Quotes About Faith

It is not enough to think about the prophets; we must think through the prophets. It is not enough to read the Bible for its wisdom; we must pray the Bible to comprehend its claim.

It is the Bible that enables us to know the Bible.

The role of religion is to be a challenge to philosophy, not merely an object for examination.

Rabbi Tarfon said: "You are not called upon to complete the task, yet you are not free to evade it." Whatever we do is only a partial fulfillment; the rest is completed by God.

The essence of our faith in the sanctity of the Bible is that its words contain that which God wants us to know and to fulfill. How these words were written down is not the fundamental problem.

These are the three pillars on which our prayer rises to God: our own loyalty, the holiness of Israel, the mercy of God.

I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.

The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian dogma.

If there is anything that links the human to the divine, it is the courage to stand by a principle when everybody else rejects it.

Take all that you can of this book upon reason, and the balance on faith, and you will live and die a happier man. (When a skeptic expressed surprise to see him reading a Bible)

Let us have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man. All the good from The Savior of the world is communicated to us through this Book.

I know there is a God, and that He hates injustice and slavery. I see the storm coming, and I know that his hand is in it. If He has a place and work for me - and I think He has - I believe I am ready.

I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go.

Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction ... nor of dungeons to ourselves. Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

I belive that people should fight for what they believe and only what they believe.

My earlier views of the unsoundness of the Christian scheme of salvation and the human origin of the scriptures have become clearer and stronger with advancing years, and I see no reason for thinking I shall ever change them.

Believing everyone is dangerous, but believing nobody is more dangerous.

To believe in the things you can see and touch is no belief at all - but to believe in the unseen is a triumph and a blessing.

And having thus chosen our course, without guile, and with pure purpose, let us renew our trust in GOD, and go forward without fear, and with manly hearts. Abraham Lincoln, in an address to congress July 4th, 1861

Without the assistance of that divine being, I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail. Trusting in Him, who can go with me, remain with you and be everywhere for good let us confidently hope that all will yet be well.

The will of God prevails. In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be, wrong.