Faith quotes
2.6K quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Explore further
Browse quotes that often appear alongside faith — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"Most of us do not understand nuclear fission, but we accept it. I don't understand television, but I accept it. I don't understand radio, but every week my voice goes out around the world, and I accept it. Why is it so easy to accept all these man-made miracles and so difficult to accept the miracles of the Bible?"
"Violence sometimes may have cleared away obstructions quickly, but it never has proved itself creative."
"The saddest thing that befalls a soul is when it loses faith in god and woman."
"God... a being whose only definition is that he is beyond man's power to conceive."
"The true faith discovered was When painted panel, statuary, Glass-mosaic, window-glass, Amended what was told awry By some peasant gospeler."
"To leap across an abyss, one is better served by faith than doubt."
"We must be free or die, who speak the tongue That Shakespeare spake; the faith and morals hold Which Milton held."
"Let go into the mystery. Let yourself go. And when you open up your heart, you get everything you need. Baby there's a way and a mystic road. You've got to have some faith to carry on, you've got to open up your heart to the Son."
"But it seems that something has happened that has never happened before: though we know not just when, or why, or how, or where."
"Every infinity... is made finite to God."
"Our life is a gymnasium of desire.... When Christians say "God," what do we wish to express? This word is all that we yearn for.""
"Freedom is in danger of degenerating into mere arbitrariness unless it is lived in terms of responsibleness. That is why I recommend that the Statue of Liberty on the East Coast be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the West Coast."
"God often delays the conclusion of a holy endeavor so that those involved in it might merit its grace by the length of the work, their patience, and their prayers. This is why I beg you not to grow weary in yours. Although He may delay, He will reveal that it is pleasing to Him, if it is done, nevertheless, in a spirit of resignation regarding the outcome."
"Let us reflect that we shall always do God's Will and He will do ours when we carry out that of our Superiors."
"Ultimately, Monsieur, we must go to God per infamiam et bonam famam [whether spoken of well or ill], and His Divine Goodness is merciful to us when it pleases Him to allow us to encounter blame and public contempt. I am sure you have borne patiently the embarrassment you experienced because of what has happened. If the glory of the world is nothing but smoke, the contrary is a solid good, when it is accepted in the right way. I hope that great good will come to us from this humiliation."
"God has great plans for you, directed towards helping you do what Jesus Christ did when He was on earth. This requires you do resist temptation vigorously, with special confidence in the assistance of His Divine Goodness. Courage then, Monsieur. Be faithful to Him, and the Divine Goodness will be favorable to you."
"We must endeavor to have God reign sovereignly in us, and then in others. The trouble with me is that I take more care to have Him reign in others than in myself."
"Our Lord and the saints accomplished more by suffering than by acting."
"Our Lord is pleased to deprive us of temporal goods; may it please His Divine Goodness to give us spiritual ones!"
"(1) Be convinced that exactness in rising is one of the most important practices in the Company and that as the day begins so the rest of the day continues; (2) give yourselves sincerely to God on going to bed in the evening, asking Him for the strength to overcome yourselves in the morning and to obey His voice without delay."
