Faith Quotes
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There are very serious reasons to doubt that Jesus was buried decently and that his tomb was discovered to be empty ... Faith is not historical knowledge, and historical knowledge is not faith.
Bart Ehrman
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I just have faith. It's just there. It's not any big deal.
Ernie Harwell
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Right faith is of necessity required for Baptism, since it is said: "the justice of God is by faith in Jesus Christ" (Romans 3:22) ... Therefore, Baptism without faith avails nothing and thus we must recall that without faith no one is acceptable to God.
Thomas Aquinas
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Never confuse faith, or belief - of any kind - with something even remotely intellectual.
John Irving
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Then I felt as if my thoughts were cut off in the middle, absorbing and yet defective, with an urgent need for verification, for development, yet without conviction, without faith in themselves.
Elena Ferrante
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Praised be St John, the glorified of God! Lord, grant me the prayers of St John, disciple and friend whom thou lovest, apostle of love. Thy love, forever, eternal, that my faith may become as complete, as flaming and tranquil, as his, and pierce as deep and speak as simply in the spirit.
Eric Milner-White
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Words are the most powerful thing in the universe... Words are containers. They contain faith, or fear, and they produce after their kind.
Charles Capps
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Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.
Elisabeth Elliot
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Tolerance grows only when faith loses certainty; certainty is murderous.
Will Durant
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If faith is lacking, it is because there is too much selfishness, too much concern for personal gain. For faith to be true, it has to be generous and loving. Love and faith go together, they complete each other.
Mother Teresa
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I believe in spirits. I believe in faith. I believe in spirituality. I believe in aliens as well.
James Wan
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The inner change, justification, is effected at the moment of salvation. The outer change in the believer's daily walk, sanctification, continues throughout life. But the progressive work of sanctification is only fully effective when the radical, inner transformation of justification is realized and appropriated by faith.
Neil T Anderson