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" Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible. "

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" In the evening of life we shall be judged on love, and not one of us is going to come off very well, and were it not for my absolute faith in the loving forgiveness of my Lord I could not call on him to come. "

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" Faith is the state of being ultimately concerned. "

" Only the person who has faith in himself is able to be faithful to others. "

" The difficulties we face originate from one of three sources. Some are sent to us by the Lord to test our faith, others are the result of Satan's attacks, and still others are due to our own sinful choices. "

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" What evolution tells us is that we are part of a grand, dynamic, and ever-changing fabric of life that covers our planet. Even to a person of faith, in fact especially to a person of faith, an understanding of the evolutionary process should only deepen their appreciation of the scope and wisdom of the creator's work. "

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" The assurance of Heaven is never given to the person. And that's why at the core of the Christian faith is the grace of God. If there's one word I would grab from all of that, it's forgiveness - that you can be forgiven. I can be forgiven, and it is of the grace of God. But once you understand that, I think the ramifications are worldwide. "

" 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. "

" Love, like a chicken salad or restaurant hash, must be taken with blind faith or it loses its flavor. "

" There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever. "

" You know, my faith is one that admits some doubt. "

" The man who radiates good cheer, who makes life happier wherever he meets it, is always a man of vision and faith. "

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" Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have often perceived Islam as a violent and intolerant faith - even though when this prejudice took root Islam had a better record of tolerance than Christianity. "

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" Ann Romney makes all women proud by the way she has conducted her life as a strong woman of faith, as a mother, as a wife and as a true patriot. "

" The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds. "

" Satan, our adversary, wants us to fail. He spreads lies as part of his effort to destroy our belief. He slyly suggests that the doubter, the skeptic, the cynic is sophisticated and intelligent, while those who have faith in God and His miracles are naive, blind, or brainwashed. "

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" Amidst the confusion of the times, the conflicts of conscience, and the turmoil of daily living, an abiding faith becomes an anchor to our lives. "

Thomas S. Monson

" Is letting our children watch TV a form of child abuse? If our children grow up knowing everything about Britney Spears and nothing about nature or faith, about anything, is that not a form of child abuse? "

" How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables. "

Michel de Montaigne

" It's in the difficult times that we're growing and you can't just rebuke everything hard. We've got to endure it and fight the good fight of faith and pass the test. "

" Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch. "

" I try to understand faith and religion. I was raised by wonderful Catholic parents who were deeply faithful and taught us that God is a God of love. "

" If you believe in prayer at all, expect God to hear you. If you do not expect, you will not have. God will not hear you unless you believe He will hear you; but if you believe He will, He will be as good as your faith. "

Charles Spurgeon

" We know the past and its great events, the present in its multitudinous complications, chiefly through faith in the testimony of others. "

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" Now, God be praised, that to believing souls gives light in darkness, comfort in despair. "

William Shakespeare

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

" Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things we do not see. "

" Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe. "

Henry David Thoreau

" I'm a strong man of faith. "