SOME INSPIRATIONAL QUOTATIONS ON FAITH
Faith is believe or trust; believe in, devotion to, or trusts in somebody or something especially without logical proof according to Microsoft Encarta Dictionary. It also means trust in God or loyalty. Thesaurus has it as confidence, trust, reliance, conviction, believe and assurance. It also sees it as loyalty, faithfulness, commitment, fidelity, constancy, etc.
Faith is very essential to our existence in life. It is with faith that we believe that our house will not fall on us, our car can carry us, the water we drink is pure, the food we eat will not harm us, etc. Many a time we say we do not have faith but on daily basis we exhibit faith in our confession, acts and responses.
However, when we hear more about faith, it helps us to face some daunting challenges and live positively. Here are some of the quotations on faith that will help us overcome challenges and live life to its fullest.
1. Faith is kept alive in us, and gathers strength, more from practice than from speculations. – Addison
2. Without faith, we are as stained glass windows in the dark. – Anonymous
3. There are no miracles to men who do not believe in them. – Anonymous
4. It is not faith and works; it is not faith or works; it is faith that works. – Anonymous
5. For what is faith unless it is to believe what you do not see? – St. Augustine
6. On the whole, more people are cheated by believing nothing than by believing too much. – Barnum
7. If the way be rough with thorns and stones, may faith provide a balm to soothe your weary, bleeding feet and fill your soul with calm. – Carruth
8. All the strength and force of man comes from his faith in things unseen. He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions. – Clarke
9. Faith is the daring of the soul to go farther than it can see. – Clarke
10. To me, faith means not worrying. – Dewey
11. All that I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all that I have not seen. – Emerson
12. Faith is not a sense, nor sight, nor reason, but taking God at his word. – Evans
13. Unless there is within us that which is above us, we shall soon yield to that which is about us. – Forsyth
14. It is cynicism and fear that freeze life; it is faith that thaws it out, releases it, sets it free. – Fosdick
15. Faith is an act of rational choice which determines us to act as if certain things were true and in the confident expectation that they will prove to be true. – Inge
16. There is no great future for any people whose faith has burned out. – Jones
17. Dark as my path may seem to others, I carry a magic light in my heart. Faith, the spiritual strong searchlight illumines the way, and although sinister doubts lurk in the shadow, I walk unafraid toward the Enchanted Wood where the foliage is always green, where joy abides, where nightingales nest and sing, and where life and death are one in the presence of the Lord. – Helen Keller
18. Browning speaks of “grasping the skirts of God,” but no man ever grasped the skirts of God by knowledge alone. Knowledge may have raised his arm, but faith moved his fingers and closed them in deathless grip. – Lawton
19. A little faith will bring your soul to heaven, but a lot of faith will bring heaven to your soul. – Moody
20. The truly religious man does everything as if everything depended upon himself, and then leaves everything as if everything depended on God. – Parker
21. The faith that saves is the total response of the whole self to the will of God. It is the response of the mind in belief, the heart in trust, the will in conduct. It is to accept the fact that God goes all out for us, and then to be willing to go all out for God. – Redhead
22. Faith can place a candle in the darkest night. – Sangster
23. Faith is like love; it cannot be forced. – Schopenhauer
24. Little faith will bring your soul to heaven; great faith will bring heaven to your soul. – Spurgeon
25. Faith, mighty faith the promise sees and rests on that alone; Laughs at impossibilities, and says it shall be done – Wesley
Thank you!