Motivational Quotes

Faith

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

Best Quotes about Faith

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

Bronte, Emily

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

Billings, Josh

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

Ruskin, John

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

Faith is a continuation of reason.

Adams, William

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

James, William

I can believe anything provided it is incredible.

Wilde, Oscar

And so faith is closing your eyes and following the breath of your soul down to the bottom of life, where existence and nonexistence have merged into irrelevance. All that matters is the little part you play in the vast drama.

Real Live Preacher

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I was not born for courts and great affairs, but I pay my debts, believe and say my prayers.

Pope, Alexander

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

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

Moody, Dwight L.

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

Newman, Cardinal J.

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Base souls have no faith in great individuals.

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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

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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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You should not believe your conscience and your feelings more than the word which the Lord who receives sinners preaches to you.

Luther, Martin

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

James, William

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

Thoreau, Henry David

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

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

Luther, Martin

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

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

Rogers, Adrian

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

Holmes, Oliver Wendell

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

Bible

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

Cooley, Mason

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Faith is trust in what the spirit learned eons ago.

Roberts, B.H.

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

William Shakespeare

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