Top 1200 Loss Of Faith Quotes & Sayings - Page 12

Technologists practice faith too; 'Faith that problems have solutions before having the knowledge to solve them.'

Reason is itself a matter of faith. It is an act of faith to assert that our thoughts have any relation to reality at all.

As patterns of obedience develop, the specific blessings associated with obedience are realized and belief emerges. Desire, hope, and belief are forms of faith, but faith as a principle of power comes from a consistent pattern of obedient behavior and attitudes. Personal righteousness is a choice. Faith is a gift from God, and one possessed of it can receive enormous spiritual power.

Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

Faith is the backbone of the social and the foundation of the commercial fabric; remove faith between man and man, and society and commerce fall to pieces. There is not a happy home on earth but stands on faith; our heads are pillowed on it, we sleep at night in its arms with greater security for the safety of our lives, peace, and prosperity than bolts and bars can give.

There is no faith like the faith of a builder of homes in coastal Louisiana

Faith cannot be inherited or gained by being baptized into a Church. Faith is a matter between the individual and God.

The men of Normandy had faith that what they were doing was right, faith that they fought for all humanity, faith that a just God would grant them mercy on this beachhead or the next. It was the deep knowledge - and pray God we have not lost it - that there is a profound moral difference between the use of force for liberation and the use of force for conquest.

Faith, Hope & Love. Faith is directed towards God, love towards others (both within the Christian fellowship and beyond it) and hope towards the future, in particular, the glorious coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Similarly, faith rests of the past; love works in the present; hope looks to the future. Every Christian without exception is a believer, a lover and a hoper. Faith, hope and love are three sure evidences of regeneration by the Holy Spirit.

Therefore, a prudent ruler ought not to keep faith when by so doing it would be against his interest, and when the reasons which made him bind himself no longer exist. If men were all good, this precept would not be a good one; but as they are bad, and would not observe their faith with you, so you are not bound to keep faith with them.

In general people put too much faith in the rich, the famous, the politicians, and not enough faith in themselves.

Sometimes we want things we were not meant to have. Because he loves us, the Father says no. Faith trusts that no. Faith is willing not to have what God is not willing to give. Furthermore, faith does not insist upon an explanation. It is enough to know His promises to give what is good-he knows so much more about us than we do.

The true cause of hatred and violence is faith versus faith, an outward expression of the ancient instinct of tribalism.

When prayer removes distrust and doubt and enters the field of mental certainty, it becomes faith; and the universe is built on faith.

Not prayer without faith, nor faith without prayer, but prayer in faith, is the cost of spiritual gifts and graces.

I have a lot of faith. But I am also afraid a lot, and have no real certainty about anything. I remembered something Father Tom had told me--that the opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty. Certainty is missing the point entirely. Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns.

Do not believe in telling people of one's faith, especially with a view to conversion. Faith must be lived, and when it is, it becomes self-propagating

This kind of passionate faith can be painful. Not caring is easy. Caring hurts. Caring costs you something. But without this sort of faith, you will never create to your fullest potential. Faith is a gift. Like I've said, felt belief is not necessarily something that you choose to have or not to have. But it is a gift that you can open yourself to receive.

Faith is huge and I am a proud Christian. I think it would be difficult to have a career like the one we have without having faith.

What you see is the bread and the chalice; that is what your own eyes report to you. But what your faith obliges you to accept is that the bread is the body of Christ and the chalice is the blood of Christ. This has been said very briefly, which may perhaps be sufficient for faith; yet faith does not desire instruction

Faith is acting in the face of contrary evidence. The senses declare, "It cannot be," but Faith shouts above the turmoil, "It is!"

As men and women of character and of faith in the soundness of democratic methods, we must work like dogs to justify that faith.

My mother had faith in me, had more faith in me than I had in myself, and knowing that she did made me try to find faith. She believed in trying things.

Live as if you have faith,” she said, “and faith shall be given to you.

You say you've lost your faith But that's not where it's at You have no faith to lose and you know it

If you don’t have faith in yourself, then nobody else will have faith in you.

I grew up in a house full of faith, and my mother died when I was a little girl, and I found comfort in my faith.

As you consider your own life, are there things that you need to change? Have you made mistakes that still need to be corrected? If you are suffering from feelings of guilt or remorse, bitterness or anger, or loss of faith, I invite you to seek relief. Repent and forsake your sins. Then, in prayer, ask God for forgiveness. Seek forgiveness from those you have wronged. Forgive those who have wronged you. Forgive yourself.

People of faith, people of no faith, people of different faith, that's what America is all about; it's bringing that diversity into and challenge of the different ideas that motivate people in our country. That's what makes America work.

My effort should never be to undermine another's faith but to make him a better follower of his own faith.

Judge not man by his outward manifestation of faith; for some there are who tremblingly reach out shaking hands to the guidance of faith; others who stoutly venture in the dark their human confidence, their leader, which they mistake for faith; some whose hope totters upon crutches; others who stalk into futurity upon stilts. The difference is chiefly constitutional with them.

If I'm going to call myself a person of faith, I need to be willing to live a life that actually requires faith.

Whatever we may mean by 'Christian growth,' it is ultimately this: less faith in me, more faith in God.

I am a man of faith and faith is not always supposed to happen and what you see, sometimes it's just walking that path.

Our praying, to be strong, must be buttressed by holy living. The life of faith perfects the prayer of faith.

I'm not particularly into the formal, political side of faith, although I am spiritual and I do have a faith. But 'Strictly Come Dancing' is my religion.

Both faith and fear may sail into your harbor, but only allow faith to drop anchor.

Who is also aware of the tremendous risk involved in faith - when he nevertheless makes the leap of faith - this [is] subjectivity ... at its height.

Any faith of more than 1.6 billion people is going to have some of them who falsely justify actions on that faith.

Where reasons are given, we don't need faith. Where only darkness surrounds us, we have no means for seeing except by faith.

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

Faith is belief in what you cannot see or prove or touch. Faith is walking face-first and full-speed into the dark.

We would also like you to know that the Church recognizes the riches of the Islamic faith - a faith that binds us to the one God.

But every act in consequence of our faith, strengthens faith.

Faith in God necessarily implies a lack of faith in humanity.

You can't provoke, you can't insult the faith of others, you can't make fun of faith.

I have come to the conclusion that while a candidate's faith matters, what's most important is how he or she applies that faith.

Thinking faith thoughts, and speaking faith words, will lead the heart out of defeat and into victory.

Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility... It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission.

Love and faith are not common companions. More commonly power and fear consort with faith....Power is not to be crossed; one must respect and obey. Power means strength, whereas love is a human frailty the people mistrust. It is a sad fact of life that power and fear are the fountainheads of faith.

Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission.

If solace is any sort of succor to someone, that is sufficient. I believe in the faith of people, whatever faith they may have.

Our new faith-based laws have removed government as a roadblock to people of faith who hear the call.

Faith is the substance of whatever it is that we hope for. The important thing is that we teach that faith is connected to good works and responsibility.

Let all Arminians know: we have as high an esteem for faith as any men in the world, but yet we will not rob Christ to clothe faith.

It comes with faith, for with complete faith there is no fear of what faces you in life or death.

You don't become an 'artist' unless you've got something missing somewhere. Blaise Pascal called it a God-shaped hole. Everyone's got one but some are blacker and wider than others. It's a feeling of being abandoned,cut adrift in space and time-sometimes following the loss of a loved one. You can never completely fill that hole-you can try with songs,family,faith and by living a full life...but when things are silent, you can still hear the hissing of what's missing.

Intelligent design is consistent with any faith system I can think of, because most faith systems believe that there is a creator.

Few people today realize just how much faith in oneself (that part of oneself which is spiritual, perfect) has to do with achievement, because the great majority of people never seem to conceive of faith as being a genuine creative force. Yet the truth is that not only is Faith a bona fide power, but it is the greatest one we will ever encounter.

A BUSINESSMAN cannot force you to buy his product; if he makes a mistake, He suffers the consequences; if he fails, he takes the loss. A bureaucrat, forces you to obey his decisions, whether you agree with him or not... If he makes a mistake, you suffer the consequences; If he fails, He passes the loss on to you, in the form of heavier taxes.