Faith Quotes
In actual life every great enterprise begins with and takes its first forward step in faith.Friedrich Von Schlegel
So long as faith with freedom reigns And loyal hope survives, And gracious charity remains To leaven lowly lives; While there is one untrodden tract For intellect or will, And men are free to think and act, Life is worth living still.Alfred Austin
It is better to be unfaithful than to be faithful without wanting to be.Brigitte Bardot
In addition to my other numerous acquaintances, I have one more intimate confidant. My depression is the most faithful mistress I have known - - No wonder, then, that I return the love.Soren Kierkegaard
The problem with intelligent design theory is not that it is false but that it is not falsifiable: Not being susceptible to contradicting evidence, it is not a testable hypothesis. Hence it is not a scientific but a creedal tenet - - A matter of faith, unsuited to a public school? s curriculum.George F. Will, Newsweek, July 4, 2005
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.William M. Evarts
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.Friedrich Nietzsche
In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its taste, but in its effects.J. William Fulbright
Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.Hebrews 122 Bible
Faith: not *wanting* to know what is true.Friedrich Nietzsche
Whoever is open, loyal, true; of humane and affable demeanour; honourable himself, and in his judgement of others; faithful to his word as to law, and faithful alike to God and man.... such a man is a true gentleman.Ralph Waldo Emerson
The primary task of the Church is not to mend the manners of the community, but to proclaim the matchless Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. When men hear that Gospel and believe it, their lives will give evidence of their faith.Walter Dale Langtry
What a wretched lot of old shrivelled creatures we shall be by - And - By. Never mind - The uglier we get in the eyes of others, the lovelier we shall be to each other that has always been my firm faith about friendship.Marie Dressle
Faithful are the wounds of a friend but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.Aesop
Patience with others is Love, Patience with self is Hope, Patience with God is Faith.Adel Bestavros
We get new ideas from God every hour of our day when we put our trust in Him - - But we have to follow that inspiration up with perspiration - - we have to work to prove our faith. Remember that the bee that hangs around the hive never gets any honey.Albert E. Cliffe
A little faith will bring your soul to heaven, but a lot of faith will bring heaven to your soul.Dwight Lyman Moody
You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.Samuel Butle
If you think about disaster, you will get it. Brood about death and you hasten your demise. Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life becomes more secure, more fraught with action, richer in achievement and experience.Swami Sivanada
The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future.Stephen Ambrose, in Fast Company
A kiss To a young girl, faith to a married woman, hope to an old maid, charity.V. P. Skippe
Faith is a cop - Out. If the only way you can accept an assertion is by faith, then you are conceding that it cant be taken on its own merits.Dan Barke
I have great faith in fools; self - Confidence, my friends call it.Edgar Allan Poe
Faith is to believe what you do not see the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.Saint Augustine
The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.Benjamin Franklin
Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.Buddha
May it not be that, just as we 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.Wystan Hugh Auden
I show you doubt, to prove that faith exists.Robert Browning
He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat.William Shakespeare, "Much Ado about Nothing", Act 1 scene 1
Faith... Must be enforced by reason... When faith becomes blind it dies.Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
I do not want to dieuntil I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the see that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown.Kathe Kollwitz
Faith is, above all, openess; an act of trust in the unknown.Alan Watts
Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.D. Elton Trueblood
If I were dying, my last words would be, Have faith and pursue the unknown end.Oliver Wendell Holmes
Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.Susan Taylo
But thou, O man of God, flee these things and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.1 Timothy 611 Bible
Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime therefore, we must be saved by hope. Nothing true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history therefore, we must be saved by faith. Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone therefore, we are saved by love.Reinhold Niebuh
