957 private quotes tagged faith

“I slept with faith and found a corpse in my arms on awakening I drank and danced all night with doubt and found her a virgin in the morning.” — Aleister Crowley

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“People who believe they have the power to exercise some measure of control over their lives are healthier, more effective and more successful than those who lack faith in their ability to effect changes in their lives.” — Albert Bandura

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“By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified.” — E. O. Wilson

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“Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man.” — Denis Diderot

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“God never made a promise that was too good to be true.” — Dwight L. Moody

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“People define Christianity differently. I think a large portion of our population are Christians, they're not all growing in their faith, they're not all active, but I believe that a lot of people believe in Jesus and believe that he is their Lord and Savior.” — Joel Osteen

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“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.” — Thomas S. Monson

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“The keys to patience are acceptance and faith. Accept things as they are, and look realistically at the world around you. Have faith in yourself and in the direction you have chosen.” — Ralph Marston

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“Faith and doubt cannot exist in the same mind at the same time, for one will dispel the other.” — Thomas S. Monson

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“Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.” — William Ellery Channing

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“Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not come that far, but none comes further.” — Søren Kierkegaard

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“Love, hope, fear, faith - these make humanity These are its sign and note and character.” — Robert Browning

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“To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny.” — Joseph Addison

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“Choose your friends with caution plan your future with purpose, and frame your life with faith.” — Thomas S. Monson

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“I think the greatest taboos in America are faith and failure.” — Michael Malone

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“Men never cling to their dreams with such tenacity as at the moment when they are losing faith in them, and know it, but do not dare yet to confess it to themselves.” — William Graham Sumner

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“Look at the Afghans, during the time of the Soviet invasion. They were among the poorest Muslims in the world, yet they were sustained by their faith in God, and God alone.” — Abu Bakar Bashir

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“In economics, hope and faith coexist with great scientific pretension and also a deep desire for respectability.” — John Kenneth Galbraith

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“Is it faith to understand nothing, and merely submit your convictions implicitly to the Church?” — John Calvin

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“A sublime faith in human imbecility has seldom led those who cherish it astray.” — Havelock Ellis

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“Our faith is faith in someone else's faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case.” — William James

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“I forbid you, agnostic, doubting thoughts, to destroy the house of my faith.” — Thomas S. Monson

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“Life's a fight. It's a good fight of faith.” — Joel Osteen

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“Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams.” — Benjamin Carson

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“Do I think faith will be an important part of being a good president? Yes, I do.” — George W. Bush

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