957 private quotes tagged faith

“The substance of faith is a hope in the unseen.” — Ron Suskind

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“I have come to the conclusion that while a candidate's faith matters, what's most important is how he or she applies that faith.” — Gary Bauer

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“Ours is a country built more on people than on territory. The Jews will come from everywhere: from France, from Russia, from America, from Yemen... Their faith is their passport.” — David Ben-Gurion

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“I've spent the last 50 years or so steeping myself in the world's religions, and I've done my homework. I've gone to each of the world's eight great religions and sought out the most profound scholars I could find, and I've apprenticed myself to them and actually practiced each faith.” — Huston Smith

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“For the record, I believe elected officials should talk about faith. Our founders believed the moral principles of faith were indispensable to our nation's survival. The Declaration of Independence mentions God four times.” — Gary Bauer

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“The question Americans should ask is not whether a candidate is affiliated with a particular faith but rather whether that candidate's faith makes it more likely he or she will support policies that align with their values.” — Gary Bauer

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“Have faith in your own thoughts.” — Brooke Shields

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“Was the real Jesus of history one and the same as the Christ of faith whom we read about in the New Testament and worship in the church? Was Jesus really raised from the dead? Is he really the divine Lord of lords?” — John Clayton

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“I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness.” — Johann Kaspar Lavater

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“The unutterable violence of the Holocaust shook our confidence in the possibility of telling any story of faith at all.” — Timothy Radcliffe

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“So many of my friends are still trying to get record deals, and I've had one for 10 years now, where my only goal is to make the best music I can make. I've been very lucky. I have great faith that I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be, and whatever happens is going to be absolutely right for me.” — Jane Siberry

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“Man is wise and constantly in quest of more wisdom but the ultimate wisdom, which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls forth faith rather than reason.” — Hal Borland

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“Tyler Perry's brand is faith, family and this whole thing that I've built, while my company, 34th Street Films, is like Disney's Touchstone. We can do anything. People don't know what to expect from me yet.” — Tyler Perry

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“But how odd that in this heathen nation of empty pews, where churches' bare, ruined choirs are converted into luxury loft living, a Labour government - yes, a Labour government - is deliberately creating a huge expansion of faith schools.” — Polly Toynbee

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“Christians must share their faith in obedience to the Great Commission, because we are only seeing the fruit of sin this side of death.” — Ray Comfort

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“These are strange times. Reason, which once combatted faith and seemed to have conquered it, now has to look to faith to save it from dissolution.” — Johan Huizinga

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“The faith I was born into formed me.” — Huston Smith

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“Don't be confused that my interest in religion, faith, and spirituality is driven by any sense of faith or spirituality of my own.” — Peter Jennings

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“I still have all the faith and love for my music and yet I'm still playing places for kids.” — Juliana Hatfield

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“I am sensitive to the value of faith and religion and spirituality in people's lives because I'm a journalist.” — Peter Jennings

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“I'm on the board of a national group called Faith in America. It's designed to fight religious-based bigotry.” — James McGreevey

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“I was brought up the Mexican way, where actors are paid very little and every part you take is an act of faith. If people respect that, then great.” — Gael Garcia Bernal

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“It helps, I think, to consider ourselves on a very long journey: the main thing is to keep to the faith, to endure, to help each other when we stumble or tire, to weep and press on.” — Mary Richards

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“Faith is the first step to understanding. Either it's the Word of an infallible God, the fallible words of men, or faith in what you personally believe. You've got to have faith in something. Believe me.” — Ray Comfort

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“When the truth is that there would be no great Western music, and certainly no decent choral repertoire, without the Catholic faith.” — Richard Morris

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