Quotes About Faith

In the uttermost meaning of the words, thought is devout, and devotion is thought. Deep calls unto deep.

To believe in luck - is skepticism.

The wise man in the storm prays to God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear.

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs, as a tree bears apples.

The wise man in the storm prays to God, not for safety from danger, but deliverance from fear

They reckon ill who leave me out;When me they fly, I am the wings;I am the doubter and the doubt,And I the hymn the Brahmin sings.

So nigh is grandeur to our dust,So near is God to man,When Duty whispers low, Thou must,The youth replies, I can.

'Tis curious that we only believe as deeply as we live.

I like a church; I like a cowl;I love a prophet of the soul;And on my heart monastic aislesFall like sweet strains or pensive smiles;Yet not for all his faith can seeWould I that cowlèd churchman be.

Self-reliance, the height and perfection of man, is reliance on God.

States!... Go put your creed into your deed.

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

Go put your creed into your deed.

Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

The eloquent man is he who is no beautiful speaker, but who is inwardly and desperately drunk with a certain belief.

The hand that rounded Peter's dome,And groined the aisles of Christian Rome,Wrought in a sad sincerity;Himself from God he could not free;He builded better than he knew—The conscious stone to beauty grew.

In self-trust all the virtues are comprehended.

Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.

Love is the essence of God.

The faith that stand on authority is not faith.

The glory of friendship is not the outstreched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him.

They can conquer who believe they can. He has not learned the first lesson in life who does not every day surmount a fear.

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs, as a tree bears beauty.

When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.