957 private quotes tagged faith

“The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other.” — J. C. Watts

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“May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God has to have faith in us and, considering the history of the human race so far, may it not be that 'faith' is even more difficult for Him than it is for us?” — W. H. Auden

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“Society lives by faith, and develops by science.” — Henri Frederic Amiel

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“I think there ought to be a strict separation or wall built between our religious faith and our practice of political authority in office.” — Jimmy Carter

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“I see heaven's glories shine and faith shines equal.” — Emily Bronte

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“A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress, and desire to serve the great cause of this progress, should be called not a humanist, but a humanitarian, and his creed may be designated as humanitarianism.” — Irving Babbitt

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“To study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning.” — Hermann Hesse

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“Faith which does not doubt is dead faith.” — Miguel de Unamuno

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“In America, now, let us - Christian, Jew, Muslim, agnostic, atheist, wiccan, whatever - fight nativism with the same strength and conviction that we fight terrorism. My faith calls on its followers to love one's enemies. A tall order, that - perhaps the tallest of all.” — Jon Meacham

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“Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.” — E. M. Forster

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“I wasn't with Joseph, but I believe him. My faith did not come to me through science, and I will not permit so-called science to destroy it.” — Thomas S. Monson

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“They are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their own powers.” — Christian Nestell Bovee

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“The important things are children, honesty, integrity and faith.” — Andy Williams

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“Faith is an act of a finite being who is grasped by, and turned to, the infinite.” — Paul Tillich

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“We may not only find faith in God in our sorrow. We may also become faithful to Him in times of calm.” — Thomas S. Monson

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“Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy and when we lose faith in the system, we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for.” — Adlai E. Stevenson

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“A witness, in the sense that I am using the word, is a man whose life and faith are so completely one that when the challenge comes to step out and testify for his faith, he does so, disregarding all risks, accepting all consequences.” — Whittaker Chambers

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“I've always thought that as long as directors and casting directors don't see me as just Harry Potter, I'll be OK. People have shown a lot of faith in me, and I owe them a huge debt. They're letting me prove that I'm serious about this.” — Daniel Radcliffe

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“For me, and I suspect for lots of other people too, bad things actually sometimes make you think more about faith and the fact that you're not facing these things on your own.” — David Cameron

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“Wal-Mart doesn't really care about your faith. Wal-Mart cares if you have money to spend, and it is going to be as generic as possible in exploiting the holiday season for every buck it can make.” — Richard Roeper

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“The man who cannot believe in himself cannot believe in anything else. The basis of all integrity and character is whatever faith we have in our own integrity.” — Roy L. Smith

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“If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished.” — Swami Vivekananda

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“The other day the President said, I know you've had some rough times, and I want to do something that will show the nation what faith that I have in you, in your maturity and sense of responsibility. He paused, then said, would you like a puppy?” — Dan Quayle

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“Keep your faith in God, but keep your powder dry.” — Oliver Cromwell

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“Base souls have no faith in great individuals.” — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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