Quotes about Faith

“I don't have much faith... in the government police.”

“I think one of the things I regret was not having more faith in myself early on.”

“No human being is justified before God or has a right standing before God based upon his own virtue and merit. It is only by faith in the virtue and merit of Christ.”

“Large swathes of people losing faith in democracy is a dangerous thing. Conflict, desperation, totalitarianism are the products of that loss of faith.”

“I would not attack the faith of a heathen without being sure I had a better one to put in its place.”

“Dare, dream, dance, smile, and sing loudly! And have faith that love is an unstoppable force!”

“To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.”

“I believe though I do not comprehend, and I hold by faith what I cannot grasp with the mind.”

“I never really had the classic struggle. I had faith.”

“When faith did come, it came, I think, by way of my little paralyzed daughter. Her lifeless hands led me; I think her tiny feet still know beautiful paths.”

“During my first years in the Sierra, I was ever calling on everybody within reach to admire them, but I found no one half warm enough until Emerson came. I had read his essays, and felt sure that of all men he would best interpret the sayings of these noble mountains and trees. Nor was my faith weakened when I met him in Yosemite.”

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

“What I found in the Protestant faith was that your salvation is secure, and that the rest is process.”

“It 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.”

“My father, who died a few years ago, was a good, simple, very honest man. His faith and affection for his family was just unassailable, without question.”

“Some people have a God because they need faith, and that's fair enough.”

“Belief is the most important thing in football. Not quality, running, or being strong but belief, faith, and fight.”

“I'm not a big fan of religion for that reason. But I am a true believer in God, and I have great faith, and I think that a spiritual connection with something is a really important part of our experience. That doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the church.”

“Things can fall apart, or threaten to, for many reasons, and then there's got to be a leap of faith. Ultimately, when you're at the edge, you have to go forward or backward; if you go forward, you have to jump together.”

“It takes vision and courage to create - it takes faith and courage to prove.”

“I tend to say faith is believing in life, and as I love life, I try to do the best with it, make it as serene and joyous as possible.”