Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gilbert K. Chesterton

A man will not roll in the snow for a stream of tendency by which all things fulfill the law of their being. He will not go without food in the name of something, not ourselves, that makes for righteousness. He will do things like this, or pretty nearly like this, under quite a different impulse. He will do these things when he is in love.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Man is not merely an evolution but rather a revolution.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

It has always been one of my unclerical sermons to myself, that that remark which Peter made on seeing the vision of a single hour, ought to be made by us all, in contemplating every panoramic change in the long Vision we call life... "It is good for us to be here - it is good for us to be here", repeating itself eternally.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Hope means hoping when things are hopeless, or it is no virtue at all. And faith means believing the incredible, or it is no virtue at all.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Man is at his tallest when he bows.

John Dryden

Reason saw not, till Faith sprung the Light.

John Dryden

To take up half on trust, and half to try, Name it not faith but bungling bigotry.

John Dryden

A lively faith will bear aloft the mind, and leave the luggage of good works behind.

John Dryden

For mysterious things of faith, rely on the proponent, Heaven's authority.

John Locke

In all things, therefore, where we have clear evidence from our ideas, and those principles of knowledge I have above mentioned, reason is the proper judge; and revelation, though it may, in consenting with it, confirm its dictates, yet cannot in such cases invalidate its decrees: nor can we be obliged, where we have the clear and evident sentience of reason, to quit it for the contrary opinion, under a pretence that it is matter of faith: which can have no authority against the plain and clear dictates of reason.

John Locke

What if everything that happened here, happened for a reason?

John Lennon

Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me.

John Lancaster Spalding

Your faith is what you believe, not what you know.

Jodi Rell

We have the incredible privilege of serving in the highest offices in the state. We must prove ourselves worthy of our fellow citizens' faith. We must be trusted to always place the public's good above our own and to always choose fairness over favoritism.

My faith grew strong, and I sent a letter (as I was ordered) to the Rev. Dignitary of the Cathedral of Exeter. I was assured, before I sent it, he would not answer it.

A lot of it is the seat-of-your-pants-type thing and a lot of faith and trust in people.

Matt Stone

This is 100 percent having to do with his faith of Scientology. He has no problem--and he's cashed plenty of checks--with our show making fun of Christians.

They restored my faith and my hope by helping me.

Anthony Powell

It's more about faith and how God speaks to you and how it happens. I don't think I've worked on a play with such an even keel.

For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect: / Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.

For me it is a matter of faith.

There's 15 to 20 guys in here that have faith in what we're doing and that's all we need.

Pope John

This is the night of nights, the night of faith and of hope. While all is shrouded in darkness, God -- the Light -- keeps watch.

It's about people who are ready to take God out of the box. These people stand up for their faith regardless of what they are labeled. It's just so great to see the power of God and to feel His presence.

John Updike

There is this quality in things, of the Right was seeming Wrong at first. To test our faith

It was a tough week for myself. I called home a few times. I didn't really want to be here. My family said you got to stay. You never know what might happen. I'm so thankful to those guys and the 70 guys in the locker room. Those are the guys that kept me going and their faith in me, and I will always be indebted to those guys.

We want to stay in Delray because we've been here for a long time and people know us so well. I have faith in the end that something's going to come our way.

Carter Heyward

Faith is the new, the mysterious, the surprising. Nobody has ever been there before.

David Green

Our Heavenly Father is pleased when we don't compromise our faith and principles in times of desperation.

Samuel Butler

You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.

Our own evil inclinations are far more dangerous than any external enemies.

Tyranny Absolves all faith; and who invades our rights, However his own commence, can never be But an usurper.

David Hess

There is just something to be said for the value of tradition, and even our faith is not just something we thought up today. It's been around for a while.