Faith Quotes - Page 14

I believe in order that I may understand.

Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.

Who gave you the ability to contemplate the beauty of the skies, the course of the sun, the round moon, the millions of stars, the harmony and rhythm that issue from the world as from a lyre, the return of the seasons, the alternation of the months, the demarcation of day and night, the fruits of the earth, the vastness of the air, the ceaseless motion of the waves, the sound of the wind?

Without the Blessed Sacrament a position like mine would be intolerable.

Faith is like radar that sees through the fog -- the reality of things at a distance that the human eye cannot see.

Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope.

Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done.

Convictions are not merely beliefs we hold; they are those beliefs that hold us in their grip.

Oh! how happy the man of means who uses his wealth and his life for the greater glory of God, from whom he has received them!

If you love, you will suffer. The only way to protect yourself against suffering is to protect yourself against love - and that is the greatest suffering of all, loneliness.

Fear not! Stand your ground... the Lord himself will fight for you; you have only to keep still.

Faith and doubt both are needed - not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve.

It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.

Peace has in it trust in the Lord, that He governs all things, provides all things, and leads to a good end.

The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot answer the questions of why there should be a universe for the model to describe. Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing?

Things may not be logical or fair, but when God is directing the events of our lives, they are right.

When God's righteousness is mentioned in the gospel, it is God's action of declaring righteous the unrighteous sinner who has faith in Jesus Christ. The righteousness by which a person is justified (declared righteous) is not his own but that of another, Christ.

It was the evidence from science and history that prompted me to abandon my atheism and become a Christian.

I had very supportive parents that made the way for me, even at a time when there were very few women - no women, really; maybe two or three women - and very few, fewer than that, African-American women heading in this direction, so there were very few people to look up to. You just had to have faith.

Don't be afraid to step out and trust God. He is more faithful than the rising of the sun.

A dead thing goes with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.

I am confident that those who believe in belief are wrong. That is, we no more need to preserve the myth of God in order to preserve a just and stable society than we needed to cling to the Gold Standard to keep our currency sound. It was a useful crutch, but we've outgrown it. Denmark, according to a recent study, is the sanest, healthiest, happiest, most crime-free nation in the world, and by and large the Danes simply ignore the God issue. We should certainly hope that those who believe in belief are wrong, because belief is waning fast, and the props are beginning to buckle.

Soyons fermes, purs et fidèles ; au bout de nos peines, il y a la plus grande gloire du monde, celle des hommes qui n'ont pas cédé. [Let us be firm, pure and faithful; at the end of our sorrow, there is the greatest glory of the world, that of the men who did not give in.]

Before you speak, ask yourself, is it kind, is it necessary, is it true, does it improve the silence?