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" Religion is capable of driving people to such dangerous folly that faith seems to me to qualify as a kind of mental illness. "

Richard Dawkins

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" The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness. "

Henry David Thoreau

" We know that men are saved by repentance and faith, and whoever does call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. But salvation is a supernatural work of God that will always produce fruit. And the evidence, not the cause, but the evidence of salvation is a changed life, a changing life. "

" In the family, in interpersonal relationships, even in friendship, faith is tremendously important. If you have a partner who you believe is a good person, then it is your duty to have faith in them until the end, despite the fact that they might have done some bad things. And you have to support and believe in your children. "

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

William Shakespeare

" It doesn't matter where you come from, what you have or don't have, what you lack, or what you have too much of. But all you need to have is faith in God, an undying passion for what you do and what you choose to do in this life, and a relentless drive and the will to do whatever it takes to be successful in whatever you put your mind to. "

" Dullness is more than a religious issue, it is a cultural issue. Our entire culture has become dull. Dullness is the absence of the light of our souls. Look around. We have lost the sparkle in our eyes, the passion in our marriages, the meaning in our work, the joy of our faith. "

" Faith is the virtue by which, clinging-to the faithfulness of God, we lean upon him, so that we may obtain what he gives to us. "

" Have faith in God. It will make you dig deeper and become a better leader. "

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

Matthew Simpson

" I've learned through my own relationship with God that He's not expecting me to be perfect; He wants me to do my best to be in His will and take steps of faith as He leads me, through His Word and the promptings He speaks to my heart. "

" I guess my religious faith sustained me more than anything else. Family is also very important. If I didn't have children, it would have been too difficult. Even if you are strong, you still need people who would support you all the way. "

" However weak we are, however poor, however little our faith, or however small our grace may be, our names are still written on His heart; nor shall we lose our share in Jesus' love. "

Charles Spurgeon

" 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. "

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

" Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times. "

" Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith. "

Reinhold Niebuhr

" I've learned never to expect people to be better than they are, but to always have faith that they can be more. "

" We like security: we like the pope to be infallible in matters of faith, and grave doctors to be so in moral questions so that we can feel reassured. "

" Faith never makes a confession. "

Henry David Thoreau

" Some would rather pull a handcart across the prairie than bring up the subject of faith and religion to their friends and co-workers. They worry about how they might be perceived or how it might harm their relationship. It doesn't need to be that way because we have a glad message to share, and we have a message of joy. "

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

" True faith is belief in the reality of absolute values. "

William Ralph Inge

" In the Europe which was created by the Second World War, divided into two blocks, each in need of a revolution that would end the abuses and injustices of capitalism and the privileges of a bureaucratic caste, collective faith does not exist. "

" Non-violence is the article of faith. "

" Today we often think that before we start living a religious life we have first to accept the creedal doctrines and that before one can have any comprehension of the loyalty and trust of faith, one must first force one's mind to accept a host of incomprehensible doctrines. But this is to put the cart before the horse. "

Karen Armstrong

" The essence of faith is being satisfied with all that God is for us in Jesus. "

" All I know is that I'm a sinner and that God has forgiven me of my sins. Because I put my faith and trust in Jesus Christ. "

Franklin Graham

" A quick example of that is a woman who said she'd been healed of throat cancer where the faith healer admitted he touched her on the forehead. "

" There are those who say we must rescind the Golan Heights law that was passed in the Knesset. To rescind is a concept from the days of the Inquisition. Our forefathers were burned at the stake and would not rescind their faith. "

" Our Heavenly Father loves us. He sent His Only Begotten Son to be our Savior. He knew that in mortality we would be in grave danger, the worst of it from the temptations of a terrible adversary. That is one of the reasons why the Savior has provided priesthood keys so that those with ears to hear and faith to obey could go to places of safety. "

Henry B. Eyring

" Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired. "