#faith

My heart hath often been deeply afflicted under a feeling that the standard of pure righteousness is not lifted up to the people by us, as a society, in that clearness which it might have been, had we been as faithful as we ought to be to the teachings of Christ. ↗

— John Woolman

#afflicted #been #christ #clearness #deeply

If you desire faith, then you have faith enough. ↗

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

#enough #faith #then #you

Love, hope, fear, faith - these make humanity; These are its sign and note and character. ↗

— Robert Browning

#character #fear #hope #humanity #love

Worry is spiritual short sight. Its cure is intelligent faith. ↗

— Paul Brunton

#cure #intelligent #short #sight #spiritual

The national will is the supreme law of the Republic, and on all subjects within the limits of his constitutional powers should be faithfully obeyed by the public servant. ↗

— Martin Van Buren

#faithfully #his #law #limits #national

I heard my name associated with the Peter Pan syndrome more than once. But really, what's so wrong with Peter Pan? Peter Pan flies. He is a metaphor for dreams and faith. ↗

— Mark Burnett

#dreams #faith #flies #heard #i

What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be, I bet that my Redeemer liveth. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#bet #betting #faith #i #kind

I don't have to have faith, I have experience. ↗

— Joseph Campbell

#faith #i

My faith doesn't go over real well in Hollywood. ↗

— Jim Caviezel

#go #hollywood #over #real #well

The world would hate His followers, not because of evil in their lives, but precisely because of the absence of evil or rather their goodness. Goodness does not cause hatred, but it gives occasion for hatred to manifest itself. The holier and purer a life, the more it would attract malignity and hate. Mediocrity alone survives. ↗

— Fulton J. Sheen

#faith #life #mediocrity #p #faith