Quotes About Belief

The opposite of having faith is having self-pity.

Belief without evidence is the very hallmark of the savage.

If solace is any sort of succor to someone, that is sufficient. I believe in the faith of people, whatever faith they may have.

FAITH untried may be true faith, but it is sure to be little faith, and it is likely to remain dwarfish so long as it is without trials.

Lukewarm people do not live by faith; their lives are structured so that they don't have to.

Our faith is faith in someone else's faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case.

Training is principally an act of faith.

Being a Christian is more like having your soul possessed by a spirit than having your mind clothed with new beliefs... It is like being haunted by the Holy Ghost.

Faith is not in itself a meritorious act; the merit is in the One to Whom it is directed.

As reason is a rebel to faith, so passion is a rebel to reason.

So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found; Among the faithless, faithful only he.

I'm not Candide, nor Dr Pangloss, but we know that faith moves mountains.

Fear is faith in reverse gear.

Faith is the willingness to look foolish.

When incredulity becomes a faith, it is less rational than a religion.

An entrepreneur is someone with faith in their ability to make something where there was nothing before.

Where there is faith there is an awareness of holiness.

Faith...is letting go and trusting oneself to the unknown.

But in order to have an adult faith, most of us have to outgrow and unlearn much of what we were taught about religion.

You cannot be President of the United States if you don't have faith. Remember Lincoln, going to his knees in times of trial in the Civil War and all that stuff.

We need faith, not because there are beings who will punish us or reward us, but because gods are a wonderful way of describing things that are happening to us.

Survival activates miracles when a person relies on the graces of hope and faith.

Talent I say is what an actor needs. And talent is faith in oneself, one's own powers.

Faith is not reason's labour, but repose.