Great Faith Quotes

I have great faith in a seed. ~ Henry David Thoreau

A loving and kindly approach works between individuals, it works between groups and it would work between nations if nations had the courage to try it. ~ Peace Pilgrim

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. ~ Lewis Black

What we do brag about is our kids' perfectness even as simultaneously we evince so little actual faith in their ability to do the work of living life on their own, the way every prior generation of humans somehow has. Instead of a belief in them, we have great faith that our skills, plans, and dreams are the right tools for constructing their lives. ~ Julie Lythcott-Haims

I have great faith in the people of Montana; they can't be bought. ~ Jon Tester

Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible. ~ William James

I have great faith in fools - self-confidence my friends will call it. ~ Edgar Allan Poe

Great faith is the product of great fights. Great testimonies are the outcome of great tests. Great triumphs can only come out of great trials. ~ Smith Wigglesworth

Little faith will bring your souls to heaven, but great faith will bring heaven to your souls. Charles H. Spurgeon ~ Lettie B. Cowman

Faith is like electricity. You can't see it, but you can see its light shining on you. ~ Antoni Zygmund

When you read the news, and you see all this bad stuff happening, there's a tendency to lose faith in humanity. But I meet so many people who restore it and realize that, actually, 99 percent of people are great. ~ Johnny Galecki

And again: No more gods! no more gods! Man is King, Man is God! - But the great Faith is Love! ~ Arthur Rimbaud

I still have great faith in democracy. I have great belief in the power of community. ~ Terry Tempest Williams

And now
after everything:
I know this:
There is a reason
I am here.
And that reason
is bigger than me.
So I will carry on
with great faith
beyond what I can see.
in pursuit of bold courage,
on the adventure
of the journey. ~ Morgan Harper Nichols

Theologians in all the great faiths have devised all kinds of myths to show that this type of kenosis, of self-emptying, is found in the life of God itself. They do not do this because it sounds edifying, but because this is the way that human nature seems to work. We are most creative and sense other possibilities that transcend our ordinary experience when we leave ourselves behind. ~ Karen Armstrong

I do not need the Lord to heal me. What I need is the faith to trust him no matter what happens. In this, I have begun to realize that great faith is borne in the great unknowns of life. ~ Kasey Van Norman

Great faith, like great strength in general, is revealed by the ease of its workings. Most of what we think we see as the struggle OF faith is really the struggle to act as IF we had faith when in fact we do not. ~ Dallas Willard

You do not need a great faith, but faith in a great God. ~ Hudson Taylor

Unless we hear very strictly with great faith to the order of our Spiritual Master, we will not understand what is the mercy of Krishna and how it is coming upon us. ~ Radhanath Swami

It is not great faith, but true faith, that saves; and the salvation lies not in the faith, but in the Christ in whom faith trusts ... It is not the measure of faith, but the sincerity of faith, which is the point to be considered. ~ Charles Haddon Spurgeon

I have great faith in God. Without faith, I don't know how I would have been able to get through what I've been through. ~ Marie Osmond

So in every sense, from an independent artist to a major label artist, you just have to have great product, great faith and great people, they all go together. ~ Ledisi

It's a weak faith that only serves God in times of blessing. The book of Job teaches us that true faith, genuine faith, great faith is revealed only when we serve and trust God in the hard times, the times of suffering, loss, and opposition. That's the kind of faith that makes the world sit up and take notice. ~ Ray Stedman

He had great faith in Oy. Or maybe it was love. Or maybe those things were the same. ~ Stephen King

It fascinates me that believers have made faith in a god's existence into an admired and respected concept. Some people brag endlessly about their great faith in a god, never once considering that giving up on their mind's ability to weigh evidence and analyze arguments may not be such a good thing. I cannot imagine how it can ever be right to default to faith when considering an unusual claim. ~ Guy P. Harrison

He had great faith in his own fortune. When planning anything he always felt in advance firmly convinced of success and fate smiled to him. ~ Leo Tolstoy

I've met people of great faith. I sat in the home of Billy Graham and in the residence of Cardinal Dolan and prayed with these men of God. ~ Mitt Romney

God isn't looking for people of great faith, but for individuals ready to follow Him. ~ James Hudson Taylor

He had seen too much of the cosmos to have any great faith in man's ability to understand it. ~ Poul Anderson

Time is a great faith healer ~ Dean Cavanagh

She was not a writer herself but she was a very good reader, passionate and eclectic in her tastes, and my father had great faith in her judgments. ~ David Benioff

Great faith, Great hope, Great courage. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

I have great faith in 'ordinary parents.' Who has a child's welfare more at heart than his ordinary parent? It's been my experience that when parents are given the skills to be more helpful, not only are they able to use these skills, but they infuse them with a warmth and a style that is uniquely their own. ~ Haim Ginott

There were several completely mysterious electrical devices connected with the washstand, and the water valve did not cut off when you released the faucet but kept pouring out until shut off - a sign, Shevek thought, either of great faith in human nature, or of great quantities of hot water. ~ Ursula K. Le Guin

Certainly the determining acts of her life were not ideally beautiful. They were the mixed result of young and novel impulse struggling amidst the conditions of an imperfect social state, in which great feelings will often take the aspect of error, and great faith the aspect of illusion. ~ George Eliot

All great dreamers have great faith. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

What great faith our Lord Jesus Christ asks of us - and how just that is. Do we not owe him such faith? It looks impossible to us, but Jesus is Master of the impossible. ~ Charles De Foucauld

The young man looked at her a moment. 'You are very much changed,' he said.
'I am glad to hear it,' Gertrude declared.
'I am not. I have known you a long time, and I have loved you as you were.'
'I am much obliged to you,' said Gertrude. 'I must be going home.'
He, on his side, gave a little laugh. 'You certainly do avoid me - you see!'
'Avoid me, then.' said the girl.
He looked at her again; and then, very gently, 'No, I will not avoid you,' he replied; 'but I will leave you, for the present, to yourself. I think you will remember - after a while - some of the things you have forgotten. I think you will come back to me; I have great faith in that.'
This time his voice was very touching; there was a strong reproachful force in what he said, and Gertrude could answer nothing. He turned away and stood there, leaning his elbows on the gate and looking at the beautiful sunset. Gertrude left him and took her way home again; but when she reached the middle of the next field she suddenly burst into tears. Her tears seemed to her to have been a long time gathering, and for some moments it was a kind of glee to shed them. But they presently passed away. There was something a little hard in Gertrude; and she never wept again. ~ Henry James

People of great faith are almost always lacking in reason, while people possessed of great reason often suffer from a pitiful lack of faith. So it always happens that people of great faith can move the world but cannot steer it, while people possessed of great reason excel at steering the world but are hopeless at moving it ~ Agona Apell

We had great faith that with patience, understanding, and education, that my family and I could be helpful in changing their minds and attitudes around. ~ Ryan White

Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has
been, I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seed
there, and I am prepared to expect wonders. ~ Henry David Thoreau

I have great faith in the future of books - no matter what form they may take - and of science fiction. ~ Connie Willis

It is possible to rise to the lofty standard set by the Lord for priesthood holders in making decisions in quorums. It is possible when there is great faith and love and the absence of contention. ~ Henry B. Eyring

My photographs don't go below the surface. They don't go below anything. They're readings of the surface. I have great faith in surfaces. A good one is full of clues. But whenever I become absorbed in the beauty of a face, in the excellence of a single feature, I feel I've lost what's really there been seduced by someone else's standard of beauty or by the sitter's own idea of the best in him. That's not usually the best. So each sitting becomes a contest. ~ Richard Avedon

I have no great faith in women's plays. They always seem to me to lack precisely that which women lack, viz: testicles. ~ George H. Boker

I feel a complete protection on my pilgrimage. God is my shield. There are no accidents in the Divine Plan nor does God leave us unattended. No one walks so safely as those who walk humbly and harmlessly with great love and great faith. ~ Peace Pilgrim

The Hindu religion is the only of the World's great faiths dedicated to the idea that the Cosmos itself undergoes an immense, indeed an infinite, number of deaths and rebirths. ~ Carl Sagan

Remember, upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all." ― Alexander the Great ~ Alexander The Great

Great faith doesn't come out of great effort, but out of great surrender. ~ Bill Johnson

It takes great faith to fight the odds in life. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Great faith equals great power. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

To have great faith is to have great power, because your intent, your will, is undivided. When your word isn't dissipated by doubt, the power of your word becomes even stronger. ~ Miguel Angel Ruiz

It takes great faith in Easter, particularly faith in the gift of the Holy Spirit, to be honest with our people that we have not a clue to the meaning of some biblical passage, or that we have no sense of a satisfying ending for a sermon, or that we are unsure of precisely what the congregation ought to do after hearing a given text. The most ethically dangerous time within a sermon is toward the end of the sermon, when we move from proclamation to application and act as if we know more than God. 133 ~ William H. Willimon

Nashville is one of the greatest places for the best songwriters in the world. It's been fantastic to live there and to raise our family there. It's a great town. ~ Faith Hill

A great storm is like a sunny day to a person of great faith. A gentle wind is like a great storm to a person of great fear. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

I think what has happened, actually, is that September 11 has given a spur, a renewed urgency, to dialogue between the great faiths. ~ George Carey

We often think of great faith as something that happens spontaneously so that we can be used for a miracle or healing. However, the greatest faith of all, and the most effective, is to live day by day trusting Him. It is trusting Him so much that we look at every problem as an opportunity to see His work in our life. ~ Rick Joyner

On earth, however, God doesn't prescribe a happy life. Look at some of the Psalms. They are written by people of great faith, yet they run the emotional gamut. One even ends with "darkness is my closest friend" (Ps. 88:18). When your emotions feel muted or always low, when you are unable to experience the highs and lows you once did, the important question is not "How can I figure out what I have done wrong?" but it is, "Where do I turn - or, to whom do I turn - when I am depressed? ~ Edward T. Welch

Everyone has obstacles to overcome, but those with great faith can conquer whatever stands in the way. ~ Mary Kay Ash

I have great faith in the United States. It's the only country I would ever live in. ~ Harvey Fierstein

None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, yet still we go forward. Because we trust. Because we have Faith. ~ Paulo Coelho

I used to say to my late wife, 'I have great faith in the American people.' ~ Joe Biden

The Lord is very great. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Religion in Chinatown, as in most places, is based less on a cogent theology and more on a collection of random fears, superstitions, prejudices, forgotten customs, vestigial animism, and social control. Mrs. Ling, while a professed Buddhist of the Pure Land tradition, also kept waving cat charms, lucky coins, and put great faith in the good fortune of the color red ... and was very much in favor of any tradition, superstition, or ritual that involved fireworks ... ~ Christopher Moore

All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust. ~ J.M. Barrie

I thank God every day, all day, for everything He has done & everything He is going to do. I AM NOT PERFECT! I repeat, I AM NOT PERFECT. But even in my imperfections & my ways, I acknowledge Him, I love Him with all my heart & I have great faith in Him, always. ~ LaNina King

Edwin Hubble, who continues to give me great faith in humanity, because he started out as a lawyer and then became an astronomer. ~ Lawrence M. Krauss

Better to have small faith in a great God than to have great faith in a small god. ~ Steven J. Lawson

I have great faith that there's a master plan and that even if we don't understand it and even if it's heartbreaking, there's a reason for everything. And I hold on to that. ~ Terri Irwin

Have a little faith in me, Volger." "I have great faith, tempered with vast annoyance. ~ Scott Westerfeld

I have great faith in optimism as a guiding principle, if only because it offers us the opportunity of creating a self-fulfilling prophecy. ~ Arthur C. Clarke

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe. ~ Voltaire

We have great faith, though yours at present is uncrystallized; we have a terrible honesty that all our sophistry cannot destroy and, above all, a childlike simplicity that keeps us from ever being really malicious. ~ F Scott Fitzgerald

The three elements of creativity are thus: loving, knowing, and doing - or heart, mind, and hands - or, as Zen Buddhist teaching has it; great faith, great question, and great courage. ~ Eric Maisel

I've never bought this idea of taking a therapeutic distance. If I see a student or house staff cry, I take great faith in that. That's a great person; they're going to be a great doctor. ~ Abraham Verghese

Great faith surfaces in great problems - have faith ~ Ikechukwu Joseph

Great faith, Great confidence. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Just as our Rifle Corps friends put up the target with the intention of shooting at it; so does God give faith with the intention of letting trials and troubles, and sin and Satan aim all their darts at it. When thou hast faith in Christ it is a great privilege; but recollect that it involves a great trial. You asked for great faith the other night; did you consider that you asked for great troubles too? You cannot have great faith to lay up and rust. ~ Charles Haddon Spurgeon

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

I still have great faith in what is good and right in all of us. ~ Marvin Hamlisch

Charles Spurgeon used to say, "Little faith will take your soul to heaven, but great faith will bring heaven to your soul." It is not enough that we long for heaven during times of suffering, for anybody can do that. What Peter urged his readers to do was exercise love, faith, and rejoicing, so that they might experience some of the glory of heaven in the midst of suffering now. ~ Warren W. Wiersbe

I live by great faith. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

A godly woman is beyond average because she keeps her word. She honors her vows. She exhibits great faith. She overcomes great obstacles. And she affects her family, her community, even the world. ~ Elizabeth George

Great faith must have great trials. ~ Charles Spurgeon

Compassion has been advocated by all the great faiths because it has been found to be the safest and surest means of attaining enlightenment. It dethrones the ego from the center of our lives and puts others there, breaking down the carapace of the selfishness that holds us back from an experience of the sacred. And it gives us ecstasy, broadening our perspectives and giving us a larger, enhanced vision. ~ Karen Armstrong

Great faith it needs, according to my view, To trust in that which never could be true. ~ Benjamin

The cancer doesn't bother me. I have great faith that the technology will beat it. ~ Henry Cisneros

I have great faith that Heaven's there and I'll see my brothers and my mom and dad when I get there. ~ Ernie Harwell

I have a great faith in the strength and the resilience in the American people. ~ David Halberstam

Your employers evince great faith in your talents, Mr Ewing, to entrust you with business neccessitating such a long & arduous voyage. I replied that, yes, I was a senior enough notary to be entrusted with my present assignment, but a junior enough scrivener to be obligated to accept the same. ~ David Mitchell

Hope is an act of faith. Great faith, great hope. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

I had great faith that perhaps this man Obama would do something, but he is, we're all in the grip of big money. ~ Malachy McCourt

I have great faith in the intelligence of the American viewer and reader to put two and two together and come up with four. ~ Jim Lehrer

Let me say to you sisters that you do not hold a second place in our Father's plan for the eternal happiness and well-being of His children. You are an absolutely essential part of that plan. Without you the plan could not function. Without you the entire program would be frustrated ... Each of you is a daughter of God, endowed with a divine birthright. You need no defense of that position ... There is strength and great capacity in the women of this Church. There is leadership and direction, a certain spirit of independence, and yet great satisfaction in being a part of the Lord's kingdom.. ~ Gordon B. Hinckley

A story went the rounds about a San Franciscan white matron who refused to sit beside a Negro civilian on the streetcar, even after he made room for her on the seat. Her explanation was that she would not sit beside a draft dodger who was a Negro as well. She added that the least he could do was fight for his country the way her son was fighting on Iwo Jima. The story said that the man pulled his body away from the window to show an armless sleeve. He said quietly and with great dignity, Then ask your son to look around for my arm, which I left over there. ~ Maya Angelou

As Christians, we call ourselves people of faith, but how much practical faith do we really have? ~ Lisa Bedrick

The independence of the economic sphere was a tenet of faith with Liberalism. ~ Francis Parker Yockey

A great thinker does not necessary have to discover a master idea but has to rediscover and to affirm a true but forgotten, ignored or misunderstood master idea and interpret it in all the diverse aspect of thought not previously done, in a powerful and consistent way, despite surrounding ignorance and opposition. ~ Wan Mohd Nor Wan Daud

Failures test our faith. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

It is interesting to note how many of the great scientific discoveries begin as myths. ~ Rollo May