--- title: "15 Gods Believe Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 15 Gods Believe quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Gods Believe sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84f/conor-mcgregor-1489_believe_i-think-we-can-be-our-own-gods-i-believe_458279.jpg" --- > [I think we can be our own gods. I believe in myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-mcgregor/i-think-we-can-be-our-own-gods-i-believe-in-myself/) [Conor McGregor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-mcgregor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84f/conor-mcgregor-1489_believe_i-think-we-can-be-our-own-gods-i-believe_458279.jpg) > [What Gods do you believe in? I'll build you a temple of mirrors so you can see them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-gibson/what-gods-do-you-believe-in-i-ll-build-you-a-temple-of-mirrors-so-you/) [Andrea Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-gibson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee3/andrea-gibson-3085_believe_what-gods-do-you-believe-in-i-ll-build-y_5406.png) > [“Anyway, either the gods are there whether you believe or not, or exist only as a function of the belief, so either…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/anyway-either-the-gods-are-there-whether-you-believe-or-not-or-exist/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eca/terry-pratchett-19_belief_anyway-either-the-gods-are-there-whether_225666.jpg) > [Many believe in Ghosts. Many believe in Love. Many believe in Gods. Many believe in Alien Life. Many believe in Miracles. Yet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-nickel/many-believe-in-ghosts-many-believe-in-love-many-believe-in-gods-many/) [Eric Nickel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-nickel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/435/eric-nickel-934_alien-life_many-believe-in-ghosts-many-believe-in-l_1951229.jpg) > [“...either the gods are there whether you believe or not, or exist only as a function of the belief, so either way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/either-the-gods-are-there-whether-you-believe-or-not-or-exist-only-as/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38e/terry-pratchett-19_business_either-the-gods-are-there-whether-you-be_1135733.jpg) > [Of the gods we believe, and of men we know, that by a necessary law of their nature they rule wherever they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thucydides/of-the-gods-we-believe-and-of-men-we-know-that-by-a-necessary-law-of/) [Thucydides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thucydides/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2de/thucydides-2578_believe_of-the-gods-we-believe-and-of-men-we-kno_826198.png) > [I believe in the gods; or rather I believe that I believe in the gods. But I don't believe that they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-giraudoux/i-believe-in-the-gods-or-rather-i-believe-that-i-believe-in-the-gods/) [Jean Giraudoux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-giraudoux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a29/jean-giraudoux-7998_absent_i-believe-in-the-gods-or-rather-i-believ_484463.jpg) > [You know who my gods are, who I believe in fervently? Herman Melville, Emily Dickinson - she's probably the top - Mozart,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/you-know-who-my-gods-are-who-i-believe-in-fervently-herman-melville/) [Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15f/maurice-sendak-1273_believe_you-know-who-my-gods-are-who-i-believe-i_2401772.jpg) > [I don't believe in symbolic gods.I believe that god exists all around us.In the flow of the river,in the rustle of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amish-tripathi/i-don-t-believe-in-symbolic-gods-i-believe-that-god-exists-all-around/) [Amish Tripathi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amish-tripathi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/amish-tripathi-2348_believe_i-don-t-believe-in-symbolic-gods-i-belie_1854867.png) > [I believe in believing. My coach John Kavanagh is a big atheist, and he is always trying to persuade people to his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-mcgregor/i-believe-in-believing-my-coach-john-kavanagh-is-a-big-atheist-and-he/) [Conor McGregor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-mcgregor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/828/conor-mcgregor-1489_always-trying_i-believe-in-believing-my-coach-john-kav_67642.jpg) > [“Lakewalker legends say the gods abandoned the world when the first malice came. And that they will return when the earth is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/lakewalker-legends-say-the-gods-abandoned-the-world-when-the-first/) [Lois McMaster Bujold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-mcmaster-bujold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdd/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_believe-in-god_lakewalker-legends-say-the-gods-abandone_1294977.jpg) > [First, we believe that God is a being with a body in form like man's; that he possesses body, parts and passions;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-h-roberts/first-we-believe-that-god-is-a-being-with-a-body-in-form-like-man-s/) [B. H. Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-h-roberts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12e/b-h-roberts-42473_age_first-we-believe-that-god-is-a-being-wit_601862.jpg) > [Wizards don't believe in gods in the same way that most people don't find it necessary to believe in, say, tables. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/wizards-don-t-believe-in-gods-in-the-same-way-that-most-people-don-t/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c2/terry-pratchett-19_agree_wizards-don-t-believe-in-gods-in-the-sam_2928724.jpg) > [“When you speak of the favour of the gods, we may as fairly hope for that as yourselves; neither our pretensions nor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thucydides-the-history-of-the-peloponnesian-war-melian-dialogue/when-you-speak-of-the-favour-of-the-gods-we-may-as-fairly-hope-for/) [Thucydides The History of the Peloponnesian War Melian Dialogue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thucydides-the-history-of-the-peloponnesian-war-melian-dialogue/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5df/thucydides-the-history-of-the_hope_when-you-speak-of-the-favour-of-the-gods_2214512.jpg) > [“She inhaled deeply—and sneezed. Stupid allergies. “Gods bless you,” Rishi said. Dimple arched an eyebrow. “Gods?” He nodded sagely. “As a Hindu,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandhya-menon/she-inhaled-deeply-and-sneezed-stupid-allergies-gods-bless-you-rishi/) [Sandhya Menon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandhya-menon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62f/sandhya-menon-18831_comic-book_she-inhaled-deeply-and-sneezed-stupid-al_2469940.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gods-believe/#itemlist", "name": "Gods Believe Quotes", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think we can be our own gods. 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It's a faith of sorts.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lois McMaster Bujold" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/lakewalker-legends-say-the-gods-abandoned-the-world-when-the-first/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdd/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_believe-in-god_lakewalker-legends-say-the-gods-abandone_1294977.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdd/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_believe-in-god_lakewalker-legends-say-the-gods-abandone_1294977.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdd/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_believe-in-god_lakewalker-legends-say-the-gods-abandone_1294977.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Lakewalker legends say the gods abandoned the world when the first malice came. And that they will return…” — Lois McMaster Bujold", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "First, we believe that God is a being with a body in form like man's; that he possesses body, parts and passions; that in a word, God is an exalted, perfected man. Secondly, we believe in a plurality of Gods. Third, we believe that somewhere and some time in the ages to come, through development, through enlargement, through purification until perfection is attained, man at last may become like God - a God.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "B. H. 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Stupid allergies. “Gods bless you,” Rishi said. Dimple arched an eyebrow. “Gods?” He nodded sagely. “As a Hindu, I’m a polytheist, as you well know.” Dimple laughed. “Yes, and I also know we still only say ‘God,’ not ‘gods.’ We still believe Brahma is the supreme creator.” Rishi smiled, a sneaky little thing that darted out before he could stop it. “You got me. It’s my version of microaggressing back on people.” “Explain.” “So, okay. This is how it works in the US: In the spring we’re constantly subjected to bunnies and eggs wherever we go, signifying Christ’s resurrection. Then right around October we begin to see pine trees and nativity scenes and laughing fat white men everywhere. Christian iconography is all over the place, constantly in our faces, even in casual conversation. This is the bible of comic book artists . . . He had a come to Jesus moment, all of that stuff. So this is my way of saying, Hey, maybe I believe something a little different. And every time someone asks me why ‘gods,’ I get to explain Hinduism.” Dimple chewed on this, impressed in spite of herself. He actually had a valid point. Why was Christianity always the default? “Ah.” She nodded, pushing her glasses up on her nose. “So what you’re saying is, you’re like a Jehovah’s Witness for our people.” Rishi’s mouth twitched, but he nodded seriously. “Yes. I’m Ganesha’s Witness. 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