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" 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. "

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" Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. "

Norman Vincent Peale

" The good news of suffering is that it brings us to the end of ourselves - a purpose it has certainly served in my life. It brings us to the place of honesty, which is the place of desperation, which is the place of faith, which is the place of freedom. "

Tullian Tchividjian

" If faith is lost, there is no security and there is no life for him who does not adhere to religion. "

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

" The principle part of faith is patience. "

George MacDonald

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

Michele Bachmann

" I have kept a steady focus on restoring public faith in our state government since taking office July 1. Now it is time to make even bigger and bolder gains through legislative action. "

" My grandfather was a faith healer and medium, and he always encouraged faith in the unseen. I believe in fortune tellers. "

" Bad religion is arrogant, self-righteous, dogmatic and intolerant. And so is bad science. But unlike religious fundamentalists, scientific fundamentalists do not realize that their opinions are based on faith. They think they know the truth. "

Rupert Sheldrake

" Faith consists in being vitally concerned with that ultimate reality to which I give the symbolical name of God. Whoever reflects earnestly on the meaning of life is on the verge of an act of faith. "

" My reason nourishes my faith and my faith my reason. "

" Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. "

George Washington

" 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. "

" Confession has been my habitual homecoming since I was a child. It is a consolation and a joy, and such joy, our faith teaches us, is meant for everyone. It is our vocation to bring it to as many people as possible. "

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

Saint Augustine

" Each blade of grass has its spot on earth whence it draws its life, its strength; and so is man rooted to the land from which he draws his faith together with his life. "

" I spend a lot of time balancing between faith and disbelief. "

" I believe in spirits. I believe in faith. I believe in spirituality. I believe in aliens as well. "

" How do I love Tim McGraw? Let me count the ways: I love that he's a country boy with a city sensibility. I love that he refuses to be pegged, and his duet with Nelly proves it. And I really love that he had the brains to marry Faith Hill. "

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

" Faith is a passionate intuition. "

William Wordsworth

" Vision looks upward and becomes faith. "

Stephen Samuel Wise

" 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. "

" I think the greatest taboos in America are faith and failure. "

" As someone who has researched and written about the Mexican cartels and the futile 'war on drugs' for coming on twenty years, I know how tough a subject it is. Mind-bending, soul-warping, heartbreaking, it challenges your intellect, your beliefs, your faith in humanity and God. "

" To imply that religious believers have no right to engage moral questions in the public square or at the ballot is simply to establish a Reichian secularism as our state faith. "

Maggie Gallagher

" First of all, you ask me if the God of Christians forgives one who doesn't believe and doesn't seek the faith. Premise that - and it's the fundamental thing - the mercy of God has no limits if one turns to him with a sincere and contrite heart; the question for one who doesn't believe in God lies in obeying one's conscience. "

" Indeed, this life is a test. It is a test of many things - of our convictions and priorities, our faith and our faithfulness, our patience and our resilience, and in the end, our ultimate desires. "

" Faith is spiritualized imagination. "

Henry Ward Beecher

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