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" A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history. "

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" Faith minus vulnerability and mystery equals extremism. If you've got all the answers, then don't call what you do 'faith.' "

" I never was deeply interested in any object; I never prayed sincerely and earnestly for anything, but it came at some time - no matter how distant, in some way, in some shape, probably the last I should have devised, it came. And yet, I have always had so little faith. God forgive me. "

Adoniram Judson

" Having a Christian worldview shapes my decision-making with respect to all aspects of my life. I always respect people in public life who are principled, and those principles have to be connected to something. And my faith is what serves as the anchor and directs my actions. "

" Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith. "

" The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated. "

" An unexamined faith is not worth having, for fundamentalism and uncritical certitude entail the rejection of one of the great human gifts: that of free will, of the liberty to make up our own minds based on evidence and tradition and reason. "

" If you desire faith, then you have faith enough. "

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

" Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe. "

" I have always marveled that so many religions exact such revenge against dissenters. It only weakens the appeal of their faith and contradicts any claims they might have made that 'all religions are basically the same.' If all religions were indeed the same, why not let someone be 'converted' to another religion? "

" Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position. "

" It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity. "

" I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others. "

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

" Faith is almost the bottom line of creativity; it requires a leap of faith any time we undertake a creative endeavor, whether this is going to the easel, or the page, or onto the stage - or for that matter, in a homelier way, picking out the right fabric for the kitchen curtains, which is also a creative act. "

" Faith is walking by faith, not by what you feel. You are not always going to feel that Jesus loves you or that God is good, but you know He is. It is the up and down of the journey. "

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

" There can be no darker or more devastating tragedy than the death of man's faith in himself and in his power to direct his future. "

" When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance. "

" 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! "

" What happened on September 11 compels us to focus on who we are as Americans, what we stand for, what really matters in our lives - family, friends, faith and freedom. "

" God has entrusted us with his most precious treasure - people. He asks us to shepherd and mold them into strong disciples, with brave faith and good character. "

" The word 'religion' is only a label. What lies behind that, the most important thing of all, is the word 'faith'. You either have faith, or you don't have faith, or you have degrees of faith - and if you have degrees of faith, then you become agnostic. You're kind of in-between, or you're on the fence. "

" To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse then starving the body; it is starvation of the soul, the dweller in the body. "

" All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take. "

" Memory as an article of faith often comes naturally to writers, who by temperament are likely to be diarists and record keepers, forever searching past events for elusive patterns - and forever believing that such patterns are to be found. "

" People will make leaps of faith and get excited by your product if you just get it in front of them. "

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

Oliver Cromwell

" If even in science there is no a way of judging a theory but by assessing the number, faith and vocal energy of its supporters, then this must be even more so in the social sciences: truth lies in power. "

" Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart. "

" Truth never damages a cause that is just. "