Motivational Quotes

Faith

I claim to be an average man of less than average ability. I have not the shadow of a doubt that any man or woman can achieve what I have, if he or she would make the same effort and cultivate the same hope and faith.

- Gandhi, Mahatma

Best Quotes about Faith

No Christian has ever been known to recant on his death bed.

Ward, C. M.

If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. [Mark 9:23]

Bible

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

Chambers, Oswald

Faith is, at one and the same time, absolutely necessary and altogether impossible.

Stanislaw Lem

Faith... is the art of holding on to things your reason once accepted, despite your changing moods.

Lewis, C. S.

Your faith is what you believe, not what you know.

Spalding, John Lancaster

All the strength and force of man comes from his faith in things unseen. He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.

Clarke, James Freeman

I can believe anything provided it is incredible.

Wilde, Oscar

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

Donne, John

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It is a masterpiece of the devil to make us believe that children cannot understand religion. Would Christ have made a child the standard of faith if He had known that it was not capable of understanding His words?

Moody, Dwight L.

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Reason is our soul's left hand, faith her right, by these we reach divinity.

Donne, John

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Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.

Luther, Martin

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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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The course of everything goes to teach us faith.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Base souls have no faith in great individuals.

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith.

Ruskin, John

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Non-violence is the article of faith.

Gandhi, Mahatma

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All things are inconstant except the faith in the soul, which changes all things and fills their inconstancy with light, but though I seem to be driven out of my country as a misbeliever I have found no man yet with a faith like mine.

Joyce, James

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Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future.

Benedict, Ruth

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Philosophic argument, especially that drawn from the vastness of the universe, in comparison with the apparent insignificance of this globe, has sometimes shaken my reason for the faith that is in me; but my heart has always assured and reassured me that

Webster, Daniel

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

Moody, Dwight L.

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Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.

Trueblood, Elton

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My faith is the grand drama of my life. I'm a believer, so I sing words of God to those who have no faith. I give bird songs to those who dwell in cities and have never heard them, make rhythms for those who know only military marches or jazz, and paint colors for those who see none.

Messiaen, Olivier

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'Tis not the dying for a faith that's so hard... 'Tis the living up to it that's difficult.

Thackeray, William M.

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Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.

Channing, William Ellery

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Our duty is to believe that for which we have sufficient evidence, and to suspend our judgment when we have not.

Lubbock, Sir John

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Faith is not contrary to reason

Eddy, Sherwood

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Despotism may govern without faith, but liberty cannot. How is it possible that society should escape destruction if the moral tie is not strengthened in proportion as the political tie is relaxed? And what can be done with a people who are their own masters if they are not submissive to the Deity?

Tocqueville, Alexis De

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That's the thing about faith. If you don't have it you can't understand it. And if you do, no explanation is necessary

Nerys, Major Kira

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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

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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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Life is a battle between faith and reason in which each feeds upon the other, drawing sustenance from it and destroying it.

Niebuhr, Reinhold

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Faith does not deny the evil, but it sees around it.

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

Russell, Thomas

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Faith is the heroism of the intellect.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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A person consists of his faith. Whatever is his faith, even so is he.

Proverb, Indian

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Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God.

Pascal, Blaise

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Faith is a cop-out. If the only way you can accept an assertion is by faith, then you are conceding that it canÆt be taken on its own merits.

Dan Barker

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

Harrington, Bob

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Faith must trample under foot all reason, sense, and understanding.

Luther, Martin

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Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. [Hebrews 11:1]

Bible

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Reason is the enemy of faith.

Luther, Martin

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

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The universe seems wondrous to me, with or without God. It has powerful lines and uncompromising ways. Patience and time sit like sages on the planets, strong and impersonal. There is a stark beauty to all of this.

Real Live Preacher

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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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Faith lives in honest doubt.

Tennyson, Lord Alfred

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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]

Bible

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It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you've got to have is faith and discipline when you're not yet a winner.

Lombardi, Vince