“Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary of what they see it is above, not against them.”
Faith means different things to different people — trust in God, trust in the process, trust in other human beings. These quotes explore belief in all its forms, from religious devotion to the secular kind of faith that gets you through Tuesday.
“Life's a fight. It's a good fight of faith.”
“Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary of what they see it is above, not against them.”
“Faith never makes a confession.”
“The infinite faith I have in people's ability to understand anything that makes sense has always been justified, finally, by their behavior.”
“I have faith in the United States and our ability to make good decisions based on the facts.”
“If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.”
“Trust is not the same as faith. A friend is someone you trust. Putting faith in anyone is a mistake.”
“Have faith in God God has faith in you.”
“That someone like Obama could be elected president of the United States - with its unrivaled power and prestige - has begun to restore the country's and the world's faith in America as the land of opportunity.”
“Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.”
“I am shy to admit that I have followed the advice given all those years ago by a wise archbishop to a bewildered young man: that moments of unbelief 'don't matter,' that if you return to a practice of the faith, faith will return.”
“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.”
“Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.”
“Whatever universe a professor believes in must at any rate be a universe that lends itself to lengthy discourse. A universe definable in two sentences is something for which the professorial intellect has no use. No faith in anything of that cheap kind!”
“People will make leaps of faith and get excited by your product if you just get it in front of them.”
“Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.”