Faith Quotes

Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.

Thomas Paine

I think the American people, understandably, have sort of lost faith in the United Nations.

Cliff Stearns

Men of Virginia, countrymen of Washington, of Patrick Henry, of Jefferson, and of Madison, will ye be true to your constitutional faith?

Caleb Cushing

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.

Vincent Van Gogh

Back of every creation, supporting it like an arch, is faith. Enthusiasm is nothing: it comes and goes. But if one believes, then miracles occur.

Henry Miller

How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.

Michel de Montaigne

For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, His can't be wrong whose life is in the right.

Alexander Pope

When Christians start thinking about Jesus, things start breaking down, they lose their faith. It's perfectly possible to go to church every Sunday and not ask any questions, just because you like it as a way of life. They fear that if they ask questions they'll lose their Christ, the very linchpin of their religion.

A. N. Wilson

An Adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelties.

Joseph Ratzinger

Faith is a reasoning trust, a trust which reckons thoughtfully and confidently upon the trustworthiness of God.

John R. Stott

Politicians are usually the first to forget that if you assume someone else is acting in bad faith, they will do the same to you. Questioning motives poisons the well.

John Sununu

Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church.

Thomas Aquinas

I did not compose my work as one might put on a church vestment... rather it sprung from the truly fervent faith of my heart, such as I have felt it since my childhood.

Franz Liszt

When did we begin to lose faith in our ability to effect change?

Wynton Marsalis

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.

Alan Watts

Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.

Barbara Bush

Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.

Paul Simon

My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.

Barack Obama

Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous it is nothing if it is not ridiculous.

Thornton Wilder