Motivational Quotes

Faith

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

- Trueblood, Elton

Best Quotes about Faith

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

Bardot, Brigitte

If you have abandoned one faith, do not abandon all faith. There is always an alternative to the faith we lose. Or is it the same faith under another mask?

Greene, Graham

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

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

What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be, I bet that my Redeemer liveth.

Butler, Samuel

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

Stott, John R.

The amplest knowledge has the largest faith. Ignorance is always incredulous.

Willmott, Robert Eldridge

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

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

Harrington, Bob

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Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.

Fuller, R. Buckminster

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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

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

Holmes, Oliver Wendell

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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

J. R. R. Tolkien

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Faith is to believe what we do not see; and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe.

Augustine, St.

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

Rogers, Adrian

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The mysteries of faith are degraded if they are made into an object of affirmation and negation, when in reality they should be an object of contemplation.

Weil, Simone

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Faith is not contrary to reason

Eddy, Sherwood

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As our faith increases, so does our ability to obey.

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

Thoreau, Henry David

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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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Faith, as Paul saw it, was a living, flaming thing leading to surrender and obedience to the commandments of Christ.

Tozer, A. W.

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

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Base souls have no faith in great individuals.

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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Weave in faith and God will find the thread.

Proverb

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

Luther, Martin

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Have faith in your dreams and someday Your rainbow will come smiling through No matter how your heart is grieving If you keep on believing the dream that you wish will come true

31.

What we wish, that we readily believe.

Demosthenes

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

Proverb, Indian

33.

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

Pascal, Blaise

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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

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Faith is the heroism of the intellect.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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

Bible

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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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Non-violence is the article of faith.

Gandhi, Mahatma

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

Fromm, Erich

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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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Faith is the refusal to panic.

Lloyd-Jones, David Martyn

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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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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

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Faith moves mountains, but you have to keep pushing while you are praying.

Cooley, Mason

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

Bronte, Emily

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

Acquinas, Saint Thomas