“If I want to understand the laws of physics I have to first believe what I read about physics. I have to have faith in what I read.”
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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.”
“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.”
“Men who accomplish great things in the industrial world are the ones who have faith in the money producing power of ideas.”
“Faith is the black person's federal reserve system.”
“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.”
“I believe that the Framers of the Constitution made their intent clear when they wrote the First Amendment. I believe they wanted to keep the new government from endorsing one religion over another, not erase the public consciousness or common faith.”
“I'm on the board of a national group called Faith in America. It's designed to fight religious-based bigotry.”
“No relief was forthcoming from my then-Catholic faith, which said the practice of homosexuality was a 'mortal sin' subject to damnation.”
“The United States have fulfilled in good faith all their treaty stipulations with the Indian tribes, and have in every other instance insisted upon a like performance of their obligations.”
“Men of Virginia, countrymen of Washington, of Patrick Henry, of Jefferson, and of Madison, will ye be true to your constitutional faith?”
“Human societies, like human beings, live by faith and die when faith dies.”
“If solace is any sort of succor to someone, that is sufficient. I believe in the faith of people, whatever faith they may have.”
“Anyone who really studies Catholicism deeply is aware of the mystical nature of our faith. Even references to Christ's mystical body has connections to that principle.”
“We're telling a story. And the demands of that are different from the demands of a documentary. The audience must believe in order to keep faith in the story.”
“Ultimately it's a leap of faith and a leap of imagination to put yourself back in time into those conditions and situations and see how you would react.”
“God does say He will graciously entertain our prayers. He says that if we exercise faith, and if our request is in accordance with His will, He will hear us.”
“Comics don't work if the story is all in the text and the images are illustrative. It's hard to have enough faith in the artists to allow them to do their job.”
“You often feel that your prayers scarcely reach the ceiling but, oh, get into this humble spirit by considering how good the Lord is, and how evil you all are, and then prayer will mount on wings of faith to heaven.”
“My faith has been the driving thing of my life. I think it is important that people who are perceived as liberals not be afraid of talking about moral and community values.”
“I try to act out of faith.”
“I grew up in a very religious family and it is the motivating force to every thing I do. I am fortunate to have had adults all around me who really lived their faith, in helping other people and doing the best you can do.”
“We receive by faith and we keep it by faith.”
“Science, we are repeatedly told, is the most reliable form of knowledge about the world because it is based on testable hypotheses. Religion, by contrast, is based on faith. The term 'doubting Thomas' well illustrates the difference.”