Faith Quotes

I think it is impossible to explain faith. It is like trying to explain air, which one cannot do by dividing it into its component parts and labeling them scientifically. It must be breathed to be understood.

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?

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.

All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired.

I put a lot of faith in dreams. I know that big movie roles and opportunities are going to happen.

A sublime faith in human imbecility has seldom led those who cherish it astray.

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.

Faith is the sense of life, that sense by virtue of which man does not destroy himself, but continues to live on. It is the force whereby we live.

Our first responsibility is to protect the American people and we cannot put on blinders to expect that everyone who seeks asylum does so in good faith.

Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves.

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

Not truth, but faith, it is that keeps the world alive.

I'm often asked what I think about the faith of the President George W. Bush. I think it is sincere. I think it's very real. I think it's deeply held.

Anybody who has been seriously engaged in scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates of the temple of science are written the words: 'Ye must have faith.'

And so Adam, in that his speech to Eve, uttered his faith in the promise made to her of her seed, and so in that respect Adam himself came in under her covenant.

An unexamined faith is not worth having, for fundamentalism and uncritical certitude entail the rejection of one of the great human gifts: that of free will, of the liberty to make up our own minds based on evidence and tradition and reason.

It is amazing to think after all that has happened in this country in the last few years, the last few decades, that so many people have this blind faith that government is our friend and therefore, so we don't need protections against it.

I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed.

If even in science there is no a way of judging a theory but by assessing the number, faith and vocal energy of its supporters, then this must be even more so in the social sciences: truth lies in power.

Basically, there are two paths you can walk: faith or fear. It's impossible to simultaneously trust God and not trust God.

I think the Moslem faith teaches hate.

I found a religion that blended scientific reason with spiritual reality in a unifying faith far removed from the headlines of violence, destruction and terrorism.

Great feelings will often take the aspect of error, and great faith the aspect of illusion.

Duty cannot exist without faith.

They are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their own powers.

Trust is not the same as faith. A friend is someone you trust. Putting faith in anyone is a mistake.

The belief that there are other life forms in the universe is a matter of faith. There is not a single shred of evidence for any other life forms, and in forty years of searching, none has been discovered. There is absolutely no evidentiary reason to maintain this belief.

Non-violence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man.

Each generation's job is to question what parents accept on faith, to explore possibilities, and adapt the last generation's system of values for a new age.

The future of Conservatism lies in our beliefs and values, not by throwing them away. We need to shed associations that bind us to past failures, but hold faith with those things that make us Conservatives.