There is no such thing as a lack of faith. We all have plenty of faith, it’s just that we have faith in the wrong things. We have faith in what can’t be done rather than what can be done. We have faith in lack rather than abundance but there is no lack of faith. Faith is a law.
—Eric Butterworth (1916–2003) American Spirituality Writer
He who has no faith in others shall find no faith in them.
—Laozi (fl.6th Century BCE) Chinese Philosopher, Sage
Obey your soul, have perfect faith in yourself. Never think of yourself with doubt or distrust, or as one who makes mistakes.
—Wallace Wattles (1860–1911) American New Thought Author
You can change your faith without changing gods, and vice versa.
—Stanislaw Jerzy Lec (1909–1966) Polish Aphorist, Poet
Through want of enterprise and faith men are where they are, buying and selling and spending their lives like servants.
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–62) American Philosopher
There never was found in any age of the world, either philosophy, or sect, or religion, or law, or discipline, which did so highly exalt the good of the community, and increase private and particular good as the holy Christian faith.—Hence, it clearly appears that it was one and the same God that gave the Christian law to men, who gave the laws of nature to the creatures.
—Francis Bacon (1561–1626) English Philosopher
Hope is the belief, more or less strong, that joy will come desire is the wish it may come.
—Sydney Smith (1771–1845) English Clergyman, Essayist, Wit
Faith and works are as necessary to our spiritual life as Christians, as soul and body are to our life as men; for faith is the soul of religion, and works, the body.
—Charles Caleb Colton (c.1780–1832) English Clergyman, Aphorist
There is nothing that fear and hope does not permit men to do.
—Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues (1715–47) French Moralist, Essayist, Writer
A person will worship something, have no doubt about that. We may think our tribute is paid in secret in the dark recesses of our hearts, but it will out. That which dominates our imaginations and our thoughts will determine our lives, and our character. Therefore, it behooves us to be careful what we worship, for what we are worshipping we are becoming.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
God has many names, though He is only one Being.
—Aristotle (384BCE–322BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Scholar
I have fought a good fight. I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
—Augustine of Hippo (354–430) Roman-African Christian Philosopher
I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
—Winston Churchill (1874–1965) British Leader, Historian, Journalist, Author
What we wish, that we readily believe.
—Demosthenes (384–322 BCE) Greek Statesman, Orator
Every conjecture we can form with regard to the works of God has as little probability as the conjectures of a child with regard to the works of a man.
—Thomas Reid (1710–96) Scottish Philosopher, Clergyman
A man with a grain of faith in God never loses hope, because he ever believes in the ultimate triumph of Truth.
—Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948) Indian Hindu Political leader
Faith is a certain image of eternity. All things are present to it—things past, and things to come; it converses with angels, and antedates the hymns of glory. Every man that hath this grace is as certain there are glories for him, if he perseveres in duty, as if he had heard and sung the thanksgiving song for the blessed sentence of doomsday.
—Jeremy Taylor
Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.
—Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–68) American Civil Rights Leader, Clergyman
Our duty is to believe that for which we have sufficient evidence, and to suspend our judgment when we have not.
—John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (1834–1913) British Banker, Scientist, Polymath
There is a limit where the intellect fails and breaks down, and this limit is where the questions concerning God, and freewill, and immortality arise.
—Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) Prussian German Philosopher, Logician
Faith is not a thing which one “loses,” we merely cease to shape our lives by it.
—Georges Bernanos (1888–1948) French Novelist, Polemicist
Every law of matter or the body, supposed to govern man, is rendered null and void by the law of Life, God.
—Mary Baker Eddy (1821–1910) American Christian Leader, Humanitarian, Writer
The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–62) American Philosopher
Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.
—Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948) Indian Hindu Political leader
Faith is the divine evidence whereby the spiritual man discerneth God and the things of God.
—John Wesley (1703–91) British Methodist Leader, Preacher, Theologian
You have to believe in gods to see them.
—American Indian Proverb
Freedom is not the right to do what we want, but what we ought. Let us have faith that right makes might and in that faith let us; to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–65) American Head of State
The disease with which the human mind now labors is want of faith.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
There is one inevitable criterion of judgment touching religious faith . .. Can you reduce it to practice? If not, have none of it.
—Hosea Ballou (1771–1852) American Theologian
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