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Faith Quotes

"I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live as if there isn't and to die to find out that there is."

"I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live as if there isn't and to die to find out that there is."

Albert Camus, French Philosopher

Faith, God, Life, Death

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"Prayer is the key that opens heaven, the favors we ask descend upon us the very instant our prayers ascend to God."

"Prayer is the key that opens heaven, the favors we ask descend upon us the very instant our prayers ascend to God."

Saint Augustine, Algerian Saint

Faith, Prayer, Hope, Spiritual

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"Of course, Americans have no monopoly of patriotic enthusiasm and good faith."

"Of course, Americans have no monopoly of patriotic enthusiasm and good faith."

Herbert Croly, American Author

Faith, Enthusiasm, Americans

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"Let those who, still in their youth, have preserved their faith and fullness of hope, keep looking up."

"Let those who, still in their youth, have preserved their faith and fullness of hope, keep looking up."

George A. Smith, American Clergyman

Faith, Hope, Youth

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"You're gonna have to serve somebody; well, it may be the devil, or it may be the Lord, but you're gonna have to serve somebody..."

"You're gonna have to serve somebody; well, it may be the devil, or it may be the Lord, but you're gonna have to serve somebody..."

Bob Dylan, American Musician

Faith, Choice, Service, Truth

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"Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times."

"Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times."

Martin Luther, German Leader

Faith, Life, God, Confidence

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"Going all in and all out for the All in All is both a death sentence and a life sentence. Your sinful nature, along with its selfish desires, is nailed to the cross. Then, and only then, does your true personality, your true potential, and your true purpose come alive. After all, God cannot resurrect what has not died. And that's why so many people are half alive. They haven't died to self yet."

"Going all in and all out for the All in All is both a death sentence and a life sentence. Your sinful nature, along with its selfish desires, is nailed to the cross. Then, and only then, does your true personality, your true potential, and your true purpose come alive. After all, God cannot resurrect what has not died. And that's why so many people are half alive. They haven't died to self yet."

Mark Batterson, American Author

Faith, Death, Transformation, Sacrifice

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"The settled happiness and security which we all desire, God withholds from us by the very nature of the world: but joy pleasure and merriment, He has scattered broadcast. We are never safe, but we have plenty of fun and some ecstasy ... Our Father refreshes us on the journey with some pleasant inns, but he will not encourage us to mistake them for home."

"The settled happiness and security which we all desire, God withholds from us by the very nature of the world: but joy pleasure and merriment, He has scattered broadcast. We are never safe, but we have plenty of fun and some ecstasy ... Our Father refreshes us on the journey with some pleasant inns, but he will not encourage us to mistake them for home."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Faith, Happiness, Joy, Security

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"Keep your faith in God, but keep your powder dry."

"Keep your faith in God, but keep your powder dry."

Oliver Cromwell, English Soldier

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"To imply that religious believers have no right to engage moral questions in the public square or at the ballot is simply to establish a Reichian secularism as our state faith."

"To imply that religious believers have no right to engage moral questions in the public square or at the ballot is simply to establish a Reichian secularism as our state faith."

Maggie Gallagher, American Writer

Faith, Public, Questions, Religious

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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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"Christmas is joy, religious joy, an inner joy of light and peace."

"Christmas is joy, religious joy, an inner joy of light and peace."

Pope Francis, Argentinian Spiritual Leader

Faith, Joy, Hope, Peace

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"By gold all good faith has been banished; by gold our rights are abused; the law itself is influenced by gold, and soon there will be an end of every modest restraint."

"By gold all good faith has been banished; by gold our rights are abused; the law itself is influenced by gold, and soon there will be an end of every modest restraint."

Sextus Propertius, Roman Poet

Faith, End, Rights, Gold

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

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

Lillian Smith, American Novelist

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"An argument in apologetics, when actually used in dialogue, is an extension of the arguer. The arguer's tone, sincerity, care, concern, listening, and respect matter as much as his or her logic - probably more. The world was won for Christ not by arguments but by sanctity: 'What you are speaks so loud, I can hardly hear what you say."

"An argument in apologetics, when actually used in dialogue, is an extension of the arguer. The arguer's tone, sincerity, care, concern, listening, and respect matter as much as his or her logic - probably more. The world was won for Christ not by arguments but by sanctity: 'What you are speaks so loud, I can hardly hear what you say."

Peter Kreeft, American Philosopher

Faith, Respect, Dialogue, Truth

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"Those who have FAITH believe that the Sun will Rise. They don't wake up in the morning and look out to see if the sun has failed them."

"Those who have FAITH believe that the Sun will Rise. They don't wake up in the morning and look out to see if the sun has failed them."

R.V.M., Indian Author

Faith, Sun, Belief, Hope

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"I fight fairly, and in good faith."

"I fight fairly, and in good faith."

Edmond About, French Novelist

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"We realize that Judaism as a faith can survive only in an atmosphere of general faith."

"We realize that Judaism as a faith can survive only in an atmosphere of general faith."

Louis Finkelstein, American Clergyman

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"The size of a challenge should never be measured by what we have to offer. It will never be enough. Furthermore, provision is God's responsibility, not ours. We are merely called to commit what we have - even if it's no more than a sack lunch."

"The size of a challenge should never be measured by what we have to offer. It will never be enough. Furthermore, provision is God's responsibility, not ours. We are merely called to commit what we have - even if it's no more than a sack lunch."

Charles R. Swindoll, American Clergyman

Faith, Provision, Trust, Action

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"In other words Jesus went into the desert to confront His enemy and throw down the gauntlet. He would prove Himself to be the legitimate shepherd of Israel by overcoming the temptations that had undone all of Israel's previous kings, including His mighty ancestor, King David."

"In other words Jesus went into the desert to confront His enemy and throw down the gauntlet. He would prove Himself to be the legitimate shepherd of Israel by overcoming the temptations that had undone all of Israel's previous kings, including His mighty ancestor, King David."

Charles R. Swindoll, American Clergyman

Faith, Temptation, Struggle, Victory

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

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

Ernest Holmes, American Theologian

Faith, Certainty, Distrust, Doubt

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"The principle part of faith is patience."

"The principle part of faith is patience."

George MacDonald, Scottish Novelist

Faith, Patience

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"I love you is biblical."

"I love you is biblical."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Faith, Love, Biblical, Affection

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"And yes, the Homesteaders, including my grandparents who left behind almost nothing, and arrived in Montana with nothing but the clothes on their back, high hopes, faith in God and dreaming of the future."

"And yes, the Homesteaders, including my grandparents who left behind almost nothing, and arrived in Montana with nothing but the clothes on their back, high hopes, faith in God and dreaming of the future."

Brian Schweitzer, American Politician

Faith, God, Clothes, Future

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"Bush's faith in the rightness of his strategy in the broader war is deep-seated. It is a product of faith."

"Bush's faith in the rightness of his strategy in the broader war is deep-seated. It is a product of faith."

Rich Lowry, American Editor

Faith, War, Strategy, Deep

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"May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God has to have faith in us and, considering the history of the human race so far, may it not be that "faith" is even more difficult for Him than it is for us?"

"May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God has to have faith in us and, considering the history of the human race so far, may it not be that "faith" is even more difficult for Him than it is for us?"

W. H. Auden, English Poet

Faith, History, God, May

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"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 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."

Sydney Carter, English Poet

Faith, Thought, Future, May

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"Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime."

"Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime."

Martin Luther, German Leader

Faith, Books, Promise

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"Faith is a continuation of reason."

"Faith is a continuation of reason."

William Adams, English Explorer

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"In the third century after Christ the faith continued to spread."

"In the third century after Christ the faith continued to spread."

Kenneth Scott Latourette, American Historian

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"Faith is not contrary to reason."

"Faith is not contrary to reason."

Sherwood Eddy, American Author

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"It gets worse. Josh tell her that he loves her. She says it back. He touches her. She touches him back. And then they're losing their virginity on the floor of her bedroom beside her pet rabbit, Isis. A rabbit.Josh literally lost his virginity in front of a metaphor for sex."

"It gets worse. Josh tell her that he loves her. She says it back. He touches her. She touches him back. And then they're losing their virginity on the floor of her bedroom beside her pet rabbit, Isis. A rabbit.Josh literally lost his virginity in front of a metaphor for sex."

Stephanie Perkins, American Author

Faith, Humor, Youth, Experience, Awareness

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"The Bible is our rule of faith and doctrine."

"The Bible is our rule of faith and doctrine."

Ellen G. White, American Writer

Faith, Bible, Doctrine

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"The Lord's mercy often rides to the door of our hearts on the black horse of affliction. Jesus uses the whole range of our experiences to wean us from earth and woo us to Heaven."

"The Lord's mercy often rides to the door of our hearts on the black horse of affliction. Jesus uses the whole range of our experiences to wean us from earth and woo us to Heaven."

Charles Spurgeon, British Clergyman

Faith, Mercy, Affliction, Heaven, Grace

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"Servant of God well done! Well hast thou fought The better fight."

"Servant of God well done! Well hast thou fought The better fight."

John Milton, English Poet

Faith, Service, Devotion, Victory

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"I become more than ever convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of Hussein, the scrupulous regard for pledges, his intense devotion to his friends and followers and his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and in his own mission. These and not the sword carried everything before them and surmounted every obstacle."

"I become more than ever convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of Hussein, the scrupulous regard for pledges, his intense devotion to his friends and followers and his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and in his own mission. These and not the sword carried everything before them and surmounted every obstacle."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

Faith, Islam, Sacrifice, Morality

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"I just think that it's strong and it's important that we recognize what the Christmas season is about; it's about the birth of our Savior, and there's a lot of pressure today to be politically correct, but people are realizing, too, that you have to be open to express your faith what you want believe."

"I just think that it's strong and it's important that we recognize what the Christmas season is about; it's about the birth of our Savior, and there's a lot of pressure today to be politically correct, but people are realizing, too, that you have to be open to express your faith what you want believe."

Joel Osteen, American Clergyman

Faith, Tradition, Expression, Awareness

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"Your right standing with God and your connection to Him remains your strongest defense in the day of calamity."

"Your right standing with God and your connection to Him remains your strongest defense in the day of calamity."

Jaachynma N.E. Agu, Nigerian Author

Faith, God, Defense, Connection

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"God's grace, mighty deeds."

"God's grace, mighty deeds."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Faith, God, Grace, Mighty, Deeds

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"Darkness is strong and so is Sin But surely God endures forever!"

"Darkness is strong and so is Sin But surely God endures forever!"

James Russell Lowell, American Poet

Faith, Darkness, Sin, God

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"Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without it, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible."

"Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without it, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible."

Mary McLeod Bethune, American Educator

Faith, Life, First, Nothing

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"In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't."

"In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't."

Blaise Pascal, French Philosopher

Faith, Blind, Light, Shadows

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"A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing."

"A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing."

Victor Hugo, French Author

Faith, Man, Necessity, Nothing

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"Faith is a passionate intuition."

"Faith is a passionate intuition."

William Wordsworth, English Poet

Faith, Intuition

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"I wrap my heart in yours, placing divulged faith in the whole of your being, wistfully awaiting the trumpet you return."

"I wrap my heart in yours, placing divulged faith in the whole of your being, wistfully awaiting the trumpet you return."

Isabel Yosito, American Artist

Faith, Heart, Being

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"You block your dream when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith."

"You block your dream when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith."

Mary Manin Morrissey, American Celebrity

Faith, Dream, Fear

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"It was all a back-handed blessing, and my friends were the ones who kept the faith, read my work, and urged me to submit it to publishers (by sending it out for me - they would not hear no for an answer."

"It was all a back-handed blessing, and my friends were the ones who kept the faith, read my work, and urged me to submit it to publishers (by sending it out for me - they would not hear no for an answer."

Leslie Banks, British Actor

Faith, Work, Friends

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"To require God to prove that He is able and willing to fulfill His promises would be proof positive that one does not trust Him."

"To require God to prove that He is able and willing to fulfill His promises would be proof positive that one does not trust Him."

Charles R. Swindoll, American Clergyman

Faith, Trust, Belief, Spiritual

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"Any seed that is planted by God bears fruit even before it touches the ground."

"Any seed that is planted by God bears fruit even before it touches the ground."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Faith, Seed, God, Fruit

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"In this connection, faith and experience teach us many truths by means of the short-cut of authority and by the proofs of very pleasant and agreeable feelings."

"In this connection, faith and experience teach us many truths by means of the short-cut of authority and by the proofs of very pleasant and agreeable feelings."

Nicolas Malebranche, French Philosopher

Faith, Experience, Feelings, Authority

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