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" Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time. "

Oswald Chambers

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" Is it faith to understand nothing, and merely submit your convictions implicitly to the Church? "

" I went to a Presbyterian college, you know, I was in... all the way, and so I remember doing my first sermon when I was 17, I was in high school. It wasn't a full twenty-five minute sermon, but for like ten minutes I got up and they let me do that, and it was on faith. "

Woody Harrelson

" I live and love in God's peculiar light. "

" 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. "

" The more I am in a position to be tried in faith with reference to my body, my family, my service for the Lord, my business, etc., the more shall I have opportunity of seeing God's help and deliverance; and every fresh instance, in which He helps and delivers me, will tend towards the increase of my faith. "

" Fear clogs; faith liberates. "

" I must have had faith that day. When I went out, I was Henry Fonda again. An unemployed actor but a man. "

" If we are to have faith that mankind will survive and thrive on the face of the earth, we must believe that each succeeding generation will be wiser than its progenitors. "

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow

" A better world shall emerge based on faith and understanding. "

Douglas MacArthur

" Pray, and let God worry. "

" Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists. "

" The little platoon of the black community is the church. Our Christian faith is based on individual freedom from sin and the personal decision to find spiritual liberty that leads to a better life here on Earth and for eternity. On Sundays in America, the most conservative people can be found in black churches. "

" Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe. "

Saint Augustine

" Let us take refuge from this world. You can do this in spirit, even if you are kept here in the body. You can at the same time be here and present to the Lord. Your soul must hold fast to him, you must follow after him in your thoughts, you must tread his ways by faith, not in outward show. "

" Your faithfulness makes you trustworthy to God. "

Edwin Louis Cole

" 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. "

" Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active. "

" It's a dream when some people think that once you give your life to God, all of a sudden things are perfect. That's not the case. We live in a world that's broken, where there's disease, where people are selfish. The foundation of your faith helps you know how to put that in proper perspective. "

" Those who are preparing for the coming of Christ should be sober, and watch unto prayer, for our adversary, the Devil, goeth about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour; whom we are to resist steadfast in the faith. "

" While the primary focus continues to be on religious minorities - the Christian religious minorities and the Jewish community - ISIS will also go after people who interpret and believe the Muslim faith differently than they do. "

" Jesus isn't a logo, I'm not promoting some company, some brand. I'm just professing my faith. "

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" An Adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelties. "

Pope Benedict XVI

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

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" Without faith, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible. "

Mary McLeod Bethune

" God didn't make a mistake when He made you. You need to see yourself as God sees you. "

" Man is wise and constantly in quest of more wisdom; but the ultimate wisdom, which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls forth faith rather than reason. "

" I've always felt like there are certain politicians that wear their religion on their sleeve in a way that you almost feel is disingenuous. I think that your faith has to be first personal. I struggle with those people that preach something and go back behind closed doors and live differently. "

" Things can fall apart, or threaten to, for many reasons, and then there's got to be a leap of faith. Ultimately, when you're at the edge, you have to go forward or backward; if you go forward, you have to jump together. "

" I have in the past overly trusted people and was, in turn, let down by some. Since then, I have learned the difference between putting faith into people and blindly trusting them. "