t-know-whom-or-what-he-was-defying_231230.png) > [“even if the people could no longer hear God, he believed that God could still hear them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-batterson/even-if-the-people-could-no-longer-hear-god-he-believed-that-god/) [Mark Batterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-batterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/419/mark-batterson-1137_believed_even-if-the-people-could-no-longer-hear_83258.png) > [Even the atheists, who have pretended to disbelieve in God, have believed in Truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/even-the-atheists-who-have-pretended-to-disbelieve-in-god-have/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/375/mahatma-gandhi-23_atheist_even-the-atheists-who-have-pretended-to_1686465.jpg) > [“...he believed in God and he believed that when the human is still, the Divine speaks to it, because it is its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/he-believed-in-god-and-he-believed-that-when-the-human-is-still-the/) [George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9f/george-macdonald-295_god_he-believed-in-god-and-he-believed-that_1994778.png) > [The promises of God become the power of God when they are believed and acted upon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-pringle/the-promises-of-god-become-the-power-of-god-when-they-are-believed/) [Phil Pringle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-pringle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58c/phil-pringle-17573_believed_the-promises-of-god-become-the-power-of_1877064.png) > [Memories are small prayers to God, if we believed in that sort of thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-safran-foer/memories-are-small-prayers-to-god-if-we-believed-in-that-sort-of-thing/) [Jonathan Safran Foer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-safran-foer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45e/jonathan-safran-foer-136_memories_memories-are-small-prayers-to-god-if-we_2054255.png) > [“If this had not been the case with Abraham, then perhaps he might have loved God but not believed; for he who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kierkegaard-s-ren/if-this-had-not-been-the-case-with-abraham-then-perhaps-he-might-have/) [Kierkegaard, Søren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kierkegaard-s-ren/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fd/kierkegaard-s-ren-57915_existentialism_if-this-had-not-been-the-case-with-abrah_1305772.jpg) > [Everyone who understands the nature of God rightly necessarily knows that God is to be believed and hoped in, that he is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ames/everyone-who-understands-the-nature-of-god-rightly-necessarily-knows/) [William Ames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ames/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cb/william-ames-19586_afterlife_everyone-who-understands-the-nature-of-g_1067694.jpg) > [I came to think that maybe God was what you believed in because you needed to feel you weren’t alone. Maybe God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusten-burroughs/i-came-to-think-that-maybe-god-was-what-you-believed-in-because-you/) [Augusten Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusten-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d35/augusten-burroughs-603_believed_i-came-to-think-that-maybe-god-was-what_1592487.png) > [“was predetermined in the counsel of God; and yet it was, nonetheless, an atrocious crime on the part of ungodly men! The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-haddon-spurgeon/was-predetermined-in-the-counsel-of-god-and-yet-it-was-nonetheless-an/) [Charles Haddon Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-haddon-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/624/charles-haddon-spurgeon-4749_crime_was-predetermined-in-the-counsel-of-god_2689132.jpg) > [“How does one know the voice is God’s? I believed the voice bidding me to go north belonged to him, though perhaps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/how-does-one-know-the-voice-is-god-s-i-believed-the-voice-bidding-me/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a88/sue-monk-kidd-404_believed_how-does-one-know-the-voice-is-god-s-i-b_1744967.png) > [They always threw their arms around and hugged me while crying our Yiddish endearments. Yet none of them believed in God. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/they-always-threw-their-arms-around-and-hugged-me-while-crying-our/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04d/anne-lamott-188_arms_they-always-threw-their-arms-around-and_1989794.png) > [“She did believe in God. And she believed that Jane was with him. And suddenly her pain and grief became human and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-penny/she-did-believe-in-god-and-she-believed-that-jane-was-with-him-and/) [Louise Penny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-penny/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/492/louise-penny-1059_believe-in-god_she-did-believe-in-god-and-she-believed_691194.jpg) > [If you no longer believe in the God in whom you believed in before, this comes from the fact that there was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/if-you-no-longer-believe-in-the-god-in-whom-you-believed-in-before/) [Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15d/leo-tolstoy-55_belief_if-you-no-longer-believe-in-the-god-in-w_2033625.png) > [“One last chance. That’s all I’m asking.” He had lost count of the number of last chances he had wasted. “Just one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-abercrombie/one-last-chance-that-s-all-i-m-asking-he-had-lost-count-of-the-number/) [Joe Abercrombie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-abercrombie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be7/joe-abercrombie-791_chance_one-last-chance-that-s-all-i-m-asking-he_1965550.jpg) > [“Hebrews 3:19 supplies the one-word explanation: “So we see that they were not able to enter, because of their unbelief.” Unbelief. Oh,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-moore/hebrews-3-19-supplies-the-one-word-explanation-so-we-see-that-they/) [Beth Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-moore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e93/beth-moore-212_unbelief_hebrews-3-19-supplies-the-one-word-expla_1266395.jpg) > [“I longed to devote my life to something valuable with a fervor that would consume my being. Young people today probably think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasushi-inoue/i-longed-to-devote-my-life-to-something-valuable-with-a-fervor-that/) [Yasushi Inoue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasushi-inoue/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7d/yasushi-inoue-66110_character_i-longed-to-devote-my-life-to-something_1862584.jpg) > [“Abandoned by a God in whom many of us believed, we lay prostrate and dazed in our demi-tomb. From time to time,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-sajer/abandoned-by-a-god-in-whom-many-of-us-believed-we-lay-prostrate-and/) [Guy Sajer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-sajer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17d/guy-sajer-31280_abandoned_abandoned-by-a-god-in-whom-many-of-us-be_1906061.jpg) > [“In spite of all he had seen, Cass still believed in the fundamental decency of cats and men. He knew that God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-bahr/in-spite-of-all-he-had-seen-cass-still-believed-in-the-fundamental/) [Howard Bahr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-bahr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b55/howard-bahr-45175_best-gift_in-spite-of-all-he-had-seen-cass-still-b_2551686.jpg) > [“In 1 Samuel 17, we see how comfort stymied the nation of Israel and David’s three older brothers up at their army…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louie-giglio/in-1-samuel-17-we-see-how-comfort-stymied-the-nation-of-israel-and/) [Louie Giglio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louie-giglio/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf0/louie-giglio-2490_battle-cry_in-1-samuel-17-we-see-how-comfort-stymie_2217484.png) > [“I said, "Mary, tell me something. Why do you have that picture from The Wizard of Oz on your wall?" Mary chuckled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-lynn-pearson/i-said-mary-tell-me-something-why-do-you-have-that-picture-from-the/) [Carol Lynn Pearson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-lynn-pearson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce5/carol-lynn-pearson-23974_bible_i-said-mary-tell-me-something-why-do-you_1462912.jpg) > [“I liked sports real well myself. And when I was about thirteen, I thought I knew why. I looked at it this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-quarrington/i-liked-sports-real-well-myself-and-when-i-was-about-thirteen-i/) [Paul Quarrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-quarrington/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/286/paul-quarrington-39895_nature_i-liked-sports-real-well-myself-and-when_1947298.jpg) > [“My difficulties lay deeper. It was more than I could believe that Jesus was the only incarnate son of God, and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/my-difficulties-lay-deeper-it-was-more-than-i-could-believe-that/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee5/mahatma-gandhi-23_christianity_my-difficulties-lay-deeper-it-was-more-t_1469044.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-believed/#itemlist", "name": "God Believed Quotes", "numberOfItems": 24, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“God, if he believed in Him, and his conscience, if he had one, were the only judges to whom he was answerable.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jules Verne" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jules-verne/god-if-he-believed-in-him-and-his-conscience-if-he-had-one-were-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abe/jules-verne-795_conscience_god-if-he-believed-in-him-and-his-consci_3112443.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abe/jules-verne-795_conscience_god-if-he-believed-in-him-and-his-consci_3112443.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abe/jules-verne-795_conscience_god-if-he-believed-in-him-and-his-consci_3112443.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“God, if he believed in Him, and his conscience, if he had one, were the only judges to whom he was answerable.” — Jules Verne", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't know whom or what he was defying. 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I mean, you get your legs working, you get your muscles churning as fast as they can go, you take into account the wind against you, stuff like that, all natural and scientific, and then you know just how fast you can go. You see? But me, I figured that there was something inside you, inside your soul, that could make you go just a little bit faster. Just a little bit faster, and it didn't have anything to do with muscles or nature or anything. It was your soul doing it. And when your soul made you go just that little bit faster, well then, for that moment, you were free. 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