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" We can believe we are being self-reliant and independent, and yet there is still clearly an overarching destiny, a Great Maker. So when we say we have faith in ourselves, we cannot really separate the small self from the large self. "

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" I long for a life that explodes with meaning and is filled with adventure, wonder, risk, and danger. I long for a faith that is gloriously treacherous. I want to be with Jesus, not knowing whether to cry or laugh. "

Mike Yaconelli

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

" I slept with faith and found a corpse in my arms on awakening; I drank and danced all night with doubt and found her a virgin in the morning. "

" Beware of generalizations about any faith because they sometimes amount to the religious equivalent of racial profiling. Hinduism contained both Gandhi and the fanatic who assassinated him. "

" But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac. "

" My life is at least as intricate as my readers' lives. People say that 'The Artist's Way' changed their lives, but when they talk about 'Floor Sample,' they tell me, 'I was with you all the way.' "

Julia Cameron

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Life

" If you're going to vote for somebody because you think they have a great faith in God, you'd better be sure that God has faith in them. "

" The feeling of longing for home is born into us. That wonderful dream cannot become real without great faith - enough for the Holy Ghost to lead us to repentance, baptism, and the making and keeping of sacred covenants with God. This faith requires enduring bravely the trials of mortal life. "

" Faith is an act of a finite being who is grasped by, and turned to, the infinite. "

" 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 like a kernel of wheat. "

Joe Bob Briggs

Kernel

Faith

" We're telling a story. And the demands of that are different from the demands of a documentary. The audience must believe in order to keep faith in the story. "

" 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. "

" We have one life; it soon will be past; what we do for God is all that will last. "

" Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. "

" With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve. "

" One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself. "

" Corruption is nature's way of restoring our faith in democracy. "

" 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?' "

" That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith. "

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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" Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. "

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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" God will never give you anything you can't handle, so don't stress. "

" 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. "

" Trust is to human relationships what faith is to gospel living. It is the beginning place, the foundation upon which more can be built. Where trust is, love can flourish. "

" I always wanted to be honest with myself and to those who have had faith in me. "

Rafael Nadal

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" 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. "

" You all know that I have been sustained throughout my life by three saving graces - my family, my friends, and a faith in the power of resilience and hope. These graces have carried me through difficult times and they have brought more joy to the good times than I ever could have imagined. "

" I have to read something positive every single day. I have to have faith that the day is unfolding in a way that is going to be useful to somebody else... For me, living every day in gratitude has been profound for me. "

" Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness; nothing but faith, faith and freedom. "

" It is a great consolation for me to remember that the Lord, to whom I had drawn near in humble and child-like faith, has suffered and died for me, and that He will look on me in love and compassion. "

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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