Motivational Quotes

Faith

Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. [Hebrews 11:1]

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Best Quotes about Faith

Faith lives in honest doubt.

Tennyson, Lord Alfred

May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God has to have faith in us and, considering the history of the human race so far, may it not be that faith is even more difficult for Him than it is for us?

Auden, W. H.

There is no such thing as a lack of faith. We all have plenty of faith, it's just that we have faith in the wrong things. We have faith in what can't be done rather than what can be done. We have faith in lack rather than abundance but there is no lack of faith. Faith is a law.

Butterworth, Eric

Our faith comes in moments... yet there is a depth in those brief moments which constrains us to ascribe more reality to them than to all other experiences.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

As the essence of courage is to stake one's life on a possibility, so the essence of faith is to believe that the possibility exists.

Salter, William

Faith is not without worry or care, but faith is fear that has said a prayer.

When you get to the end of all the light you know and it's time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: either you will be given something solid to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly.

Teller, Edward

Our faith is faith in someone else's faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case.

James, William

Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. You must be able to sustain yourself against staggering blows. There is no code of conduct to help beginners. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent.

Loren, Sophia

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Do you know how to digest your food? Do you know how to fill your lungs with air? Do you know how to establish, regulate and direct the metabolism of your body -- the assimilation of foodstuff so that it builds muscles, bones and flesh? No, you don't know how consciously, but there is a wisdom within you that does know.

Curtis, Donald

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Faith is building on what you know is here, so you can reach what you know is there.

Hightower, Cullen

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Faith is a reasoning trust, a trust which reckons thoughtfully and confidently upon the trustworthiness of God.

Stott, John R.

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It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes life worth living.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell

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If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We could not even eat hash with any safety.

Billings, Josh

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Faith makes all things possible... love makes all things easy.

Moody, Dwight L.

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Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch, which ought to be applied as sparingly as possible.

Forster, Edward M.

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Faith makes: The uplook good, the outlook bright, the future glorious.

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By faithfulness we are collected and wound up into unity within ourselves, whereas we had been scattered abroad in multiplicity.

Augustine, St.

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Faith is that strengthening power within Urging me on my way, Teaching me all that I must know, Helping to obey. Faith is that strengthening power within Lighting the road I trod, Helping me know which way to go, Pointing the way to God.

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Desire, ask, believe, receive.

Stella Terrill Mann

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Faith is the vision of the heart; it sees God in the dark as well as in the day.

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If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.

William Hazlitt

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I see heaven's glories shine and faith shines equal...

Bronte, Emily

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All that I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Through want of enterprise and faith men are where they are, buying and selling and spending their lives like servants.

Thoreau, Henry David

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It's not dying for faith that's so hard, it's living up to it.

Thackeray, William M.

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Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.

Confucius

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Faith builds the bridge from this old world to the new.

Young

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There is no great future for any people whose faith has burned out.

Jones, Rufus M.

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There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer.

Wooden, John

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As he that fears God hears nothing else, so, he that sees God sees every thing else.

Donne, John

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It could be that our faithlessness is a cowering cowardice born of our very smallness, a massive failure of imagination. If we were to judge nature by common sense or likelihood, we wouldn't believe the world existed.

Dillard, Annie

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It is faith among men that holds the moral elements of society together, as it is faith in God that binds the world to his throne.

Evarts, William M.

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Non-violence is the article of faith.

Gandhi, Mahatma

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It is better to be unfaithful than faithful without wanting to be.

Bardot, Brigitte

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God does not require you to follow His leadings on blind trust. Behold the evidence of an invisible intelligence pervading everything, even your own mind and body.

Holliwell, Raymond

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The errors of faith are better than the best thoughts of unbelief.

Russell, Thomas

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It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.

Newman, Cardinal J.

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What we wish, that we readily believe.

Demosthenes

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A faith to live by, a self to live with, and a purpose to live for.

Harrington, Bob

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At the beginning of every act of faith, there is often a seed of fear. For great acts of faith are seldom born out of calm calculation.

Lucado, Max L.

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Eternal life does not begin with death; it begins with faith.

Shoemaker, Samuel M.

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Faith is: dead to doubts, dumb to discouragements, blind to impossibilities.

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Only the person who has faith in himself is able to be faithful to others.

Fromm, Erich

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Faith is a continuation of reason.

Adams, William

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The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.

Mueller, George E.

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Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time.

Chambers, Oswald

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Faith must be enforced by reason. When faith becomes blind it dies.

Gandhi, Mahatma

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And without faith it is impossible to please him, for he who comes to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him. [Hebrews 11:6]

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The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

Thoreau, Henry David