Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and when we lose faith in the system, we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for.
Copy Quote View & ShareLet me say that I consider myself a deep believer in the reality of God. I might define God quite differently from the way some people in the Christian faith would do so, but I do not doubt the reality of that experience.
Copy Quote View & ShareWe grew up Amish, but my parents left the religion when I was a child. The Amish have lots of rules, and my dad thought many people in the faith were hypocritical because they'd tell others not to do something and then do it themselves.
Copy Quote View & ShareWhen you're thirsty and it seems that you could drink the entire ocean, that's faith; when you start to drink and finish only a glass or two, that's science.
Copy Quote View & ShareFor me, faith is more about aspiration than complacency - the smug satisfaction that other people find distasteful.
Copy Quote View & ShareI've always believed that success for anyone is all about drive, dedication, and desire, but for me, it's also been about confidence and faith.
Copy Quote View & ShareIf 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.
Copy Quote View & ShareIt 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.
Copy Quote View & ShareTechnology is nothing. What's important is that you have a faith in people, that they're basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they'll do wonderful things with them.
Copy Quote View & ShareIt is not good for us to trust in our merits, in our virtues or our righteousness; but only in God's free pardon, as given us through faith in Jesus Christ.
Copy Quote View & ShareWe will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind. In the faith that looks through death, in years that bring the philosophic mind.
Copy Quote View & ShareI have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
Copy Quote View & ShareUnwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience.
Copy Quote View & ShareIf I were dying, my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end.
Copy Quote View & ShareHoliness is the strength of the soul. It comes by faith and through obedience to God's laws and ordinances. God then purifies the heart by faith, and the heart becomes purged from that which is profane and unworthy.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe Gospel purifies and renews: it bears fruit wherever the community of believers hears and welcomes the grace of God in truth and lives in charity. This is my faith; this is my joy.
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