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" Faith is the black person's federal reserve system. "

Hattie McDaniel

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" In order to have faith, or follow any other organized religion, I'd have to suspend a degree of disbelief. "

" Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause. "

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

" Have faith in your intuition and listen to your gut feeling. "

" President Ford was a devoted, decent man of impeccable integrity who put service to his country before his own self interest. He helped heal our nation during a time of crisis, provided steady leadership and restored people's faith in the presidency and in government. "

" This is a day of little faith - of few convictions - a day when men seem to have no great causes and no great passions. So in frustration, in disappointment, they are inclined to say, 'You can't change human nature.' It is true that we cannot change human nature. But God can. "

" It is certain that the truth of the Christian faith becomes more evident the more the faith itself is known. Therefore, the doctrine should not only be in Latin but also in the common tongue, and as the faith of the Church is contained in the Scriptures, the more these are known in the true sense, the better. "

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

Charles Stanley

" I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have in it now. I believe it has a glorious future before it - not just another sovereign nation, but as an embodiment of the great ideals of our civilization. "

" My first encounters with faith came about the time I was a Boy Scout, at about 14 or 15. I made the logical deduction that they operate the same way; I treated my faith like earning a merit badge, and everything about Christianity was about earning merit badges. "

" The faith that stands on authority is not faith. "

Ralph Waldo Emerson

" I have come to the conclusion that while a candidate's faith matters, what's most important is how he or she applies that faith. "

" To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance. "

" I traveled with then-Senator Obama to Israel in 2008. I will never forget our time in the holy city of Jerusalem and following behind him as he approached the Western Wall - and even in the dark hours of that very early morning, it was a place bustling with energy afforded by one's faith. "

Denis McDonough

" Non-violence is the article of faith. "

" We all face storms in life. Some are more difficult than others, but we all go through trials and tribulation. That's why we have the gift of faith. "

" You can best fight any existing evil from the inside. "

Hattie McDaniel

" I have always been the kid who's asked 'Why?' In my faith, you're just supposed to have faith. But I was always like 'why?' "

" I would say to you, have faith in yourself - believe in what you are doing, and, most important, be a person of integrity. It is totally up to you, and no one else, how your life evolves. "

Jon Huntsman, Sr.

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

Oliver Cromwell

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

" My main focus in sobriety has been to replace fear with faith or love. "

" The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other. "

" 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. "

" Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will. "

" Anyone who is to find Christ must first find the church. How could anyone know where Christ is and what faith is in him unless he knew where his believers are? "

" Fear clogs; faith liberates. "

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

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

" We can't solve modern problems by going back in time. Retreating to the safety of the familiar is an understandable response, but God has called us to a life of faith. And faith requires us to face the unknown while trusting Him completely. "

Charles R. Swindoll

" Faith is the heroism of the intellect. "

Charles Henry Parkhurst