It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true. William James on faith
Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it. Mason Cooley on faith
To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny. Joseph Addison on faith
Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without it, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible. Mary McLeod Bethune on faith
There is nothing wrong with America that faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens cannot cure. Dwight D. Eisenhower on faith
Anybody who has been seriously engaged in scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates of the temple of science are written the words: 'Ye must have faith.' Max Planck on faith
Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals. Albert Schweitzer on faith
If children understand that beliefs should be substantiated with evidence, as opposed to tradition, authority, revelation or faith, they will automatically work out for themselves that they are atheists. Richard Dawkins on faith
Faith means living with uncertainty - feeling your way through life, letting your heart guide you like a lantern in the dark. Dan Millman on faith
Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel. Ambrose Bierce on faith
No human race is superior no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them. Elie Wiesel on faith
Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world. Thomas Carlyle on faith
Amidst the confusion of the times, the conflicts of conscience, and the turmoil of daily living, an abiding faith becomes an anchor to our lives. Thomas S. Monson on faith
In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all. Alan Watts on faith
A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art. Benjamin Disraeli on faith
It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith is: God perceived by the heart, not by the reason. Blaise Pascal on faith
Love, like a chicken salad or restaurant hash, must be taken with blind faith or it loses its flavor. Helen Rowland on faith
No lover, if he be of good faith, and sincere, will deny he would prefer to see his mistress dead than unfaithful. Marquis de Sade on faith
I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have in it now. I believe it has a glorious future before it - not just another sovereign nation, but as an embodiment of the great ideals of our civilization. Harry S. Truman on faith
Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free. Dwight D. Eisenhower on faith