957 private quotes tagged faith

“We can reach our potential, but to do so, we must reach within ourselves. We must summon the strength, the will, and the faith to move forward - to be bold - to invest in our future.” — John Hoeven

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“The United States have fulfilled in good faith all their treaty stipulations with the Indian tribes, and have in every other instance insisted upon a like performance of their obligations.” — Martin Van Buren

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“No relief was forthcoming from my then-Catholic faith, which said the practice of homosexuality was a 'mortal sin' subject to damnation.” — James McGreevey

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“God does say He will graciously entertain our prayers. He says that if we exercise faith, and if our request is in accordance with His will, He will hear us.” — Walter Martin

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“I love Canada. It's a wonderful political act of faith that exists atop a breathtakingly beautiful land.” — Yann Martel

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“If solace is any sort of succor to someone, that is sufficient. I believe in the faith of people, whatever faith they may have.” — Studs Terkel

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“Ultimately it's a leap of faith and a leap of imagination to put yourself back in time into those conditions and situations and see how you would react.” — Derek Jacobi

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“I try to act out of faith.” — Marian Wright Edelman

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“My faith has been the driving thing of my life. I think it is important that people who are perceived as liberals not be afraid of talking about moral and community values.” — Marian Wright Edelman

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“Men of Virginia, countrymen of Washington, of Patrick Henry, of Jefferson, and of Madison, will ye be true to your constitutional faith?” — Caleb Cushing

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“Human societies, like human beings, live by faith and die when faith dies.” — Whittaker Chambers

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“We're telling a story. And the demands of that are different from the demands of a documentary. The audience must believe in order to keep faith in the story.” — Bradley Whitford

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“Man doesn't dictate what you do or how you do it. If you believe in God, believe in God have your faith in him. That's where my faith lies.” — Ray Lewis

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“Comics don't work if the story is all in the text and the images are illustrative. It's hard to have enough faith in the artists to allow them to do their job.” — Denise Mina

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“Faith is the black person's federal reserve system.” — Hattie McDaniel

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“You often feel that your prayers scarcely reach the ceiling but, oh, get into this humble spirit by considering how good the Lord is, and how evil you all are, and then prayer will mount on wings of faith to heaven.” — Charles Simeon

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“I grew up in a very religious family and it is the motivating force to every thing I do. I am fortunate to have had adults all around me who really lived their faith, in helping other people and doing the best you can do.” — Marian Wright Edelman

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“Creativity is always a leap of faith. You're faced with a blank page, blank easel, or an empty stage.” — Julia Cameron

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“Great feelings will often take the aspect of error, and great faith the aspect of illusion.” — Robert Burton

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“Fanatics do not have faith - they have belief. With faith you let go. You trust. Whereas with belief you cling.” — Yann Martel

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“There are a lot of Christian fundamentalists there are a lot of Muslim extremists. Every religion - Mormonism - has something way on the side that's completely using the religion as some weird backbone for their twisted faith. It has nothing to do with their religion.” — Patrick Wilson

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“I want people to just to see, all you got to do is have a little faith.” — Fantasia Barrino

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“When the principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then the battle is your calling, and peace has become sin. You must at the price of dearest peace lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy with all the fire of your faith.” — Abraham Kuyper

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“I have faith the men and women of the Coast Guard will immediately rise to the challenge and see the people hit by Katrina through until the storm has truly calmed.” — Dave Reichert

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“We will never fully explain the world by appealing to something outside it that must simply be accepted on faith, be it an unexplained God or an unexplained set of mathematical laws.” — Paul Davies

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