Faith
Quotes
We
have a Choice
“Someday,
after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness
for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the
world, man will have discovered fire.”
―
Pierre Teilhard De Chardin
“Faith
does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.”
―
Elisabeth Elliot, A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael
“Sometimes
when you lose your way, you find YOURSELF.”
―
Mandy Hale, The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass
“The
Lord works from the inside out. The world works from the outside in. The world
would take people out of the slums. Christ would take the slums out of people,
and then they would take themselves out of the slums.
The
world would mold men by changing their environment. Christ changes men, who
then change their environment. The world would shape human behavior, but Christ
can change human nature.”
―
Ezra Taft Benson
“We
have a choice. We have two options as human beings. We have a choice between
conversation and war. That's it. Conversation and violence. And faith is a
conversation stopper.”
―
Sam Harris
“Sorrow
looks back, Worry looks around, Faith looks up”
―
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“When
you walk to the edge of all the light you have and take that first step into
the darkness of the unknown, you must believe that one of two things will
happen:
There
will be something solid for you to stand upon, or, you will be taught to fly.”
―
Patrick Overton, The Leaning Tree
“Dogs
have given us their absolute all. We are the center of their universe. We are
the focus of their love and faith and trust. They serve us in return for
scraps. It is without a doubt the best deal man has ever made. ”
―
Roger Caras
“Faith
is a place of mystery, where we find the courage to believe in what we cannot
see and the strength to let go of our fear of uncertainty.”
―
Brene Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection
“This
is one more piece of advice I have for you: don't get impatient. Even if things
are so tangled up you can't do anything, don't get desperate or blow a fuse and
start yanking on one particular thread before it's ready to come undone. You
have to realize it's going to be a
long
process and that you'll work on things slowly, one at a time.”
―
Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
“Realize
that if a door closed, it’s because what was behind it wasn’t meant for you.”
―
Mandy Hale, The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass
“I
had to deny knowledge in order to make room for faith.”
―
Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason
“It’s
OKAY to be scared. Being scared means you’re about to do something really,
really brave.”
―
Mandy Hale, The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass
“Life
is such unutterable hell, solely because it is sometimes beautiful. If we could
only be miserable all the time, if there could be no such things as love or
beauty or faith or hope, if I could be absolutely certain that my love would
never be returned: how much more simple life would be. One could plod through
the Siberian salt mines of existence without being bothered about happiness.
Unfortunately the happiness is there. There is always the chance (about eight
hundred and fifty to one) that another heart will come to mine. I can't help
hoping, and keeping faith, and loving beauty. Quite frequently I am not so
miserable as it would be wise to be.”
―
T.H. White, Ghostly, Grim and Gruesome
“Having
faith in God did not mean sitting back and doing nothing. It meant believing
you would find success if you did your best honestly and energetically.”
―
Ken Follett, The Pillars of the Earth
“You
were born a child of light’s wonderful secret— you return to the beauty you
have always been.”
―
Aberjhani, Visions of a Skylark Dressed in Black
“Because
you believed I was capable of behaving decently, I did.”
―
Paulo Coelho, The Devil and Miss Prym
“Have
you ever noticed that when your mind is awakened or drawn to someone new, that
person's name suddenly pops up everywhere you go? My friend Sophie calls it
coincidence, and Mr. Simpless, my parson friend, calls it Grace. He thinks that
if one cares deeply about someone or something new one throws a kind of energy
out into the world, and "fruitfulness" is drawn in. ”
―
Mary Ann Shaffer, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
“Don’t
let mental blocks control you. Set yourself free. Confront your fear and turn
the mental blocks into building blocks.”
― Dr
Roopleen, Words to inspire the winner in YOU
“Never
lose faith in yourself, and never lose hope; remember, even when this world
throws its worst and then turns its back, there is still always hope.”
―
Pittacus Lore, The Power of Six
