Quotes About Faith

ravaged kidney; but, God willing, she would be able to enjoy a full life with the one that remained.

If you're still, and if you don't hope too much, peace will come to you. It's a grace.

A grace is a thing you get from God, you use it to make a better world, or not use it, you have to choose.

I reminded myself that the heart is deceitful above all things.

Because I can see them, I bridge life and death, and they hope I can open for them the door they are afraid to open for themselves.

Blood has an oder faint but distinct, of conceit and modesty, of courage and cowardice, of charity and greed, of faith and doubt, in short the fragrance of what we might have been and the smell of what we are...

Surrender to fear is an invitation to doubt.

You've got to remember whatever happens-it's only life, we all get through it

Faith is a kind of love, you know. Love of what is unseen but certain. Love makes us strong and brave.

She said you need to eat well, say prayers without fail each morning and night, and avoid drinking strong spirits. One problem. Drinking strong spirits is how I pray.

My parents didn't raise me to ask God for blessings or benefits. For guidance, yes. For the strength to do the right thing, yes. Not for a winning lottery number, not for love or health, or happiness. Prayer is not a gimme list; God isn't Santa Claus.

rational optimism is required of anyone who hopes to be a survivor

And one thing experience has taught me is that life can hammer you hard just when everything seems to be so fine, but life can also drop the most amazing moments of grace on you just when you thought nothing good would ever happen again.

Quick now, here, now, always, if we are in a condition of complete simplicity (as the poet said), hope and trust will more reliably keep a man afloat, while fear is more likely to sink him.

Perhaps everything else that mattered in a relationship grew from trust—from a tranquil faith in the courage, integrity, and kindness of the other person.

Annamaria had me verzekerd dat ik in werkelijkheid maar één keer zou sterven, en dat die dood er op geen enkele manier toe zou doen. Iedereen kent echter dagen waarin we een beetje doodgaan, wanneer we verdriet of een nederlaag te verwerken hebben, of bang zijn, of anderen zien lijden die we enkel medelijden kunnen bieden, geen hulp, mensen die buiten de grenzen van onze genade vallen.

I don't know whether to call a medical doctor or psychiatrist," she said to Bailey, "but I refuse to call an exorcist.

journeying through the fields of evil is the price we pay for free will

The best weapons against evil were hope, optimism, determination, and faith.

hope and trust will more reliably keep a man afloat, while fear is more like to sink him.

Hope lies in action

in the perpetual struggle of good and evil, the latter must be resisted without fail.

There is hope for you yet. -Einstein the Labrador Retriever via scrabble tiles

Without faith to act as a governor, the human mind is a runaway worry generator, a dynamo of negative expectations.