What Is Faith Quotes

Unbelief is actually perverted faith, for it puts its faith not in the living God, but in dying men.

By being persistent, you're demonstrating faith. Persistence is simply another word for faith. If you didn't have faith, you'd never persist.

God isn't looking for people of great faith, but for individuals ready to follow Him

We just can't love without God. God wants for us want we want for ourselves. These basic things are not that hard to grasp. We just have to have faith, and faith is a gift. We just need to accept it.

My faith runs so very much faster than my reason that I can challenge the whole world and say, 'God is, was and ever shall be'.

Prayer does not cause faith to work, faith causes prayer to work.

Down in adoration falling, Lo! the sacred Host we hail; Lo! o'er ancient forms departing, Newer rites of grace prevail; Faith for all defects supplying, Where the feeble senses fail.

The proper effect of the Eucharist is the transformation of man into God.

The gospel casts out a rope to hale sinners to land; but the sinner has no hands to lay hold on it; his very faith must be wrought in him by the Spirit.

It is time that scientists and other public intellectuals observed that the contest between faith and reason is zero-sum.

Every religion seems like a fantasy to outsiders, but as holy truth to those of the faith.

Absolute atheism starts in an act of faith in reverse gear and is a full-blown religious commitment.

The ultimate decision about what is accepted as right and wrong will be made not by individual human wisdom but by the disappearance of the groups that have adhered to the "wrong" beliefs.

The ACLU has been able to harass out of existence public expressions of faith.

If a man knows what he wants, then he is in a position to decide that he will get it. This is faith. The determined decision of a man with desire.

To take the difficulties, setbacks and sorrows of life as a challenge to overcome makes us stronger, rather than unjust punishment which should not happen to us, requires faith and courage.

Moderation is part of faith, so those who accuse Muslim schools of fostering fanaticism should learn a bit more about Islam.

You can achieve what you believe you can. Trust and believe and have faith.

Without risk, faith is an impossibility.

When fear knocks, to let faith answer the door.

Never underestimate someone's potential when you give them the gift of trust and faith.

Hope and faith. You have to have hope and faith.

If I have courage, it is because I have faith in the knowledge of my ancestors.

The antidote to frustration is a calm faith, not in your own cleverness, or in hard toil, but in God's guidance.

Faith implies a continuing search, not necessarily a final answer.

God, though this life is but a wraith, Although we know not what we use, Although we grope with little faith, Give me the heart to fight and lose.

Putting our faith in Christ is not about trying harder; it means transferring our trust away from ourselves and resting in him.

If ever I do escape, no one shall reproach me with having broken or violated my faith, not having given my word to any one, whosoever it may be.

When you acknowledge God, He will go before you and make the crooked places straight.

When you release your faith in uncommon ways, youll see God do uncommon things.

The main rule to me is to honor God with your life. To live a life of integrity. Not be selfish. You know, help others. But that's really the essence of the Christian faith.

Christianity is a faith in which God sent his Son to die for you.

We must move beyond an anemic view of our faith as something only personal and private, with no public dimension, and instead see it as the source of power that can change the world.

In the latter case life rests upon a thousand presuppositions which the individual can never trace back to their origins, and verify; but which he must accept upon faith and belief.

Compassion gives us a common ground to stand on regardless of your faith background. It gives us a chance to stand shoulder-to-shoulder rather than go fist-to-fist with somebody.

Cultivate truth, good faith, experience, cleverness, sociability, and industry.

A demon, in a way, is a test of your faith. Because if you're doing God's work, there's no reason for any demon to do anything to you.

I hope for an America where the power of faith will always burn brightly, but where no modern inquisition of any kind will ever light the fires of fear, coercion, or angry division.

Justification by faith is the hinge on which all true religion turns.

I think our animals are angels, earth-angels, pointing out for us the steadfast path of love, loyalty, optimism, faith, joy, hope. They teach us everything important about life.

When pain and suffering strike, our faith is well founded if it is standing on the promises of God. For all of God's promises have strong confirmation in Christ.

The happiness you have a right to enjoy has a name and a face: it is Jesus of Nazareth, hidden in the Eucharist.

Faith is a refusal to panic, come what may.

A man must rise by his own efforts and walk by faith.

Have faith in yourself. Think yes not no. Live life to the full. Never give up.

Providence so orders the case, that faith and prayer come between our wants and supplies, and the goodness of God may be the more magnified in our eyes thereby.

Justification by faith is the key to eliminating racism.

Faith is trusting in the good. Fear is putting your trust in the bad.

Criticism at the wrong time, even if it's legitimate criticism, can be seriously damaging and make the writer lose faith in what he's doing. It's the timing that's all-important.

All the Saints of God are there to protect me, to sustain me and to carry me. And your prayers, my dear friends, your indulgence, your love, your faith and your hope accompany me.