Quotes Tagged "faith"

I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death.

You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope.

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

The chief beauty about time is that you cannot waste it in advance. The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you, as perfect, as unspoiled, as if you had never wasted or misapplied a single moment in all your life. You can turn over a new leaf every hour if you choose.

Sometimes it's easy to lose faith in people. And sometimes one act of kindness is all it takes to give you hope again.

Faith is the very first thing you should pack in a hope chest.

Fear is the glue that keeps you stuck. Faith is the solvent that sets you free.

Life without thankfulness is devoid of love and passion. Hope without thankfulness is lacking in fine perception. Faith without thankfulness lacks strength and fortitude. Every virtue divorced from thankfulness is maimed and limps along the spiritual road.

You are where you need to be. Just take a deep breath.

...art must must carry man's craving for the ideal, must be an expression of his reaching out towards it; that art must give man hope and faith. And the more hopeless the world in the artist's version, the more clearly perhaps must we see the ideal that stands in opposition - otherwise life becomes impossible! Art symbolises the meaning of our existence.

Perhaps it takes a purer faith to praise God for unrealized blessings than for those we once enjoyed or those we enjoy now.

she was completely whole and yet never fully complete

There had to be dark and muddy waters so that the sun could have something to background it's flashing glory.

Aura, I'm really patient, but I'm not a bloody saint.

Love without hope will not survive. Love without faith changes nothing. Love gives power to hope and faith.

Instead of being encouraged to feel completely protected, loved, honored, and respected by the Divine Force, you've been taught that you're being judged. Because you've been taught that, you feel guilt and fear. But guilt and fear do not open you connection to the Divine; they only serve to close your heart. The reality is that God's way is love, and you can see this for yourself.

I was in love with everything- I wanted to look with love at the angry people so that their eyes would be forced to respond; and I wanted to bring gifts to the envious and tell them that I am worthless.

I show my scars so that others know they can heal.

I plead with you--never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged. Be not afraid.

And when all your faith is gone let it be me, if it's a friend you need let it be me