Motivational Quotes

Faith

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

- J. R. R. Tolkien

Best Quotes about Faith

A faith that hasn't been tested can't be trusted.

Rogers, Adrian

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

In properly organized groups no faith is required; what is required is simply a little trust and even that only for a little while, for the sooner a man begins to verify all he hears the better it is for him.

Gurdjieff, George

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

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

Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws -- a thing which can never be demonstrated.

Edwards, Tryon

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.

Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.

Acquinas, Saint Thomas

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 wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.

James, William

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Justifying faith implies, not only a divine evidence or conviction that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself, but a sure trust and confidence that Christ died for my sins, that He loved me and gave Himself for me.

Wesley, John

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What I am actually saying is that we need to be willing to let our intuition guide us, and then be willing to follow that guidance directly and fearlessly.

Shakti Gawain

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

Jones, Rufus M.

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The course of everything goes to teach us faith.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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I can believe anything provided it is incredible.

Wilde, Oscar

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Back of every creation, supporting it like an arch, is faith. Enthusiasm is nothing: it comes and goes. But if one believes, then miracles occur.

Miller, Henry

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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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It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith is: God perceived by the heart, not by the reason.

Pascal, Blaise

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Base souls have no faith in great individuals.

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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Faith is that quality that enables us to believe what we know to be untrue.

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

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Faith is a continuation of reason.

Adams, William

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Faith. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.

Bierce, Ambrose

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Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not come that far, but none comes further.

Kierkegaard, S°ren

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For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made... [Romans 1:20]

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I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of human beings. I am so absorbed in the wonder of earth and the life upon it that I cannot think of heaven and angels.

Buck, Pearl S.

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The farther we go, the more the ultimate explanation recedes from us, and all we have left is faith.

Hlavaty, Vaclav

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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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Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.

Confucius

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

Stott, John R.

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

Ward, C. M.

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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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Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.

Luther, Martin

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You don't decide to build a church because you have money in the bank. You build because God says this is what I should do. Faith is the supplier of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen.

Bakker, Jim

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Faith is the refusal to panic.

Lloyd-Jones, David Martyn

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

Bronte, Emily

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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 an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan of thinking.

Gibran, Kahlil

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

Trueblood, Elton

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All things are possible to him who believes. [Mark 9:23]

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

William Hazlitt

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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

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He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat.

William Shakespeare

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I believe though I do not comprehend, and I hold by faith what I cannot grasp with the mind.

Bernard, St.

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Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.

Channing, William Ellery