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" We often read the Bible as if it were fundamentally about us: our improvement, our life, our triumph, our victory, our faith, our holiness, our godliness. "

Tullian Tchividjian

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" As a former Commander, I gave an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. As a state senator, I gave that same oath. As a Congressman, I gave an oath to defend the Constitution. There are some things that are not negotiable: Faith, my family, and the Constitution are dead center. It is nonnegotiable to me. "

" I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I go for anything new that might improve the past. "

" I am disturbed when I see the majority of so-called Christians having such little understanding of the real nature of the faith they profess. Faith is a subject of such importance that we should not ignore it because of the distractions or the hectic pace of our lives. "

William Wilberforce

" The essential element in personal magnetism is a consuming sincerity - an overwhelming faith in the importance of the work one has to do. "

" Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation. "

D. Elton Trueblood

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

" It's OK to be outspoken about your faith. "

" When did we begin to lose faith in our ability to effect change? "

Wynton Marsalis

" I have tremendous faith in President Obama's skills. He's a long-term visionary. "

" Science stands for rational thought, faith for superstition and unreason. "

" I must have had faith that day. When I went out, I was Henry Fonda again. An unemployed actor but a man. "

" I'm a great mother because of my intentions on being a great mother; I'm a good friend because I'm loyal; I'm a good daughter because I've hopefully made my mother proud; I'm a great human being because I accept that there's a spiritual being underneath it all. I've always been a woman of faith. "

" Under Pope Francis, we have seen a change at the Vatican that is reflective of the church I know and love. He approaches controversial doctrine or past wrongdoing with humility, understanding, and faith in the goodness of mankind. He has served as a voice for the voiceless and has been working to re-establish the church as a home for the homeless. "

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

" May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God has to have faith in us and, considering the history of the human race so far, may it not be that 'faith' is even more difficult for Him than it is for us? "

" We need to reject any politics that targets people because of race or religion. This isn't a matter of political correctness. It's a matter of understanding what makes us strong. The world respects us not just for our arsenal; it respects us for our diversity and our openness and the way we respect every faith. "

" I enjoy receiving love from my wife. I'm ecstatic when Kim loves me and expresses affection toward me. Something in me comes alive when she does that. But I've learned this freeing truth: I don't need that love, because in Jesus, I receive all the love I need. "

Tullian Tchividjian

" Christianity affirms that Jesus severed the link between suffering and deserving once for all on Calvary. God put the ledgers away and settled the accounts. "

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" I die the king's faithful servant, but God's first. "

" Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other. "

" 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. "

Henry B. Eyring

" Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith. "

" Indeed, there is nothing like suffering to remind us how much we need God. What good news that His purpose and plan for our lives moves in a different direction from ours! "

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" There lives more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds. "

Alfred Lord Tennyson

" All that I am I owe to Jesus Christ, revealed to me in His divine Book. "

David Livingstone

" I hope I can live up to the faith that has been put in me to do a good job. "

Clementa C. Pinckney

" Even if a unity of faith is not possible, a unity of love is. "

Hans Urs von Balthasar

" 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. "

" Pray, and let God worry. "