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" Faith is not a thing which one 'loses', we merely cease to shape our lives by it. "

Georges Bernanos

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" I've never bought this idea of taking a therapeutic distance. If I see a student or house staff cry, I take great faith in that. That's a great person; they're going to be a great doctor. "

Abraham Verghese

" We have to remember to respect the faith of people and maybe not the organizations or the groups that manifest around it. "

" Assurance, action, and evidence influence each other in an ongoing process. This helix is like a coil, and as it spirals upward it expands and widens. These three elements of faith - assurance, action, and evidence - are not separate and discrete; rather, they are interrelated and continuous and cycle upward. "

David A. Bednar

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

Mary McLeod Bethune

" To insure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough, a police force is needed as well. "

" Ultimately, blind faith is the only kind. "

" It's always a leap of faith when you get involved with somebody. "

Christian Slater

" Fanatics do not have faith - they have belief. With faith you let go. You trust. Whereas with belief you cling. "

" Fidelity and allegiance sworn to the King is only such a fidelity and obedience as is due to him by the law of the land; for were that faith and allegiance more than what the law requires, we would swear ourselves slaves and the King absolute; whereas, by the law, we are free men, notwithstanding those oaths. "

" My heart hath often been deeply afflicted under a feeling that the standard of pure righteousness is not lifted up to the people by us, as a society, in that clearness which it might have been, had we been as faithful as we ought to be to the teachings of Christ. "

" I've spent the last 50 years or so steeping myself in the world's religions, and I've done my homework. I've gone to each of the world's eight great religions and sought out the most profound scholars I could find, and I've apprenticed myself to them and actually practiced each faith. "

" Life is full of happiness and tears; be strong and have faith. "

Kareena Kapoor Khan

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

" Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them. "

Mahalia Jackson

" If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished. "

Swami Vivekananda

" 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. "

" The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty. "

" Morals are built on religious faith. Virtue is built on morality and influences a culture. "

Michele Bachmann

" Basically, there are two paths you can walk: faith or fear. It's impossible to simultaneously trust God and not trust God. "

Charles Stanley

" Skepticism has never founded empires, established principals, or changed the world's heart. The great doers in history have always been people of faith. "

Edwin Hubbel Chapin

" Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed... Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders. "

Henry David Thoreau

" I have faith in faith. God is there, whether we have faith or not, so why not have faith in him? "

Valerie Bertinelli

" The modern state no longer has anything but rights; it does not recognize duties any more. "

Georges Bernanos

" My faith in the economic potential of the low carbon economy is not an untested prediction. "

" I don't have faith in young people any more. I don't waste time trying to communicate with them. "

Vivienne Westwood

" I have learned that track doesn't define me. My faith defines me. I'm running because I have been blessed with a gift. "

" Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you. "

Saint Augustine

" I would love to get in trouble with the Catholic Church. I'm not religious myself, but my issue is with the organization. It's an organization of men - it's not about faith. "

" To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible. "

" Faith, there hath been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them. "

William Shakespeare