Faith Quotes

In my career as an actor, there is a catchphrase that Scofield always says often in regards to his brother, 'Have a little faith.' In my own career as an actor, there were times when I was the only one who believed in myself in the face of the odds.

He who has faith has... an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well - even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly.

Comedy is an escape, not from truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

To Follow by faith alone is to follow blindly.

Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission.

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

You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine.

God always takes the simplest way.

I have great faith in the jury system.

The infinite faith I have in people's ability to understand anything that makes sense has always been justified, finally, by their behavior.

Once you're successful with a certain kind of music, it's hard not to have faith in it as a means to stay successful.

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

What happened on September 11 compels us to focus on who we are as Americans, what we stand for, what really matters in our lives - family, friends, faith and freedom.

Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains.

I have my work and my faith... If that's boring to some people, I can't tell you how much I don't care.

A faith is something you die for, a doctrine is something you kill for. There is all the difference in the world.

We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer and pains, through faith in Christ Jesus, will do anything.

But every act in consequence of our faith, strengthens faith.

The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future.

All faith consists essentially in the recognition of a world of spiritual values behind, yet not apart from, the world of natural phenomena.

Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever.

Yes, you who called us godless, we found our faith in Adolf Hitler, and through him found God once again. That is the greatness of our day, that is our good fortune!

Reason is the enemy of faith.

The United States have fulfilled in good faith all their treaty stipulations with the Indian tribes, and have in every other instance insisted upon a like performance of their obligations.

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.

That is the definition of faith - acceptance of that which we imagine to be true, that which we cannot prove.

All that I say is, examine, inquire. Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions, the for and against. Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you.

I still have all the faith and love for my music and yet I'm still playing places for kids.

Society lives by faith, and develops by science.

At the time I perceived most religious men, particularly the pastors with all their talk about love, faith and relationship, as effeminate.