957 private quotes tagged faith

“Christianity is not about religion. It's about faith, about being held, about being forgiven. It's about finding joy and finding home.” — Bear Grylls

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“Well, I've never left my faith - but have I made a lot of mistakes? But was I fortunate that I was brought up in that Pentecostal church, where I heard about God's love and God's forgiveness.” — Billy Ray Cyrus

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“Competition got me off the farm and trained me to seek out challenges and to endure setbacks and in combination with my faith, it sustains me now in my fight with Alzheimer's disease.” — Pat Summitt

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“It's a leap of faith doing any serialised storytelling.” — J. J. Abrams

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“Remember the sufferings of Christ, the storms that were weathered... the crown that came from those sufferings which gave new radiance to the faith... All saints give testimony to the truth that without real effort, no one ever wins the crown.” — Thomas Becket

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“In my career as an actor, there is a catchphrase that Scofield always says often in regards to his brother, 'Have a little faith.' In my own career as an actor, there were times when I was the only one who believed in myself in the face of the odds.” — Wentworth Miller

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“I still have a belief and a faith that some great things are still going to happen in my career. If I didn't believe that, it makes no sense for me to be out there, and on top of that, I know this is a period of time that God wants me to persevere through.” — Michael Chang

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“I always had a really natural faith as a kid. Where I knew God existed and it felt very free and pretty wild and natural, and it wasn't religious.” — Bear Grylls

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“We are stronger because we recognize that government isn't the sole answer to the most important questions, and we welcome community and faith based organizations as partners to serve the needs of Florida families.” — Jeb Bush

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“I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion.” — J. J. Abrams

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“Faith is not a sense, nor sight, nor reason, but taking God at His work.” — Faith Evans

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“Faith is never identical with piety.” — Karl Barth

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“Faith is personal if it's to be real.” — Bear Grylls

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“The hajj is one of the five essential practices of Islam when they make the pilgrimage to Mecca, Muslims ritually act out the central principles of their faith.” — Karen Armstrong

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“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.” — Eric Liu

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“The historical orthodox Christian faith is extremely wide and diverse.” — Rob Bell

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“Thank goodness I had a great family growing up, a great foundation. But I will say my faith, my parents, my family, all that stuff is very, very important. And I'll say that until the day I die.” — Donny Osmond

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“That is not to say that we can relax our readiness to defend ourselves. Our armament must be adequate to the needs, but our faith is not primarily in these machines of defense but in ourselves.” — Chester W. Nimitz

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“Such a faith would be fatal to my reason, to my liberty, and even to the success of my undertakings it would immediately transform me into a stupid slave, an instrument of the will and interests of others.” — Mikhail Bakunin

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“Christ does not save us by acting a parable of divine love he acts the parable of divine love by saving us. That is the Christian faith.” — Austin Farrer

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“Since I was an atheist for many years and came to believe in God through my studies in science, it frustrated me to see students and parents who viewed faith and science as enemies.” — John Clayton

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“I'm about as big a star as the Baha'i faith has got, which is pretty pathetic.” — Rainn Wilson

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“I never search for a reason why - I have faith in the Lord's purpose.” — Willie Stargell

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“'The Purpose-Driven Life' is not just a mega-bestselling work of Christian faith it is the thing that every voter, secular or not, yearns for.” — Eric Liu

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“I haven't lost faith in human nature and I haven't decided to be less compassionate to strangers.” — Armistead Maupin

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