Faith Quotes
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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 -
Beauty, strength, youth, are flowers but fading seen; Duty, faith, love, are roots, and ever green.
George Peele
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And this is one of the most crucial definitions for the whole of Christianity; that the opposite of sin is not virtue but faith.
Soren Kierkegaard -
Americans are fascinated by their own love of shopping. This does not make them unique. It's just that they have more to buy than most other people on the planet. And it's also an affirmation of faith in their country.
Simon Hoggart -
Won't the awareness God loves us no matter what lead to spiritual laziness and moral laxity? Theoretically, this seems a reasonable fear, but in reality the opposite is true. . . . The more rooted we are in the love of God, the more generously we will live our faith.
Brennan Manning -
The only people that ever stand up and tell the truth are who? Intelligence officers. Because our culture is, never break faith with the truth. We'll tell you, you don't have to drag it out of us.
George Tenet -
In an age in which economists take for granted that people equate well-being with consumption, increasing numbers of people seem willing to trade certain freedoms and material comforts for a sense of immutable order and the rapture of faith.
Eugene Linden -
We are not asked to SEE," said Amy. "Why need we when we KNOW?" We know--not the answer to the inevitable Why, but the incontestable fact that it is for the best. "It is an irreparable loss, but is it faith at all if it is 'hard to trust' when things are entirely bewildering?
Elisabeth Elliot
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Miracle is the pet child of faith.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe -
The worst thing that can happen to you as an artist is for you to lose faith in yourself.
Ann Magnuson -
Faith and hope...are the wings by which our souls, rising above the world, are lifted up to God.
John Calvin -
My faith has cost me a lot of money. Because I do creative roles, and I guess someone could think of me as, I could play bawdy, I could play rough around the edges. And so they think, 'Oh, she'll do this. It'll be so funny.' And I'm like, 'I'm not doing that.'
Siobhan Fallon Hogan -
Faith is a marvel, and yet no human being is excluded from it; for that in which all human life is united is passion, and faith is a passion.
Soren Kierkegaard -
Faith is our form of labor. This work is required to get us back into spiritual rest.
Creflo A. Dollar
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The life of faith is a daily exploration of the constant and countless ways in which Gods grace and love are expereinced.
Eugene H. Peterson -
I die the king's faithful servant, but God's first.
Thomas More -
When once it is no longer possible to understand how a man gives his life for his country--and the time will come--then all is over with that faith also, and the idea of the Fatherland is dead; and then, perhaps, we shall be envied, as we envy the saints their inward and irresistible strength.
Ernst Junger -
Doubt is the beginning of wisdom. It means caution, independence, honesty and veracity. Faith means negligence, serfdom, insincerity and deception. The man who never doubts never thinks. He is like a straw in the wind or a waif on the sea. He is one of the helpless, docile, unquestioning millions, who keep the world in a state of stagnation, and serve as a fulcrum for the lever of despotism. The stupidity of the people, says Whitman, is always inviting the insolence of power.
George William Foote -
I always admired atheists. I think it takes a lot of faith.
Andrew Schneider -
“The creative person wants to be a know-it-all. He wants to know about all kinds of things-ancient history, nineteenth century mathematics, current manufacturing techniques, hog futures. Because he never knows when these ideas might come together to form a new idea. It may happen six minutes later, or six months, or six years. But he has faith that it will happen.”
Carl Ally
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Faith given back to us after a night of doubt is a stronger thing, and far more valuable to us than faith that has never been tested.
Elizabeth Goudge -
It is the Jew who lies when he swears allegiance to another faith; who becomes a danger to the world.
Stephen Samuel Wise -
It is cynicism and fear that freeze life; it is faith that thaws it out, releases it, sets it free.
Harry Emerson Fosdick -
Being that I was raised in the Catholic faith, I am very careful about what I choose. I've turned down a lot of projects that... could have helped me a lot financially, and I've quit shows because of where they were going and because I feel like I have to be a role model for my kids.
Siobhan Fallon Hogan