#faithful

I glance back in the mirror to the concrete bridge, the one I've boldly driven straight across without second thought, and I see truth reflecting back at me: Every time fear freezes and worry writhes, every time I surrender to stress, aren't I advertising the unreliability of God? That I really don't believe? But if I'm grateful to the Bridge Builder for the crossing of a million strong bridges, thankful for a million faithful moments, my life speaks my beliefs and I trust Him again. ↗

— Ann Voskamp

#god #trust #faith

A foolish woman believes that loyalty is automatic. A wise woman knows that it is earned. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#gullible-women #loyal #unfaithful-men #men

The mind is for seeing, the heart is for hearing ↗

— Arabic saying

#faith

We're called to be faithful, to take those first difficult steps--and to leave the results up to God. ↗

— Alex Harris

#god #hope #inspirational #results #truth

What is kinder--to believe the best of people and burden them with a nobility beyond their endurance--or to see them as they are, and accept it because it makes them comfortable? ↗

— Ayn Rand

#justice #kindness #faith

Because faithfulness is not a human question, but a divine one. ↗

— Sebastian Barry

#faith

Fortunate are those who take the first step. Someday people will realize that men and women are capable of speaking the language of the angels - that all of us are possessed of the gifts of the Holy Spirit and that we can perform miracles, cure, prophesy, and understand. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#faithfulness #gifts-from-heaven #holy-spirit #miracles #faith

It is better to be unfaithful than to be faithful without wanting to be. ↗

— Brigitte Bardot

#faithful #than #unfaithful #wanting #without

Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles. ↗

— Confucius

#loyalty #sincerity #faith

That perfect tranquillity of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library. ↗

— Aphra Behn

#found #friend #good #library #life