Faith - Quotes & Sayings
A man filled with the love of God is not content with blessing his family alone, but ranges through the whole world, anxious to bless the whole human race.
Joseph Smith, Jr.We may not only find faith in God in our sorrow. We may also become faithful to Him in times of calm.
Thomas S. MonsonI have never known Frances to complain once of my Church responsibilities. I have been gone many days and many nights, and I have rarely been able to sit with her in the congregation. But there is no one like her - absolutely no one. She is in every way supportive and is a woman of quiet and profoundly powerful faith.
Thomas S. MonsonFaith is a continuum, and we each fall on that line where we may. By attempting to rigidly classify ethereal concepts like faith, we end up debating semantics to the point where we entirely miss the obvious - that is, that we are all trying to decipher life's big mysteries, and we're each following our own paths of enlightenment.
Dan BrownIn the pain, the agony, and the heroic endeavors of life, we pass through a refiner's fire, and the insignificant and the unimportant in our lives can melt away like dross and make our faith bright, intact, and strong.
James E. FaustFaith is not uprooted by dialectic proof; it must already be deeply shaken by other causes to be unable to withstand the shock of argument.
Emile DurkheimMy faith has been the driving thing of my life. I think it is important that people who are perceived as liberals not be afraid of talking about moral and community values.
Marian Wright EdelmanI try to act out of faith.
Marian Wright EdelmanI grew up in a very religious family and it is the motivating force to every thing I do. I am fortunate to have had adults all around me who really lived their faith, in helping other people and doing the best you can do.
Marian Wright EdelmanWe see ourselves in terms of yesterday and today. Our Heavenly Father sees us in terms of forever.
Joseph B. WirthlinThe gift of the Holy Ghost, which is the right to receive the Holy Ghost as a constant companion, is obtained only upon condition of faith in Christ, repentance, baptism by immersion, and the laying on of hands by authorized servants endowed with the Melchizedek Priesthood.
Joseph B. WirthlinBut I don't necessarily define my faith by going to church every Sunday.
Miley CyrusYou can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine.
TertullianWhen I believe in Jesus, I am united to Christ. Therefore, what he did and achieved becomes mine by this union through faith alone. His righteous life is imputed to me. What Christ achieved is counted as mine.
John PiperIf you've ever questioned your faith, you're going to question it when you are burying your own children.
Matt BevinFaith, family, academics and then sports was the order of priorities in my family. My parents really stuck to these principles when raising me and my two brothers. As long as we took care of everything, they let us play as much basketball as we wanted.
Jeremy LinIndividual responsibility, hard work, paying attention in school, faith, family all these things are important.
J. C. WattsWhat does God the Father look like? Although I've never seen Him, I believe - as with the Holy Spirit - He looks like Jesus looked on earth.
Benny HinnThis is a day of little faith - of few convictions - a day when men seem to have no great causes and no great passions. So in frustration, in disappointment, they are inclined to say, 'You can't change human nature.' It is true that we cannot change human nature. But God can.
Peter MarshallIf you cast your bread upon the water and you have faith, you'll get back cash. If you don't have faith, you'll get soggy bread.
Don KingPut your nose into the Bible everyday. It is your spiritual food. And then share it. Make a vow not to be a lukewarm Christian.
Kirk CameronThe Christian faith is the most exciting drama that ever staggered the imagination of man - and the dogma is the drama.
Dorothy L. SayersWe all have faith in something: usually a mixture of some personal beliefs with modern science. I am not like that. Mostly I just believe in what personally has worked for me.
James AltucherFaith is never identical with piety.
Karl BarthI don't know if the average person really has faith in Washington anymore.
Tori AmosWell, I think that Catholicism's basic foundation of faith is personal conscience. I think it's between you and God, not you and the Church.
Martin SheenIf you have faith in the public sector, as I do, you must be the harshest critic of corruption, waste and fraud in government.
Eric SchneidermanFaith is the very first thing you should pack in a hope chest.
Sarah Ban BreathnachAre you gonna fuel your faith or fuel your fear? I'm all about fueling my faith, especially when it's hard to do so.
Carrie-Anne MossAs I read the New Testament, I find only one path to salvation - the path of an informed faith in Jesus Christ.
Lewis B. SmedesFaith properly informs the religious lawyer or judge, and morality is not in tension with fidelity to the law.
William H. PryorOf all duties, prayer certainly is the sweetest and most easy.
Laurence SterneI think our devotion to Mary is very beautiful. She has a sacred role in Catholicism, and her strong faith and humility are things we can learn from.
Katie LedeckyThere is not enough faith in black music at a high level.
EstelleBuddhism has a very beautiful teaching that says the worst thing you can do to your soul is to tell someone their faith is wrong.
Ricky MartinMay nothing entice me till I happily make my way to Jesus Christ! Fire, cross, struggles with wild beasts, wrenching of bones, mangling of limbs - let them come to me, provided only I make my way to Jesus Christ.
Ignatius of AntiochThe spiritual ambiguity growing up made me really latch onto a faith - Protestantism - that was somewhat conventional. Everyone else was rebelling against traditions and institutions, whereas I was rebelling against the upheaval and uncertainty in my family.
Sufjan StevensThose of us who were brought up as Christians and have lost our faith have retained the sense of sin without the saving belief in redemption. This poisons our thought and so paralyses us in action.
Cyril ConnollyThe only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers is that which is woven of conviction and set with the sharp mordant of experience.
James Russell LowellI hold that religion and faith are two different things.
Pat BuckleyBusiness owners should not have to choose between violating their faith and violating the law.
David GreenBut every act in consequence of our faith, strengthens faith.
Anna Letitia BarbauldI find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion.
J. J. AbramsAlthough the Nasser revolution of 1952 was secular, the culture remained deeply religious - but it was a faith of moderation and tolerance. Women made up nearly half my class at university, and my senior academic adviser there was a woman. In Alexandria, my friends were Christians and Muslims.
Ahmed ZewailFear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
Benjamin WhichcoteIt was seldom that I attended any religious meetings, as my parents had not much faith in and were never so unfortunate as to unite themselves with any of the religious sects.
Orson PrattNo matter how old we become, we can still call them 'Holy Mother' and 'Father' and put a child-like trust in them.
Desmond MorrisVision looks upward and becomes faith.
Stephen Samuel WiseIt's always a leap of faith when you get involved with somebody.
Christian SlaterNo one could have less faith in the absolute and definitive importance of the work created by man, because I believe that this world is nothing but a dream.
Gustave Moreau