Quotes About Faith

Spending the first early minutes of the morning with God, asking him to help us navigate through the known and the unknown in the hours ahead, will do more to get our priorities in place than hours of soul-searching and weighing our options.

Since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us." HEBREWS 12:1

If God decides to mess with our plans, get ready. He will almost surely have something better planned for our day.

When we admit we're powerless, we go on to recognize that we need a power greater than ourselves to restore us. That power is the one and only true Higher Power, Jesus Christ.

True change comes only when we die to ourselves and allow Christ to set the pace.

Ronald Reagan said: "We are never defeated, unless we give up on God.

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." MATTHEW 11:28

Yes, Lord, I don't ever again want to have to hide from you. Thank you for inviting me to come before you, sins and all, and ask for forgiveness. In Jesus' name, Amen.

Belief is hard, and the abyss is always there, under one's feet.

I'm a priest for Christ's sake - how can this be happening to me?

Ma ei looda surmajärgsele elule ega jumalusele, kes võiks seda pakkuda. Arvestades, missuguse maailma ta lõi, oleks temasse uskumine jumalavallatus.

So, I begin each day with a gesture of cynicism, and close it with a gesture of faith; or, if you prefer, begin it by reminding myself that, for me at least, goals and objectives are without value, and close it by demonstrating that the fact is irrelevant. A gesture of temporality, a gesture of eternity. It is in the tension between these two gestures that I have lived my adult life.

beg Love's pardon for your want of faith. Helen chose you without reason because she loves you without cause; embrace her without question and watch your weather change.

God wasn't too bad a novelist, except he was a Realist.

Brez pravega upanja upam, da sem fikcija.

Only a wittol is certain he's been cuckolded or not

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later [1978]

God in His mercy sent ye here to me.

Oh better far those echoing hells Half-threaten'd in the pealing bells Than that this 'I' should cease to be—

True humility is absolute obedience and dependence on God. It puts Him first, others second, and ourselves third in all things.

Do we honor them for the extras? No, a thousand times no. We [honor them] because God gave us the charge to honor all.

It doesn't matter how good something looks, how happy it makes you, how much fun it is, how rich and successful you'll become, how deeply spiritual it appears, how sensible it seems, how popular or accepted it is—and the list goes on and on. If something is contrary to the wisdom (or Word) of God, it will ultimately be detrimental and bring sorrow to your life.

Jesus said, "It is impossible that no offenses should come" (Luke 17:1). It is not a question of opportunity to be offended, but what your response will be. It is an unfortunate fact that, not some, but many are offended and held captive.

I will use this period of spiritual training in my life to focus on the greatness of my God instead of the impossibility of my circumstances.