Francis Collins Quotes

The best way to obtain truth and wisdom is not to ask from books, but to go to God in prayer, and obtain divine teaching.

Sometimes God answers our questions with questions.

To ascertain the Lord's will, we ought to use scriptural means. Prayer, the word of God, and His Spirit should be united together. We should go to the Lord repeatedly in prayer, and ask Him to teach us by His Spirit through His word.

Whenever I'm confused about something, I ask God to reveal the answers to my questions, and he does.

We can never know for certain where our prayers are likely to go, nor from whom the answers will come. Just when we think we are at our nearest to God, we could be assisting the Devil.

My life's goal is not to write books; my life's goal is to know God better today. The neat thing about a goal like that is you can achieve it. Faith is constant; it's a relationship.

One needs occasionally to stand aside from the hum and rush of human interests and passions to hear the voices of God.

Prayer is not a substitute for work. First we have to do all we can ourselves to understand a situation. Then when we ask for help, sometimes it is very evident, sometimes it isn't. Sometimes we may well be helped by not getting a decision.

I hope to God that I know what I am doing.

We must first pray, that God would make us wise; before we can wish, he would make us happy.

There's an old saying that God exists in your search for him. I just want you to understand that I ain't looking.

I start work by spending time in personal Bible study. Because my projects center on a question in my own faith walk, I find Bible study essential. And God gives me scriptures daily that speak to the question with which I'm struggling.

Your God is ever beside you - indeed, He is even within you.

I believe we must seek God's will, never presuming to identify it with our own program or power.

I don't seek the counsel of God. God doesn't speak to me on what I should or shouldn't do.

Why do I pray? Because I never know what's going to pop out of my mouth.

As business moves forward, you realize that God has his hand on the whole business and that he brought people to you who are like-minded. It starts with faith.

God knows, we don't want prayer.

When a man is at his wits' end it is not a cowardly thing to pray, it is the only way he can get in touch with Reality.

Don't be discouraged if the answer to your prayer does not come immediately. Study, ponder, and pray, sincerely having faith, and live the commandments.

It is my earnest desire to know the will of Providence in this matter. And if I can learn what is I will do it.

In this Situation of this Assembly, groping, as it were, in the dark, to find Political Truth, and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us, how has it happened, Sir, that we have not, hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of Lights to illuminate our Understandings?

I've obviously had some bad events where I thought God could help a little bit more.

Often God will send us what we need in a package we don't want. Why? To let us know He's God and we cannot second-guess Him. We cannot search for answers merely with our heads; we must seek Him and His provision with our hearts. Scripture cannot be interpreted from our limited human mental understanding. There must be a breath of the Spirit of God. He alone gives wise counsel and correct application.

If you have God on your side, everything becomes clear.