What Is Faith Quotes

Reason saw not, till Faith sprung the Light.

I am fully aware of the fact that the Democratic Party, by nominating someone of my faith, has taken on what many regard as a new and hazardous risk.

And whatever our faith - whatever our faith, one belief should bind us all: The measure of our character is our willingness to give of ourselves for others and for our country.

To a lot of people, angels are a matter of faith.

For she had embodied the Great Perhaps--she had proved to me that it was worth it to leave behind my minor life for grander maybes, and now she was gone and with her my faith in perhaps.

I fear your faith has been mis- placed—but then, faith usually is.

I'm not embarrassed by my faith, and I'm also not embarrassed by my doubt.

God is good and God is light In this faith I rest secure, Evil can but serve the right, Over all shall love endure.

Religion indeed enlightens, terrifies, subdues; it gives faith, it inflicts remorse, it inspires resolutions, it draws tears, it inflames devotion, but only for the occasion.

When all candles are out, all cats are grey, All things are then of one color, as who say. And this proverb faith, for quenching hot desire, Foul water as soon as faire, will quench hot fire.

God loves you enough , trusts you enough, to let affliction come into your life to see whether you will exercise the muscles of faith while your physical muscles begin to atrophy.

I've never met anyone who has changed his mind or deepened his faith because he has been confronted with such angry condemnations.

You don't have to be in the habit of going to church to listen to such a literary minister; you don't have to be a believer to be moved by Mr. Buechner's faith.

We cannot hand our faith to one another.... Even in the Middle Ages, when faith was theoretically uniform, it was always practically individual.

A good writer wants from us — or has no right to ask more than — intelligence, good faith and time.

Faith, like love, unites; opinion, like hate, separates.

Say not thou lackest talent. What talent had any of the greatest, but passionate faith in the efficacy of work?

I have a lot of faith in people.

If the Gospel and the Apostles may be credited, no man can be a Christian without charity, and without that faith which works, not by force, but by love.

I find every sect, as far as reason will help them, make use of it gladly: and where it fails them, they cry out, It is a matter of faith, and above reason.

Stop falling in love with everything that lets you down, even if your hands are shaking and your faith is broken, even as the eyes are closing, do it with a heart wide open. Say what you need to say.

I don't know a politician who enjoys fundraising. The system is such that the American people have lost faith.

And what is faith, love, virtue unassayed Alone, without exterior help sustained?

The character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is tenacious obedience.

You can treat faith as part of people's it's lives.

In old times men used their powers of painting to show the objects of faith, in later times they use the objects of faith to show their powers of painting.

When I look back at the Christian faith, I see that we have had to retranslate, almost reinvent ourselves a number of times.

The people in flight from the terror behind-strange things happen to them, some bitterly cruel and some so beautiful that the faith is refired forever.

We are to be strong in faith, and soft in love.

Cutting the space budget really restores my faith in humanity. It eliminates dreams, goals, and ideals and lets us get straight to the business of hate, debauchery, and self-annihilation.

Your faith is what you do daily, you can't separate your heart from your body and keep them both alive, they're almost the same thing.

As crucial as religion has been and is to the life of the nation, America's unifying force has never been a specific faith, but a commitment to freedom - not least freedom of conscience.

Given that religious faith is an intrinsic element of human experience, it is best to approach and engage the subject with a sense of history and a critical sensibility.

The royals - all of them, especially Prince Philip and Prince Charles - have done outstanding work with the faith communities.

How can we bless at one moment and curse at another?

The problem of suffering is not about something but about someone.

God must not engage in theology. The writer must not destroy by human reasonings the faith that art requires of us.

Only the silent hear and those who do not remain silent do not hear.

We all must have the faith of children, but the doctrine of theologians.

I don't have faith, I have experience.

The priests used to say that faith can move mountains, and nobody believed them. Today the scientists say that they can level mountains, and nobody doubts them.

I don't need faith. I have experience.

There is never enough time to say our last word-the last word of our love, of our desire, faith, remorse, submission, revolt.

The belief of our Reason is an Exercise of Faith, and Faith is an Act of Reason.

Science is paramount, but presents no challenge to a creed that rests on faith-based belief.

Where doubt is, there faith has no power.

When a man works by faith, he works by mental exertion instead of by physical force.

Seek ye diligently and teach one another words of wisdom; yea, seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom; seek learning, even by study and also by faith.

Sherrod Brown and President Obama have lost the faith of Jewish Democrats.

Most Christians when asked what is the essence of the Christian faith will say it is all in the rules to be acceptable by God. That is anti-Christian, but they don't know that.