957 private quotes tagged faith

“Greece's European neighbors were able step in and bolster the weak foundation on which Greece's free-spending budget was based. It would be difficult for any country, or intergovernmental organization, to rescue an economy the size of the U.S. if investors were ever to lose faith in our bonds because of our enormous debt.” — Douglas Wilder

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“I'm an enormous fan of people who have had a lot of faith in themselves, and been on a tremendous journey.” — Joanna Trollope

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“Faith given back to us after a night of doubt is a stronger thing, and far more valuable to us than faith that has never been tested.” — Elizabeth Goudge

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“And in that I cannot send unto you all my businesses in writing, I despatch these present bearers fully informed in all things, to whom it may please you to give faith and credence in what they shall say unto you by word of mouth.” — Owen Glendower

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“The doubt of an earnest, thoughtful, patient and laborious mind is worthy of respect. In such doubt may be found indeed more faith than in half the creeds.” — John Lancaster Spalding

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“Millions of Americans find community, comfort and support in their faith.” — Sheila Jackson Lee

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“My faith, inasmuch as I have any, is more like a kind of Joseph Campbell thing, and even that frequently finds itself tested to oblivion in siren waters.” — David Knopfler

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“The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India... has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith.” — Ignatius Loyola

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“God's got something for me. I have faith it'll be OK.” — Chubby Checker

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“Faith is a higher faculty than reason.” — H. C. Bailey

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“Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to.” — George Seaton

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“I've always had great faith in the Man Upstairs.” — Wayne Newton

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“I believe though I do not comprehend, and I hold by faith what I cannot grasp with the mind.” — Saint Bernard

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“Testimony is an integral part of the Black religious tradition. It is the occasion where the believer stands before the community of faith in order to give account of the hope that is in him or her.” — James Hal Cone

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“Courage is sometimes frail as hope is frail: a fragile shoot between two stones that grows brave toward the sun though warmth and brightness fail, striving and faith the only strength it knows.” — Frances Rodman

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“For this equilibrium now in sight, let us trust that mankind, as it has occurred in the greatest periods of its past, will find for itself a new code of ethics, common to all, made of tolerance, of courage, and of faith in the Spirit of men.” — Albert Claude

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“Believers, look up - take courage. The angels are nearer than you think.” — Billy Graham

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“I'm not Candide, nor Dr Pangloss, but we know that faith moves mountains.” — Daniel Libeskind

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“It is amazing to think after all that has happened in this country in the last few years, the last few decades, that so many people have this blind faith that government is our friend and therefore, so we don't need protections against it.” — James Bovard

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“He who has faith has... an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well - even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly.” — B. C. Forbes

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“Propelled by freedom of faith, gender equality and economic justice for all, India will become a modern nation. Minor blemishes cannot cloak the fact that India is becoming such a modern nation: no faith is in danger in our country, and the continuing commitment to gender equality is one of the great narratives of our times.” — Pranab Mukherjee

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“Never be discouraged. If I were sunk in the lowest pits of Nova Scotia, with the Rocky Mountains piled on me, I would hang on, exercise faith, and keep up good courage, and I would come out on top.” — Joseph Smith, Jr.

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“My mother was the influence in my life. She was strong she had great faith in the ultimate triumph of justice and hard work. She believed passionately in education.” — John H. Johnson

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“I'm grateful to God for His bountiful gifts... He gave me courage and faith in myself.” — Loretta Young

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“People look at me and see a calm, cool guy on the sidelines and I want them to know that my Christian faith affects my coaching and everything I do.” — Tony Dungy

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