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Faith

If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished. – Swami Vivekananda

There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer. – John Wooden

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness. – Henry David Thoreau

Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe. – Henry David Thoreau

Faith never makes a confession. – Henry David Thoreau

Believe in yourself, and the rest will fall into place. Have faith in your own abilities, work hard, and there is nothing you cannot accomplish. – Brad Henry

Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence. – Richard Dawkins

Anyone who is to find Christ must first find the church. How could anyone know where Christ is and what faith is in him unless he knew where his believers are? – Martin Luther

Fear clogs faith liberates. – Elbert Hubbard

Christianity is not the faith of the complacent, the comfortable or of the timid. It demands and creates heroic souls like Wesley, Wilberforce, Bonhoeffer, John Paul the Second, and Billy Graham. Each showed, in their own way, the relentless and powerful influence of the message of Jesus Christ. – Mitt Romney

Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith. – Alexis de Tocqueville

Faith must trample under foot all reason, sense, and understanding. – Martin Luther

Back of every creation, supporting it like an arch, is faith. Enthusiasm is nothing: it comes and goes. But if one believes, then miracles occur. – Henry Miller

To insure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough, a police force is needed as well. – Albert Camus

My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success. – Barack Obama

A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned. – Xun Zi

Faith is love taking the form of aspiration. – William Ellery Channing

I forbid you, agnostic, doubting thoughts, to destroy the house of my faith. – Thomas S. Monson

For love would be love of the wrong thing there is yet faith, But the faith and the love and the hope are all in the waiting. – T. S. Eliot

You know, my faith is one that admits some doubt. – Barack Obama