Faith may be encouraged by what has happened in the past, or what is thought to have happened in the past, but the only proof of it is in the future.

Scriptures and creeds may come to seem incredible, but faith will still go dancing on.

The songs certainly have not made my fortune, but I am still grateful for the royalties when they come in.

Faith is more basic than language or theology.

I see Christ as the incarnation of the piper who is calling us. He dances that shape and pattern which is at the heart of our reality.

Faith may be encouraged by what has happened in the past, or what is thought to have happened in the past, but the only proof of it is in the future.

Faith is the response to something which is calling us from the timeless part of our reality.

Many are needed to plant and water what has been planted now that the faith has spread so far and there are so many people... No matter who plants or waters, God gives no harvest unless what is planted is the faith of Peter and unless he agrees to his teachings.

We have no desire to convince anyone that there is only one way by which faith can be acquired.

Fight the good fight of faith, and God will give you spiritual mercies.

Until as recently as November of 1966, I had complete faith in the Warren Report. Of course, my faith in the Report was grounded in ignorance, since I had never read it.

The media seems to think only abortion and gay marriage are religious issues. Poverty is a moral issue, it's a faith issue, it's a religious issue.

What the F.D.I.C. does is to put the full faith and credit of the United States government behind every savings account in the nation, up to a limit that has changed over the years and stands now at $100,000.

I am not here to parade my religious sentiments, but I declare I have too much respect for the faith in which I was born to ever use it as the basis of a political organization.

Testimony is an integral part of the Black religious tradition. It is the occasion where the believer stands before the community of faith in order to give account of the hope that is in him or her.

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

The game has kept faith with the public, maintaining its old admission price for nearly thirty years while other forms of entertainment have doubled and tripled in price. And it will probably never change.

I believe my publisher has shown a great deal of faith in me over a lot of years but I'm not prepared to be so arrogant to say that the long-term literary value of my work would compensate them for a financial failure.

Faith crosses every border and touches every heart in every nation.

Reason is the enemy of faith.

My reason nourishes my faith and my faith my reason.

I found a religion that blended scientific reason with spiritual reality in a unifying faith far removed from the headlines of violence, destruction and terrorism.

Laughter kills fear, and without fear there can be no faith. For without fear of the devil there is no need for God.

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

Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successfull personality and duplicate it.

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

Some theists in evolutionary science acquiesce to these tacit rules and retain a personal faith while accepting a thoroughly naturalistic picture of physical reality.

If all Church power vests in the clergy, then the people are practically bound to passive obedience in all matters of faith and practice; for all right of private judgment is then denied.

Faith means living with uncertainty - feeling your way through life, letting your heart guide you like a lantern in the dark.

When the Negro cries with pain from his deep hurt and lays his petition for elemental justice before the nation, he is calling upon the American people to kindle about that crucible of race relationships the fires of American faith.

When I was a child of six or seven my father would show me the chapter in the prophet Isaiah where the name Immanuel is found; more than once he spoke to me of the faith he put in me.

Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things we do not see.

You all know that I have been sustained throughout my life by three saving graces - my family, my friends, and a faith in the power of resilience and hope. These graces have carried me through difficult times and they have brought more joy to the good times than I ever could have imagined.

The faith that stands on authority is not faith.

We're very open and outspoken about our faith and our beliefs. We also talk about our doubts, our moments of insecurities. We talk about it all day, how we're inspired by God. We recognize little miracles every day, and that's how we're raising our daughter.

Should doubt knock at your doorway, just say to those skeptical, disturbing, rebellious thoughts, I propose to stay with my faith, with the faith of my people.

Faith in God's revelation has nothing to do with an ideology which glorifies the status quo.

The Catholic faith never changes. But the language and mode of manifesting this one faith can change according to peoples, times and places.

I have never lost my faith in God.

Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary of what they see; it is above, not against them.

I have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual.

Have faith in God; God has faith in you.

Faith indeed tells what the senses do not tell, but not the contrary of what they see. It is above them and not contrary to them.

The realm of immediate or personal knowledge is a narrow circle in which these bodies move; the realm of knowledge derived through faith is as wide as the universe, and old as eternity.

Is he alone who has courage on his right hand and faith on his left hand?

Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.

Workers have kept faith in American institutions. Most of the conflicts, which have occurred have been when labor's right to live has been challenged and denied.

First, I prepare. Then I have faith.

Faith never makes a confession.