Quotes about Faith

“I can't prove it scientifically, that there's a God, but I believe.”

“We know that men are saved by repentance and faith, and whoever does call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. But salvation is a supernatural work of God that will always produce fruit. And the evidence, not the cause, but the evidence of salvation is a changed life, a changing life.”

“Suffice it to say that our over-reliance on testing is based largely on habit, wishful thinking, and leaps of faith.”

“Question: Why are we Masters of our Fate, the captains of our souls? Because we have the power to control our thoughts, our attitudes. That is why many people live in the withering negative world. That is why many people live in the Positive Faith world.”

“Is he alone who has courage on his right hand and faith on his left hand?”

“We are under no delusions as to the innate goodness even of very small children. They are bad a great deal of the time, but before it has been knocked out of them, they see no limit to the potentialities of the human will. Theirs is the faith to move mountains, because they do not yet know the fearful heft of them.”

“I think the beauty of Catholicism is its consistency through both successes and difficulties. I've counted on my faith to give me strength through both training and competition - but also in school, with my family and everyday life.”

“Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.”

“During my sojourn in ironclad atheism, the primary arsenal leveled against Christianity had been its failure on empirical grounds. Surely, enlightened reason offered a more coherent cosmos. Surely, Occam's razor cut the faithful free from blind faith. There is no proof of God; therefore, it is unreasonable to believe in God.”

“The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God.”

“It was Martin O'Neill who said, 'You're a central midfielder.' He put faith into players. He was very clever at getting into players' heads, leaving little remarks to make me believe more. The players at Villa all moved up another level under him.”

“I always had faith in my creative capacity.”

“Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe.”

“We must confront any situation, however difficult it may be, with courage, faith, serenity, confidence and a lot of mental strength.”

“That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith.”

“All we have and are is based on the Christian faith, which has shaped law, government, morals, music, landscape, and education here for a thousand years.”

“In order to have faith, or follow any other organized religion, I'd have to suspend a degree of disbelief.”

“There lives more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds.”

“Holiness is the strength of the soul. It comes by faith and through obedience to God's laws and ordinances. God then purifies the heart by faith, and the heart becomes purged from that which is profane and unworthy.”

“Today we often think that before we start living a religious life we have first to accept the creedal doctrines and that before one can have any comprehension of the loyalty and trust of faith, one must first force one's mind to accept a host of incomprehensible doctrines. But this is to put the cart before the horse.”

“Asking in faith requires honesty, effort, commitment, and persistence.”