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"Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life."

"Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life."

Jonathan Edwards, American Clergyman

Faith, Life, Expression, Prayer

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"I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about."

"I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about."

Henry Ford, American Businessman

Faith, Work, God, Advice, End

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"I have learned to have more faith in the scientist than he does in himself."

"I have learned to have more faith in the scientist than he does in himself."

David Sarnoff, American Inventor

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"Faith is the force of life."

"Faith is the force of life."

Leo Tolstoy, Russian Novelist

Faith, Power, Life, Inspirational

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"Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence."

"Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence."

Richard Dawkins, English Scientist

Faith, Belief, Evaluate

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"I would not attack the faith of a heathen without being sure I had a better one to put in its place."

"I would not attack the faith of a heathen without being sure I had a better one to put in its place."

Harriet Beecher Stowe, American Author

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"Jesus reveals who He is through the living Word."

"Jesus reveals who He is through the living Word."

Jim George, American Author

Faith, Word, Revelation, Spiritual

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"Our fall was, has always been, and always will be, that we aren't satisfied in God and what He gives. We hunger for something more, something other."

"Our fall was, has always been, and always will be, that we aren't satisfied in God and what He gives. We hunger for something more, something other."

Ann Voskamp, Canadian Author

Faith, Desire, Discontent, Hunger

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"If you want God as a tranquilizer, it is okay as an idea, but if you want the Divine to be an awakening process in your life, an idea is not good enough."

"If you want God as a tranquilizer, it is okay as an idea, but if you want the Divine to be an awakening process in your life, an idea is not good enough."

Sadhguru, Indian Spiritual Leader

Faith, God, Awakening, Idea

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"Love, hope, fear, faith - these make humanity; These are its sign and note and character."

"Love, hope, fear, faith - these make humanity; These are its sign and note and character."

Robert Browning Hamilton, American Poet

Faith, Love, Fear, Character

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"Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will."

"Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will."

Ben Stein, American Actor

Faith, God, Will

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"God is a great God."

"God is a great God."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Faith, God, Great, Healer, Life

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"Too much faith is the worst ally. When you believe in something literally, through your faith you'll turn it into something absurd. One who is a genuine adherent, if you like, of some political outlook, never takes its sophistries seriously, but only its practical aims, which are concealed beneath these sophistries. Political rhetoric and sophistries do not exist, after all, in order that they be believed; rather, they have to serve as a common and agreed upon alibi. Foolish people who take them in earnest sooner or later discover inconsistencies in them, begin to protest, and finish finally and infamously as heretics and apostates. No, too much faith never brings anything good."

"Too much faith is the worst ally. When you believe in something literally, through your faith you'll turn it into something absurd. One who is a genuine adherent, if you like, of some political outlook, never takes its sophistries seriously, but only its practical aims, which are concealed beneath these sophistries. Political rhetoric and sophistries do not exist, after all, in order that they be believed; rather, they have to serve as a common and agreed upon alibi. Foolish people who take them in earnest sooner or later discover inconsistencies in them, begin to protest, and finish finally and infamously as heretics and apostates. No, too much faith never brings anything good."

Milan Kundera, Czechoslovakian Writer

Faith, Politics, Skepticism, Ideology

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"I know what it is to be in need and what it is to have more than enough. I have learnt this secret, so that anywhere, at any time, I am content, whether I am full or hungry, whether I have too much or too little. I have the strength to face all conditions by the power that Christ gives me."

"I know what it is to be in need and what it is to have more than enough. I have learnt this secret, so that anywhere, at any time, I am content, whether I am full or hungry, whether I have too much or too little. I have the strength to face all conditions by the power that Christ gives me."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

Faith, Needs, Contentment, Strength

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"God's word is not just to be heard and repeated, it is to be breathed, lived, and emulated with each action."

"God's word is not just to be heard and repeated, it is to be breathed, lived, and emulated with each action."

Steve Maraboli, American Author

Faith, God, Word, Live, Emulate

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"In the midst of the storm, my only anchor is the Saviour."

"In the midst of the storm, my only anchor is the Saviour."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Faith, Storm, Anchor, Saviour

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"With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve."

"With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve."

Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistani Politician

Faith, Discipline, Devotion, Duty

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"It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself."

"It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself."

Muhammad Ali, American Athlete

Faith, People, Meeting

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"If they can worship a weird creature, which is even not existed; why I must not worship a beautiful one who is already here."

"If they can worship a weird creature, which is even not existed; why I must not worship a beautiful one who is already here."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

Faith, Worship, Beauty, Truth

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"Have faith in your own thoughts."

"Have faith in your own thoughts."

Brooke Shields, American Actress

Faith, Thoughts

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"The investigator should have a robust faith - and yet not believe."

"The investigator should have a robust faith - and yet not believe."

Claude Bernard, French Psychologist

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"Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand."

"Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand."

Thomas Aquinas, Italian Theologian

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"My faith grew strong, and I sent a letter (as I was ordered) to the Rev. Dignitary of the Cathedral of Exeter. I was assured, before I sent it, he would not answer it."

"My faith grew strong, and I sent a letter (as I was ordered) to the Rev. Dignitary of the Cathedral of Exeter. I was assured, before I sent it, he would not answer it."

Joanna Southcott, English Celebrity

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"Fear can banish faith, but faith can banish fear."

"Fear can banish faith, but faith can banish fear."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

Faith, Fear, Banish, Spirituality

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"But I recognize no infallible authority, even in special questions; consequently, whatever respect I may have for the honesty and the sincerity of such or such an individual, I have no absolute faith in any person."

"But I recognize no infallible authority, even in special questions; consequently, whatever respect I may have for the honesty and the sincerity of such or such an individual, I have no absolute faith in any person."

Mikhail Bakunin, Russian Revolutionary

Faith, Honesty, Authority, May

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"Pray, and let God worry."

"Pray, and let God worry."

Martin Luther, German Leader

Faith, God, Worry

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"Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible."

"Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible."

William James, American Philosopher

Faith, Belief, Doubt

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"Believe in yourself, and the rest will fall into place. Have faith in your own abilities, work hard, and there is nothing you cannot accomplish."

"Believe in yourself, and the rest will fall into place. Have faith in your own abilities, work hard, and there is nothing you cannot accomplish."

Brad Henry, American Politician

Faith, Work, Nothing, Rest

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"Before you ever clasped your hands to pray God was already within your heart to stay."

"Before you ever clasped your hands to pray God was already within your heart to stay."

Stanley Victor Paskavich, American Politician

Faith, God, Prayer, Heart, Presence

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"All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired."

"All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired."

Martin Luther, German Leader

Faith, God, Heart, Will

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"I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness."

"I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness."

Johann Kaspar Lavater, German Theologian

Faith, Boldness, Giving, Humanity

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"When a person is determined to believe something, the very absurdity of the doctrine confirms them in their faith."

"When a person is determined to believe something, the very absurdity of the doctrine confirms them in their faith."

Junius, Roman Satirist

Faith, Absurdity, Doctrine

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"I slept with faith and found a corpse in my arms on awakening; I drank and danced all night with doubt and found her a virgin in the morning."

"I slept with faith and found a corpse in my arms on awakening; I drank and danced all night with doubt and found her a virgin in the morning."

Aleister Crowley, English Critic

Faith, Doubt, Night

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"The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God."

"The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God."

Oliver Holmes, Jr., American Judge

Faith, God, Act, Man

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"Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night."

"Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night."

George Herbert, British Poet

Faith, Day, Key, Night, Prayer

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"It is truer to say that martyrs create faith more than faith creates martyrs."

"It is truer to say that martyrs create faith more than faith creates martyrs."

Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish Educator

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"We have convinced over one billlion members of the Islamic faith that we are prejudiced against their religion, that we would deny them freedom of religion, that we want suppress their culture and invade their governments."

"We have convinced over one billlion members of the Islamic faith that we are prejudiced against their religion, that we would deny them freedom of religion, that we want suppress their culture and invade their governments."

Theodore C. Sorensen, American Lawyer

Faith, Religion, Culture, Freedom

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"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."

"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."

Thomas S. Monson, American Clergyman

Faith, People, Thoughts, Doubt

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"When the principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then the battle is your calling, and peace has become sin. You must at the price of dearest peace lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy with all the fire of your faith."

"When the principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then the battle is your calling, and peace has become sin. You must at the price of dearest peace lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy with all the fire of your faith."

Abraham Kuyper, Dutch Theologian

Faith, Peace, Friend, Battle

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"The miracle centered gospel gives rise to a generation of people that believes that they don't need to be good, better than anybody else but just want to pray and get favor."

"The miracle centered gospel gives rise to a generation of people that believes that they don't need to be good, better than anybody else but just want to pray and get favor."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Faith, Miracles, Character, Growth

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"My family, frankly, they weren't folks who went to church every week. My mother was one of the most spiritual people I knew but she didn't raise me in the church, so I came to my Christian faith later in life and it was because the precepts of Jesus Christ spoke to me in terms of the kind of life that I would want to lead."

"My family, frankly, they weren't folks who went to church every week. My mother was one of the most spiritual people I knew but she didn't raise me in the church, so I came to my Christian faith later in life and it was because the precepts of Jesus Christ spoke to me in terms of the kind of life that I would want to lead."

Barack Obama, American President

Faith, Life, Family, Mother

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"In the midst of the affliction He counsels, strengthens confirms, nourishes, and favors us.... More over, when we have repented, He instantly remits the sins as well as the punishments. In the same manner parents ought to handle their children."

"In the midst of the affliction He counsels, strengthens confirms, nourishes, and favors us.... More over, when we have repented, He instantly remits the sins as well as the punishments. In the same manner parents ought to handle their children."

Martin Luther, German Leader

Faith, Guidance, Correction, Strength

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"Faith, the least exclusive club on Earth, has the craftiest doorman. Every time I've stepped through its wide-open doorway, I find myself stepping out on the street again."

"Faith, the least exclusive club on Earth, has the craftiest doorman. Every time I've stepped through its wide-open doorway, I find myself stepping out on the street again."

David Mitchell, British Novelist

Faith, Doubt, Life, Existence

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"Christ JESUS was crucified on the cross for the sins of all souls."

"Christ JESUS was crucified on the cross for the sins of all souls."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Faith, Christ, Crucified, Cross, Sins

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"A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests."

"A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests."

Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian Writer

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"Faith is like a kernel of wheat."

"Faith is like a kernel of wheat."

Joe Bob Briggs, American Critic

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"True faith is belief in the reality of absolute values."

"True faith is belief in the reality of absolute values."

William Ralph Inge, English Clergyman

Faith, Belief, Values, Reality

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

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

Dan Millman, American Author

Faith, Life, Heart, Feeling

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"Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan of thinking."

"Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan of thinking."

Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese Philosopher

Faith, Heart, Thinking, Will

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"I believe that today's players who are Christians feel that it's important and their responsibility to acknowledge their faith."

"I believe that today's players who are Christians feel that it's important and their responsibility to acknowledge their faith."

Lynn Swann, American Athlete

Faith, Responsibility, Today

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