A faith is something you die for, a doctrine is something you kill for. There is all the difference in the world. Tony Benn on faith
The essential element in personal magnetism is a consuming sincerity - an overwhelming faith in the importance of the work one has to do. Bruce Barton on faith
By gold all good faith has been banished by gold our rights are abused the law itself is influenced by gold, and soon there will be an end of every modest restraint. Sextus Propertius on faith
I don't have faith in young people any more. I don't waste time trying to communicate with them. Vivienne Westwood on faith
Of all our dreams today there is none more important - or so hard to realise - than that of peace in the world. May we never lose our faith in it or our resolve to do everything that can be done to convert it one day into reality. Lester B. Pearson on faith
Act strenuously, would appear to be our faith, and right thinking will take care of itself. Irving Babbitt on faith
The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people. Irving Babbitt on faith
The saddest thing that befalls a soul is when it loses faith in God and woman. Alexander Smith on faith
With gridlock the norm, Congress's approval rating is below 10 percent and the public has lost faith in its national leadership. Ron Fournier on faith
You can almost see voters nodding their heads at home: The public's faith in politicians and political institutions has been on a steep and dangerous decline for decades, because elected leaders fail to deliver. Ron Fournier on faith
To try to fashion something from suffering, to relish our triumphs, and to endure defeats without resentment: all that is compatible with the faith of a heretic. Walter Kaufmann on faith
Red Letter Christians believe in the doctrines of the Apostle's Creed, are convinced that the Scriptures have been inspired by the Holy Spirit, and make having a personal transforming relationship with the resurrected Christ the touchtone of their faith. Tony Campolo on faith
It's a new day for the Democrats when it comes to matters of faith, and the younger Evangelicals are aware of this and many of them are moving into the Democratic camp. Tony Campolo on faith
Sigmund Freud was the apostle of disbelief. He was the one who made psychoanalysis a part of our culture, and in so doing he kicked out a flying buttress that had been essential for holding up our cathedral of faith. Tony Campolo on faith
But I recognize no infallible authority, even in special questions consequently, whatever respect I may have for the honesty and the sincerity of such or such an individual, I have no absolute faith in any person. Mikhail Bakunin on faith
From faith, hope, and love, the virtues of religion referring to God, there arises a double act which bears on the spiritual communion exercised between God and us the hearing of the word and prayer. William Ames on faith
Religious faith depends on a host of social, psychological and emotional factors that have little or nothing to do with probabilities, evidence and logic. Michael Shermer on faith
He who is not impressed by sound advice, lacks faith. Abu Bakr on faith
That someone like Obama could be elected president of the United States - with its unrivaled power and prestige - has begun to restore the country's and the world's faith in America as the land of opportunity. Dee Dee Myers on faith