Confound not faith and feeling together. They are distinct. Faith is ours to exercise. Believe, believe. Let your faith take hold of the blessing, and it is yours by faith. Your feelings have nothing to do with this faith.
Faith is not uprooted by dialectic proof; it must already be deeply shaken by other causes to be unable to withstand the shock of argument.
Film is an illusion. Fame is ephemeral. Faith and family are what endure.
I see heaven's glories shine and faith shines equal.
Sisters are brittle things. God was penurious with me, which makes me shrewd with Him. One is a dainty sum! One bird, one cage, one flight; one song in those far woods, as yet suspected by faith only!
I am a faith healer. My prayers have immense power, which I utilise whenever I can.
Faith is important, even if you're not religious. You need to have beliefs in people or things.
Only the person who has faith in himself is able to be faithful to others.
Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.
True fans of the Constitution, like true fans of the national pastime, acknowledge the critical role of human judgment in making tough calls. We don't expect flawless interpretation. We expect good faith. We demand honesty.
Faith without works is dead.
Different people, in good faith, can look at the same fact and interpret it differently. But that's where an interesting conversation begins.
When prayer removes distrust and doubt and enters the field of mental certainty, it becomes faith; and the universe is built on faith.
Whatever faith you have, you have that crisis: what am I doing?
When I think of how we show faith, I cannot help but think of the example of my own father. I recall vividly how the spirit of missionary work came into my life. I was about thirteen years of age when my father received a call to go on a mission.
Faith is the foundation upon which a godlike character is built. It is a prerequisite for all other virtues.
Every man eventually is backed up to the wall of faith, and there he must make his stand.
Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the foundation upon which sincere and meaningful repentance must be built. If we truly seek to put away sin, we must first look to Him who is the Author of our salvation.
There will always be those little minds who, out of vanity or intellectual display, will attempt to destroy faith in the very foundations of life.
Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.
Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.
I have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual.
Faith is not a sense, nor sight, nor reason, but taking God at His work.
Religious faith, like political belief, should be based on reasoning, on the development of thought and feelings. The two things are inseparable.
Faith is what someone knows to be true, whether they believe it or not.
All that I say is, examine, inquire. Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions, the for and against. Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you.
Faith without works is like a bird without wings; though she may hop with her companions on earth, yet she will never fly with them to heaven.
Nobody gets argued all the way into becoming a believer on the sheer basis of logic and reason. That requires a leap of faith.
I regret any comments I have ever made which may have cast any doubt on the personal faith of our president, Mr. Obama.
Most Christians would not recognize Mormonism as part of the Christian faith.
The God of Islam is not the same God of the Judaeo-Christian faith. The God that we worship in Christianity is a God that has a Son. To Islam, that is blasphemy, to say that God has a son. Therefore, they do not worship the God that we worship.
I did not compose my work as one might put on a church vestment... rather it sprung from the truly fervent faith of my heart, such as I have felt it since my childhood.
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.
Faith: not wanting to know what is true.
Stand straight, walk proud, have a little faith.
It's not just that individuals have lost faith in the integrity of their leaders, it's that they no longer believe society's most powerful institutions are acting in their interests.
Faith is not a thing which one 'loses', we merely cease to shape our lives by it.
We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer and pains, through faith in Christ Jesus, will do anything.
If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest.
Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.
Obama offers himself as a catalyst by which disenchanted Americans can overcome two decades of vicious partisanship, energize our democracy, and restore faith in government.
Faith is an excitement and an enthusiasm: it is a condition of intellectual magnificence to which we must cling as to a treasure, and not squander on our way through life in the small coin of empty words, or in exact and priggish argument.
Faith crosses every border and touches every heart in every nation.
Just dream big. Go for it. There's nothing holding you back. You can have ups and downs, but if you believe in something, keep the faith; keep fighting. And don't let people put you down.
I'm not big on faith rules, but if I had to choose one, it would be that every person must choose a faith issue upon which to hang her hat that requires her to change - not somebody else.
I welcome the role that people of faith play in building Britain's future - and the Catholic communion in particular is to be congratulated for so often being the conscience of our country, for helping 'the least of these' even when bearing witness to the truth is hard or unpopular.
I am satisfied that every man or woman who goes to the temple in a spirit of sincerity and faith leaves the house of the Lord a better man or woman.
If you have abandoned one faith, do not abandon all faith. There is always an alternative to the faith we lose. Or is it the same faith under another mask?
There are no guarantees in life, but I believe faith provides all of us with a foundation to live the best lives possible - knowing that there is a higher being who loves us and will never leave us. Through the many struggles in my life, my faith is sometimes the only thing I have to hold onto. God was my only friend.