Faith and Belief Quotes

"A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing."

"A library implies an act of faith."

"A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history."

"A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests."

"All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired."

"Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it."

"Americans are losing faith in this country's ability to work for them."

"Amidst the confusion of the times, the conflicts of conscience, and the turmoil of daily living, an abiding faith becomes an anchor to our lives."

"Among the other values children should be taught are respect for others, beginning with the child's own parents and family; respect for the symbols of faith and the patriotic beliefs of others; respect for law and order; respect for the property of others; respect for authority."

"An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God."

"And when I'm president, I can tell you this, my faith will not just influence the way I'll govern as president, it will influence the way I live my life. Because in the end, my goal is not simply to live on this earth for 80 years, but to live an eternity with my creator. And I will always allow my faith to influence everything I do."

"Anyone who is to find Christ must first find the church. How could anyone know where Christ is and what faith is in him unless he knew where his believers are?"

"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."

"At its heart, 'South Park' has a touching faith in human beings: that despite their absurdities and flaws, people have the capacity to create a better world."

"At least the fundamentalists haven't tried to dilute their message. Their faith is exposed for what it is for all to see."

"Bad faith likes discourse on friendship and loyalty."

"Basically, there are two paths you can walk: faith or fear. It's impossible to simultaneously trust God and not trust God."

"Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ."

"Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies."

"Becoming a monk was a hard decision. Leaving being a monk was harder, but it's given me so much faith in my ability to transition, and that what I learned as a monk can still serve me."

"Being afraid to tell the truth because of the projected consequences, whatever it may be, shows a lack of faith and an abundance of fear."

"Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man."

"Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists."

"Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy."

"Beware of generalizations about any faith because they sometimes amount to the religious equivalent of racial profiling. Hinduism contained both Gandhi and the fanatic who assassinated him."

"Blind faith in your leaders, or in anything, will get you killed."

"Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice. Science for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human condition."

"Both need each other: The agnostic cannot be content to not know, but must be in search of the great truth of faith; the Catholic cannot be content to have faith, but must be in search of God all the time, and in the dialogue with others, a Catholic can learn more about God in a deeper fashion."

"But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac."

"But I don't necessarily define my faith by going to church every Sunday."

"By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified."

"Certain though I am - and ever more certain - that I must press on in life as though Christ awaited me at the term of the universe, at the same time I feel no special assurance of the existence of Christ. Believing is not seeing. As much as anyone, I imagine, I walk in the shadows of faith."

"Choose your friends with caution; plan your future with purpose, and frame your life with faith."

"Confound not faith and feeling together. They are distinct. Faith is ours to exercise. Believe, believe. Let your faith take hold of the blessing, and it is yours by faith. Your feelings have nothing to do with this faith."

"Corruption is a cancer: a cancer that eats away at a citizen's faith in democracy, diminishes the instinct for innovation and creativity; already-tight national budgets, crowding out important national investments. It wastes the talent of entire generations. It scares away investments and jobs."

"Do I think faith will be an important part of being a good president? Yes, I do."

"Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother."

"Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith."

"Each generation's job is to question what parents accept on faith, to explore possibilities, and adapt the last generation's system of values for a new age."

"Each one prays to God according to his own light."

"Each party steals so many articles of faith from the other, and the candidates spend so much time making each other's speeches, that by the time election day is past there is nothing much to do save turn the sitting rascals out and let a new gang in."

"Even the best teams can fail. Celebrities can fade. There is only One in whom your faith is always safe, and that is in the Lord Jesus Christ. And you need to let your faith show!"

"Every child matters. If we fail our children, we are bound to fail our present, our future, faith, cultures, and civilisations as well."

"Every man eventually is backed up to the wall of faith, and there he must make his stand."

"Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith."

"Everywhere on Earth, at this moment, in the new spiritual atmosphere created by the appearance of the idea of evolution, there float, in a state of extreme mutual sensitivity, love of God and faith in the world: the two essential components of the Ultra-human."

"Evolution and creationism both require faith. It's just a matter of where you choose to place that faith."