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QUOTES AND APHORISMS ON FAITH 4
Life without faith in something is too narrow a space in which to live.
John Lancaster Spalding
Your faith is what you believe, not what you know.
John Lancaster Spalding
Faith is nothing but obedience and piety.
Baruch Benedict de Spinoza (1632-1677, Dutch philosopher and theologian)
Faith is to believe what we do not see; and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe.
St. Augustine (354-430, Numidian-born bishop of Hippo, theologian)
I believe though I do not comprehend, and I hold by faith what I cannot grasp with the mind.
St. Bernard (1090-1153, French theologian and reformer)
Our body is not made of iron. Our strength is not that of stone. Live and hope in the Lord, and let your service be according to reason.
St. Clare of Assisi
Some like to understand what they believe in. Others like to believe in what they understand.
Leszczynski Stanislaus (1677-1766, Polish King)
To believe with certainty we must begin with doubting.
Leszczynski Stanislaus (1677-1766, Polish King)
To believe with certainty we must begin with doubting.
Leszczynski Stanislaus (1677-1766, Polish King)
Faith is a reasoning trust, a trust which reckons thoughtfully and confidently upon the trustworthiness of God.
John R. Stott (1921-, British Anglican clergyman and writer)
Faith is a theological virtue that inclines the mind, under the influence of the will and grace, to yield firm assent to revealed truths, because of the authority of God.
Adolphe Tanqueray
When you get to the end of all the light you know and it's time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: either you will be given something solid to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly.
Edward Teller (American physicist and author)
Faith is believing what we cannot prove.
Lord Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892, British poet)
Faith lives in honest doubt.
Lord Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892, British poet)
What's up is faith, what's down is heresy.
Lord Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892, British poet)
It's not dying for faith that's so hard, it's living up to it.
William M. Thackeray (1811-1863, Indian-born British novelist)
According to your faith; be it done unto you.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism)
All things are possible to him who believes.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism) Source: Mark 9:23
Be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism) Source: Peter 3:15
Be thou faithful unto death.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism) Source: Revelation 2:10
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shall find it after many days.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism)
Everything is possible for him who believes.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism)
Faith without works is dead.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism) Source: James 2:26
For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made...
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism) Source: Romans 1:20
For verily I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism)
I have fought a good fight. I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism) Source: 2 Timothy 4:7
Jesus said to him, “If you can!” Everything is possible to one who has faith.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism)
O thou of little faith, why didst thou doubt?
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism) Source: Matthew 14:31
We walk by faith, not by sight.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism) Source: 2 Corinthians 5:7
Jesus makes the bitterest mouthful taste sweet.
St. Theresa of Lisieux (1873-1897, French saint)
The country in which I live is not my native country, that lies elsewhere, and it must always be the center of my longings.
St. Theresa of Lisieux (1873-1897, French saint)
The great majority of men use their own short-sighted ideas as a yardstick for measuring the divine omnipotence.
St. Theresa of Lisieux (1873-1897, French saint)
Trying to do good to people without God's help is no easier than making the sun shine at midnight.You discover that you've got to abandon all your own preferences, your own bright ideas, and guide souls along the road our Lord has marked out for them.You mustn't coerce them into some path of your own choosing.
St. Theresa of Lisieux (1873-1897, French saint)
The only force that can overcome an idea and a faith is another and better idea and faith, positively and fearlessly upheld.
Dorothy Thompson
The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862, American essayist, poet, naturalist)
The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862, American essayist, poet, naturalist)
The words which express our faith and piety are not definite; yet they are significant and fragrant like frankincense to superior natures.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862, American essayist, poet, naturalist)
Through want of enterprise and faith men are where they are, buying and selling and spending their lives like servants.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862, American essayist, poet, naturalist)
We must have infinite faith in each other. If we have not, we must never let it leak out that we have not.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862, American essayist, poet, naturalist)
Faith is an act of a finite being who is grasped by, and turned to, the infinite.
Paul Tillich (1886-1965, German protestant theologian, philosopher)
Faith is the force of life.
Count Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910, Russian novelist, philosopher)
Faith, as Paul saw it, was a living, flaming thing leading to surrender and obedience to the commandments of Christ.
A. W. Tozer (1897-1963, American preacher)
Beautiful light is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is often the strongest and the best.
R. Turnbull
Faith is believing what you know ain't so.
Mark Twain (1835-1910, American humorist, writer)
Faith is believing what you know ain't so.
Mark Twain (1835-1910, American humorist, writer)
All effort is in the last analysis sustained by faith that it is worth making.
Ordway Tweed
As our faith increases, so does our ability to obey.
Author Unknown
As your faith is strengthened you will find that there is no longer the need to have a sense of control, that things will flow as they will, and that you will flow with them, to your great delight and benefit.
Author Unknown
Do you sometimes think, if I could just see Christ. If I could meet him. If I could talk to him personally, then this life would be easier. But you have seen him. You have met him. You have talked to him personally. This knowledge, believed in faith, can make life easier.
Author Unknown
Have faith in your dreams and someday Your rainbow will come smiling through No matter how your heart is grieving If you keep on believing the dream that you wish will come true
Author Unknown
He who cannot pray when the sun is shining will not know how to pray when the clouds come.
Author Unknown
If life is a comedy to him who thinks, and a tragedy to him who feels, it is a victory to him who believes.
Author Unknown
Prayer changes things.
Author Unknown
Remember that the faith that moves mountains always carries a pick.
Author Unknown
Sorrow looks back, worry looks around, faith looks up.
Author Unknown
The greatest gift I ever had came from God. I call him Dad.
Author Unknown
Faith is believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.
Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694-1778, French historian, writer)
The will of God will not take you where the grace of God cannot keep you.
Author Unknown
We seldom lose our faith by a blow out, usually is just a slow leak.
Author Unknown
Weave in faith and God will find the thread.
Author Unknown
The history of the world is the history of a few men who had faith in themselves. That faith calls out the divinity within. You can do anything!
Swami Vivekananda
Deep faith eliminates fear.
Lech Walesa (1943-, Polish trade union leader, politician)
No Christian has ever been known to recant on his death bed.
C. M. Ward
Philosophic argument, especially that drawn from the vastness of the universe, in comparison with the apparent insignificance of this globe, has sometimes shaken my reason for the faith that is in me; but my heart has always assured and reassured me that
Daniel Webster (1782-1852, American lawyer, statesman)
The mysteries of faith are degraded if they are made into an object of affirmation and negation, when in reality they should be an object of contemplation.
Simone Weil (1910-1943, French philosopher, mystic)
Much sheer effort goes into avoiding the truth; left to itself, it sweeps in like the tide.
Fay Weldon (1933-, British novelist)
Faith is the divine evidence whereby the spiritual man discerneth God, and the things of God.
John Wesley (1703-1791, British preacher, founder of Methodism)
Justifying faith implies, not only a divine evidence or conviction that "God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself," but a sure trust and confidence that Christ died for my sins, that He loved me and gave Himself for me.
John Wesley (1703-1791, British preacher, founder of Methodism)
Talk unbelief, and you will have unbelief; but talk faith, and you will have faith. According to the seed sown will be the harvest.
Ellen Gould White (1827-1915, American seventh-day Adventist leader)
I've learned only that you never say never.
Marina Von Neumann Whitman
Reason's voice and God's, Nature's and Duty's, never are at odds.
John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892, American poet, reformer, author)
Through the dark and stormy night Faith beholds a feeble light Up the blackness streaking; Knowing God's own time is best, In a patient hope I rest For the full day-breaking!
John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892, American poet, reformer, author)
When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead.
John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892, American poet, reformer, author)
I can believe anything provided it is incredible.
Oscar Wilde (1856-1900, British author, wit)
Faith is the centerpiece of a connected life. It allows us to live by the grace of invisible strands. It is a belief in a wisdom superior to our own. Faith becomes a teacher in the absence of fact.
Terry Tempest Williams
The amplest knowledge has the largest faith. Ignorance is always incredulous.
Robert Eldridge Willmott
There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer.
John Wooden (1910-, American basketball coach)
Faith is a passionate intuition.
William Wordsworth (1770-1850, British poet)
Faith is a bridge across the gulf of death.
Edward Young (1683-1765, British poet, dramatist)
In the life of the spirit there is no ending that is not a beginning.
Henrietta Zolde
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