Quotes About Faith

Fear of anything other than God is mutually exclusive to faith in God.

if you want God's blessing, He must be the architect of the vision.

I'm not into organized religion. I'm into believing in a higher source of creation, realizing we're all just part of nature.

Some people just don't seem to realize, when they're moaning about not getting prayers answered, that no is the answer.

Betrayal of trust is, by far, the very cruelest sin of all.

Had I no limbs to walk to him, I would crawl.

Have you ever stopped to think, Clare," Irene demanded, "how much unhappiness and downright cruelty are laid to the loving-kindness of the Lord? And always by His most ardent followers, it seems.

Faith was really quite easy. One had only to yield. To ask no questions. The more weary, the more weak, she became, the easier it was. Her religion was to her a kind of protective coloring, shielding her from the cruel light of an unbearable reality.

We aim at simplicity and hope for truth.

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.

One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.

I am not an optimist, but a great believer of hope.

Never forget that a saint is a sinner who keeps on trying.

The human body has an enormous capacity for adjusting to trying circumstances. I have found that one can bear the unbearable if one can keep one's spirit strong, even when one's body is being tested. Strong convictions are the secret of surviving deprivation. Your spirit can be full even when your stomach is empty.

Man's goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished.

I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death

A pesar de todo, yo no tenía la menor duda de que volvería a ser un hombre libre algún día.

Every year for New Years I write down all of my goals and dreams and put them in my Bible. At the end of the year I go and pull the paper out and check this off and check that off.

Don't pray for a different ending,' Grandpa said. 'Pray for the strength to bear what we were given.

Musical Chairs. Except I thought, when God's providing the music, everyone gets a chair.

Ha! Satan, you're a liar!

Grace means there is nothing we can do to make God love us more - and grace also means there is nothing we can do to make God love us less.

Bless this house, oh Lord, we pray. Make it safe by night and day. Bless these walls, so firm and stout, keeping want and trouble out. Bless the roof and chimney tall, let Thy peace lie over all. Bless the door that it may prove, ever open to joy and love. Bless these windows, shining bright, letting in God's heavenly light. Bless the folks who dwell within, keep them pure and free from sin. Bless us that we'll dwell one day, oh Lord with Thee.

Because when I'm with Estelle, she makes me feel like a complete person. Like I can be who God wants me to be. She believes in me, even when I don't believe in myself.