This is a compilation of thoughts and quotes that I have found or written recently, as well as many that I've collected throughout the years. Most thoughts are posted randomly, as I feel inspired. A listing of quotes can be found alphabetically (check the 2008 and 2009 archives listing), or by source.

Feel free to suggest additions!


“For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.” – Proverbs 23:7

Monday, December 15, 2008

Faith Quotes

1. Faith is to believe what we do not see, and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe. - St. Augustine

2. It is cynicism and fear that freeze life; it is faith that thaws it out, releases it, sets it free. - Harry Emerson Fosdick

3. Men grow in stature only as they daily rededicate themselves to a noble faith. - Dwight D. Eisenhower

4. If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory. - William Hazlitt

5. The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith. - Franklin D. Roosevelt

6. All work that is worth anything is done in faith. - Albert Schweitzer

7. You cannot have faith and tension at the same time. - Mahatma Gandhi

8. Fear knocked at the door. Faith answered. No one was there. - Ancient proverb

9. Keep your faith in all beautiful things; in the sun when it is hidden, in the spring when it is gone. - Roy R. Gilson

10. Fear can keep us up all night long, but faith makes one fine pillow. - Philip Gulley

11. Take the first step in faith, you don't have to see the whole staircase to take the first step. - Martin Luther King

12. Faith in something greater than ourselves enables us to do what we have said we'll do, to press forward when we are tired or hurt or afraid, to keep going when the challenge seems overwhelming and the course is entirely uncertain. - Gordon B. Hinckley

13. Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith. - Henry Ward Beecher

14. It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes life worth looking at. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

15. Faith is the only known cure for fear. - Lena K. Sadler

16. When you come to the edge of all the light you know, and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing one of two things will happen: There will be something solid to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly. - Barbara J. Winter

17. Believe you can and you're halfway there. - Theodore Roosevelt

18. If you’re going to doubt something, doubt your limits. - Don Ward

19. When you come to the end of all the light you know, and it’s time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: Either you will be given something solid to stand on or you will be taught to fly. - Edward Teller

20. The principle part of faith is patience. - George MacDonald

21. Man is what he believes. - Anton Chekhov

22. The faithfulness of God does not provide a way out, it provides a way through. -Chip Jackson

23. Faith and doubt both are needed – not as antagonists, but working side by side – to take us around the unknown curve. - Lillian Smith

24. The first step is to fill your life with positive faith that will help you through anything. The second is to begin where you are. - Norman Vincent Peale

25. If you lose money you lose much, If you lose friends you lose more, If you lose faith you lose all. - Eleanor Roosevelt

26. Faith that the thing can be done is essential to any great achievement. - Thomas Carruthers

27. Fear is faith that it won't work out. - Sister Mary Tricky

28. Sometimes you gotta stop worrying, wondering and doubting. Have faith that things will work out. Maybe not how you planned. But how they were meant to be. - Unknown

29. Fear is faith looking in the wrong direction. - Unknown

30. Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to a solution. - David J. Schwartz

31. Believe with all your heart that you will do what you were made to do. - Orison Swett Marden

32. By being persistent, you're demonstrating faith. Persistence is simply another word for faith. If you didn't have faith, you'd never persist. - Earl Nightingale

33. Believe you can, and you can. Belief is one of the most powerful of all problem dissolvers. When you believe that a difficulty can be overcome, you are more than halfway to victory over it already. - Norman Vincent Peale

34. Faith and fear both demand you believe in something you cannot see. You choose. - Bob Proctor

35. Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. - Unknown

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