Faith
Quotes
Faith
Is About What You Do
“But
there were some things I believed in. Some things I had faith in. And faith
isn't about perfect attendance to services, or how much money you put on the
little plate. It isn't about going skyclad to the Holy Rites, or meditating
each day upon the divine.
Faith
is about what you do. It's about aspiring to be better and nobler and kinder
than you are. It's about making sacrifices for the good of others - even when
there's not going to be anyone telling you what a hero you are.”
―
Jim Butcher, Changes
“In
order to have faith in his own path, he does not need to prove that someone
else's path is wrong.”
―
Paulo Coelho, Warrior of the Light
“If
you live gladly to make others glad in God, your life will be hard, your risks
will be high, and your joy will be full.”
―
John Piper, Don't Waste Your Life Study Guide
“I
want neither a terrorist spirituality that keeps me in a perpetual state of
fright about being in right relationship with my heavenly Father nor a sappy
spirituality that portrays God as such a benign teddy bear that there is no
aberrant behavior or desire of mine that he will not condone. I want a
relationship with the Abba of Jesus, who is infinitely compassionate with my
brokenness and at the same time an awesome, incomprehensible, and unwieldy
Mystery.”
―
Brennan Manning
“God
will never give you anything you can't handle, so don't stress.”
―
Kelly Clarkson
“Don't
you quit. You keep walking. You keep trying. There is help and happiness ahead.
Some blessings come soon, some come late, and some don’t come until heaven; but
for those who embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ, they come. It will be all
right in the end. Trust God and believe in good things to come.”
―
Jeffrey R. Holland
“Regardless
of what I think about Islam or Wicca or any other religion, the fact is that
it's a group of people. Every faith has its ceremonies. And since it's made up
of people, every faith also has its assholes.”
―
Jim Butcher, White Night
“I
am not worried, Harry," said Dumbledore, his voice a little stronger
despite the freezing water. "I am with you.”
―
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
“Faith
is not Desire. Faith is Will. Desires are things that need to be satisfied,
whereas Will is a force. Will changes the space around us,...”
―
Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello
“Most
lives are not distinguished by great achievements. They are measured by an
infinite number of small ones. Each time you do a kindness for someone or bring
a smile to his face, it gives your life meaning. Never doubt your value, little
friend. The world would be a dismal place without you in it. (tweaked version
of a passage from Scandal in Spring)”
―
Lisa Kleypas, Scandal in Spring
For
in grief nothing "stays put." One keeps on emerging from a phase, but
it always recurs. Round and round. Everything repeats. Am I going in circles,
or dare I hope I am on a spiral?
But
if a spiral, am I going up or down it?
How
often -- will it be for always? -- how often will the vast emptiness astonish
me like a complete novelty and make me say, "I never realized my loss till
this moment"? The same leg is cut off time after time.”
―
C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed
“God
will not be used as a convenience. Men or nations who think they can revive the
Faith in order to make a good society might just as well think they can use the
stairs of heaven as a shortcut to the nearest chemist's shop.”
―
C.S. Lewis
“When
God is going to do something wonderful, He or She always starts with a
hardship; when God is going to do something amazing, He or She starts with an
impossibility. ”
―
Anne Lamott, Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith
“This
is my living faith, an active faith, a faith of verbs: to question, explore,
experiment, experience, walk, run, dance, play, eat, love, learn, dare, taste,
touch, smell, listen, speak, write, read, draw, provoke, emote, scream, sin,
repent, cry, kneel, pray, bow, rise, stand, look, laugh, cajole, create,
confront, confound, walk back, walk forward, circle, hide, and seek.”
―
Terry Tempest Williams, Leap
“Radical
obedience to Christ is not easy... It's not comfort, not health, not wealth,
and not prosperity in this world. Radical obedience to Christ risks losing all
these things. But in the end, such risk finds its reward in Christ. And he is
more than enough for us.”
―
David Platt, Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream
“Talk
to me about the truth of religion and I'll listen gladly. Talk to me about the
duty of religion and I'll listen submissively. But don't come talking to me
about the consolations of religion or I shall suspect that you don't
understand.”
―
C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed
“There
is strange comfort in knowing that no matter what happens today, the Sun will
rise again tomorrow.”
―
Aaron Lauritsen, 100 Days Drive: The Great North American Road Trip
“I
am afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they
diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them in the
heart of the youth.”
―
Martin Luther
“When
faith replaces doubt, when selfless service eliminates selfish striving, the
power of God brings to pass His purposes.”
―
Thomas S. Monson
“Any
faith that must be supported by the evidence of the senses is not real faith.”
―
A.W. Tozer, The Knowledge of the Holy
