Motivational Quotes

Faith

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

- Thoreau, Henry David

Best Quotes about Faith

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

William Hazlitt

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

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

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

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

Luther, Martin

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

Acquinas, Saint Thomas

Just as a small fire is extinguished by the storm whereas a large fire is enhanced by it-likewise a weak faith is weakened by predicament and catastrophes whereas a strong faith is strengthened by them.

Frankl, Viktor E.

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

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

Russell, Thomas

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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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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

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God, I donÆt have great faith, but I can be faithful. My belief in you may be seasonal, but my faithfulness will not. I will follow in the way of Christ. I will act as though my life and the lives of others matter. I will love. I have no greater gift to offer than my life. Take it.

Real Live Preacher

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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

J. R. R. Tolkien

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

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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

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Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.

James, William

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Faith without works is like a bird without wings; though she may hop with her companions on earth, yet she will never fly with them to heaven.

Beaumont, Francis

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

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

Bardot, Brigitte

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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.

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The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell

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Base souls have no faith in great individuals.

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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

Bible

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

Lewis, C. S.

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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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Non-violence is the article of faith.

Gandhi, Mahatma

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

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

Willmott, Robert Eldridge

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

Luther, Martin

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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]

Bible

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

Shoemaker, Samuel M.

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Some people say Liz and I are whores, but we are saints. We do not hide our loves hypocritically, and when in love, we are loyal and faithful to our men. [On the subject of her multiple marriages]

Gardner, Ava

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Reason is the enemy of faith.

Luther, Martin

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

Newman, Cardinal J.

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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 lives in honest doubt.

Tennyson, Lord Alfred

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

Rogers, Adrian

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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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If you desire faith, then you have faith enough.