Faith Quotes

I hope, by God's grace, that I am truly a Christian, not deviating from the faith, and that I would rather suffer the penalty of a terrible death than wish to affirm anything outside of the faith or transgress the commandments of our Lord Jesus Christ.

~ Jan Hus

For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith, But the faith and the love and the hope are all in the waiting.

~ T. S. Eliot

Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope.

~ Corazon Aquino

To me, it's always been a challenge to look for the light: to look for those spaces in your heart where there is hope and faith and try to embrace that rather than crush it. I've spent so many years trying to crush those feelings of hope, and I certainly succeeded for quite a while.

~ Dave Gahan

Those who are believers in God find strength from their faith in the face of suffering. They are compelled to give sacrificially to help those in need. And they have the hope that comes from knowing that, with God by their side, the tragedy they are facing is never the final word.

~ Adam Hamilton

If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed. But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work.

~ Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.

~ Thomas Aquinas

Faith is the substance of hope - of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. So if you can hope for it and imagine it, and keep imagining and hoping and seeing yourself driving a new car, or seeing yourself getting that job, or seeing yourself excel, seeing yourself help that person - that is faith.

~ Duane Chapman

Love, hope, fear, faith - these make humanity; These are its sign and note and character.

~ Robert Browning

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

Ruthless trust ultimately comes down to this: faith in the person of Jesus and hope in his promise.

~ Brennan Manning

Hope lies in having more faith in the power of God to heal us than in the power of anything to hurt or destroy us. In realizing that as children of God we are bigger than our problems, we have the power at last to confront them.

~ Marianne Williamson

When you strip hope from people, it leaves a void, and that void needs to be filled. And very likely, that void is going to be filled by an ideology... Hope and faith are so connected. Now, when ideology connects with faith, the ideology becomes an item of faith, not a point of discussion.

~ Alfonso Cuaron

I always try to put a seed of hope into people's hearts. I'm not there to teach them doctrine necessarily, but to let them know that God is a good God, and has a plan for their lives. Hopefully, that will restore their faith, or draw them into faith.

~ Joel Osteen

Charity can be the outward expression of faith and hope.

~ Joseph B. Wirthlin

Ministers should be Bible students. They should thoroughly furnish themselves with the evidences of our faith and hope, and then, with full control of the voice and their feelings, present these evidences in such a manner that the people can calmly weigh them, and decide upon the evidences presented.

~ Ellen G. White

Children touch all of our lives. We all have the opportunity to sow seeds into the next generation, and there's nothing more important that we can leave on this earth than a legacy of faith, hope, and confidence in our God.

~ Victoria Osteen

In economics, hope and faith coexist with great scientific pretension and also a deep desire for respectability.

~ John Kenneth Galbraith

Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous.

~ Thornton Wilder

You know, this is a war of ideology, a war of thoughts and of faith. And we need people to really stand for faith and trust, not hope and change.

~ Sharron Angle

Respect your parents. What they tell you is true. Hard work, dedication and faith will get you anything. Imagination will drive itself. You can get anything you want, but you have to have faith behind all your ideas. Stick to your goals and have an undying faith.

~ Russell Simmons

In religious and in secular affairs, the more fervent beliefs attract followers. If you are a moderate in any respect - if you're a moderate on abortion, if you're a moderate on gun control, or if you're a moderate in your religious faith - it doesn't evolve into a crusade where you're either right or wrong, good or bad, with us or against us.

~ Jimmy Carter

I want the French people to respect values that allow each individual to practice his or her faith, but in the frame of our common rules of secularism.

~ Francois Hollande

I looked at some of the statues of Jesus; they were just stones with no life. When they said that God is three, I was puzzled even more but could not argue. I believed it, simply because I had to have respect for the faith of my parents.

~ Cat Stevens

I do respect people's faith, but I don't respect their manipulation of that faith in order to create fear and control.

~ Javier Bardem

But I recognize no infallible authority, even in special questions; consequently, whatever respect I may have for the honesty and the sincerity of such or such an individual, I have no absolute faith in any person.

~ Mikhail Bakunin

I am not here to parade my religious sentiments, but I declare I have too much respect for the faith in which I was born to ever use it as the basis of a political organization.

~ Wilfrid Laurier

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

I respect the rights of those who do not share my beliefs, but to teach my faith to my children and to share it with anyone who will listen - that is my right, too.

~ Marco Rubio

I'm a scientist, not a theologian. I don't know if there is a God or not. Religion requires certainty. Revere and respect Gaia. Have trust in Gaia. But not faith.

~ James Lovelock

Having a Christian worldview shapes my decision-making with respect to all aspects of my life. I always respect people in public life who are principled, and those principles have to be connected to something. And my faith is what serves as the anchor and directs my actions.

~ John Thune

I have the profoundest respect for people who behave in a generous way because of religion. But I come from a country where the misuse of religion has had catastrophic consequences. One must judge people not by what faith they proclaim but by what they do.

~ Amin Maalouf

Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.

~ Gail Devers

Take a leap of faith and begin this wondrous new year by believing. Believe in yourself. And believe that there is a loving Source - a Sower of Dreams - just waiting to be asked to help you make your dreams come true.

~ Sarah Ban Breathnach

Don't let the winds blow your dreams away... or steal your faith in God.

~ Vin Scully

There are many talented people who haven't fulfilled their dreams because they over thought it, or they were too cautious, and were unwilling to make the leap of faith.

~ James Cameron

Of all our dreams today there is none more important - or so hard to realise - than that of peace in the world. May we never lose our faith in it or our resolve to do everything that can be done to convert it one day into reality.

~ Lester B. Pearson

I put a lot of faith in dreams. I know that big movie roles and opportunities are going to happen.

~ Krista Allen

Evangelicals always assume that humor and faith are contradictory. It's OK to smile, to be nice, but not frivolous.

~ Mike Yaconelli

It's a war of attrition. If you have patience and a modicum of faith in yourself your chances are not too bad.

~ Julie Bowen