957 private quotes tagged faith

“Trust is to human relationships what faith is to gospel living. It is the beginning place, the foundation upon which more can be built. Where trust is, love can flourish.” — Barbara Smith

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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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“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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“By gold all good faith has been banished by gold our rights are abused the law itself is influenced by gold, and soon there will be an end of every modest restraint.” — Sextus Propertius

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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 essential element in personal magnetism is a consuming sincerity - an overwhelming faith in the importance of the work one has to do.” — Bruce Barton

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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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“Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith.” — Lord Acton

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“True faith is belief in the reality of absolute values.” — William Ralph Inge

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“When Christians start thinking about Jesus, things start breaking down, they lose their faith. It's perfectly possible to go to church every Sunday and not ask any questions, just because you like it as a way of life. They fear that if they ask questions they'll lose their Christ, the very linchpin of their religion.” — A. N. Wilson

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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 Bible is our rule of faith and doctrine.” — Ellen G. White

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“But I don't necessarily define my faith by going to church every Sunday.” — Miley Cyrus

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“The Pledge of Allegiance reflects the truth that faith in God has played a significant role in America since the days of the founding of our country.” — Randy Neugebauer

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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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“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.” — David Ogden Stiers

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“Those of us who were brought up as Christians and have lost our faith have retained the sense of sin without the saving belief in redemption. This poisons our thought and so paralyses us in action.” — Cyril Connolly

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“For both faith and want of faith have destroyed men alike.” — Hesiod

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

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“Act strenuously, would appear to be our faith, and right thinking will take care of itself.” — Irving Babbitt

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“My coming to faith did not start with a leap but rather a series of staggers from what seemed like one safe place to another. Like lily pads, round and green, these places summoned and then held me up while I grew. Each prepared me for the next leaf on which I would land, and in this way I moved across the swamp of doubt and fear.” — Anne Lamott

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“I don't have faith in young people any more. I don't waste time trying to communicate with them.” — Vivienne Westwood

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

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