Quotes about faith

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

Rogers, Adrian on faith
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"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith."

Roosevelt, Franklin D. on faith   

"Base souls have no faith in great individuals."

Rousseau, Jean Jacques on faith   

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

Ruskin, John on faith
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"The errors of faith are better than the best thoughts of unbelief."

Russell, Thomas on faith   

"My faith has no bed to sleep upon but omnipotence."

Rutherford, Samuel on faith   

"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De on faith
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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 on faith
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"Faith is an excitement and an enthusiasm: it is a condition of intellectual magnificence to which we must cling as to a treasure, and not squander on our way through life in the small coin of empty words, or in exact and priggish argument."

Sand, George on faith   

"In actual life every great enterprise begins with and takes its first forward step in faith."

Schlegel, Friedrich on faith   

"We have not lost faith, but we have transferred it from God to the medical profession."

Shaw, George Bernard on faith   

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

Shoemaker, Samuel M. on faith
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"It is always right that a man should be able to render a reason for the faith that is within him."

Smith, Sydney on faith   

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

Spalding, John Lancaster on faith   

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

Stott, John R. on faith
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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 on faith   

"Faith lives in honest doubt."

Tennyson, Lord Alfred on faith
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"It's not dying for faith that's so hard, it's living up to it."

Thackeray, William M. on faith   

"'Tis not the dying for a faith that's so hard... 'Tis the living up to it that's difficult."

Thackeray, William M. on faith   

"We must have infinite faith in each other. If we have not, we must never let it leak out that we have not."

Thoreau, Henry David on faith
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"Through want of enterprise and faith men are where they are, buying and selling and spending their lives like servants."

Thoreau, Henry David on faith   

"The words which express our faith and piety are not definite; yet they are significant and fragrant like frankincense to superior natures."

Thoreau, Henry David on faith   

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

Thoreau, Henry David on faith
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"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 on faith   

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

Tozer, A. W. on faith
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"Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation."

Trueblood, Elton on faith
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"Faith is believing what you know ain't so."

Twain, Mark on faith
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"It was the schoolboy who said, Faith is believing what you know ain't so."

Twain, Mark on faith
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"Do you sometimes think, if I could just see Christ. If I could meet him. If I could talk to him personally, then this life would be easier. But you have seen him. You have met him. You have talked to him personally. This knowledge, believed in faith, can make life easier."

Unknown, Source on faith   

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

Unknown, Source on faith   

"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."

Unknown, Source on faith   

"Faith is the vision of the heart; it sees God in the dark as well as in the day."

Unknown, Source on faith
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"Faith is: dead to doubts, dumb to discouragements, blind to impossibilities."

Unknown, Source on faith
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"Faith makes: The uplook good, the outlook bright, the future glorious."

Unknown, Source on faith
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"Faith does not deny the evil, but it sees around it."

Unknown, Source on faith   

"We seldom lose our faith by a blow out, usually is just a slow leak."

Unknown, Source on faith   

"Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it by the handle of anxiety, or by the handle of faith."

Unknown, Source on faith   

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

Unknown, Source on faith
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"Faith is like electricity. You can't see it, but you can see the light."

Unknown, Source on faith
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"Faith is that quality that enables us to believe what we know to be untrue."

Unknown, Source on faith