QUOTATIONS ON FAITH
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Good quotations are often "micro" sermons in themselves with clear relevance to Christian faith. While the inclusion of a quotation on this page does not imply that all the writings of the person quoted are recommended, the quote itself hopefully has clear veracity and value. New quotations will be added periodically.
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“Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward ... is to see what you believe.” – Augustine
“Faith ... is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted in spite of your changing moods.”
– C. S. Lewis
“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”
– Mother Teresa
“The issue of faith is not so much whether we believe in God, but whether we believe the God we believe in."
- R.C. Sproul
“If we desire our faith to be strengthened, we should not shrink from opportunities where our faith may be tried.”
– George Mueller
Don’t be afraid to examine doubts: Jesus challenged Thomas to believe, “yet responded to his request for more evidence.”
– Timothy Keller
“Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.”
– Corrie Ten Boom
“Faith ...emboldens us to walk into the land of giants, trusting God to either make them smaller or to make us bigger.”
– J. Gonzalez
“Faith ends where worry begins, and worry ends where faith begins.” – George Mueller
“The Christian faith, it turns out, involves the mind as well as the heart; reason as well as intuition.”
– Joseph Loconte
“All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”
― C.S. Lewis
“Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.”
― Elton Trueblood
“Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right.”
― Max Lucado
“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.”
― Corrie ten Boom
“Some things have to be believed to be seen.”
― Madeleine L'Engle
“None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, yet still we go forward. Because we trust. Because we have Faith.”
― Paulo Coelho
"We should inquire once again as to what the life of faith is. It is one lived by believing in God under any circumstance: 'If he slay me,' says Job, 'yet would I trust in Him.' That is faith.”
—Watchman Nee
“Faith is like radar that sees through the fog -- the reality of things at a distance that the human eye cannot see.”
― Corrie ten Boom
“Faith ... is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted in spite of your changing moods.”
– C. S. Lewis
“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”
– Mother Teresa
“The issue of faith is not so much whether we believe in God, but whether we believe the God we believe in."
- R.C. Sproul
“If we desire our faith to be strengthened, we should not shrink from opportunities where our faith may be tried.”
– George Mueller
Don’t be afraid to examine doubts: Jesus challenged Thomas to believe, “yet responded to his request for more evidence.”
– Timothy Keller
“Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.”
– Corrie Ten Boom
“Faith ...emboldens us to walk into the land of giants, trusting God to either make them smaller or to make us bigger.”
– J. Gonzalez
“Faith ends where worry begins, and worry ends where faith begins.” – George Mueller
“The Christian faith, it turns out, involves the mind as well as the heart; reason as well as intuition.”
– Joseph Loconte
“All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”
― C.S. Lewis
“Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.”
― Elton Trueblood
“Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right.”
― Max Lucado
“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.”
― Corrie ten Boom
“Some things have to be believed to be seen.”
― Madeleine L'Engle
“None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, yet still we go forward. Because we trust. Because we have Faith.”
― Paulo Coelho
"We should inquire once again as to what the life of faith is. It is one lived by believing in God under any circumstance: 'If he slay me,' says Job, 'yet would I trust in Him.' That is faith.”
—Watchman Nee
“Faith is like radar that sees through the fog -- the reality of things at a distance that the human eye cannot see.”
― Corrie ten Boom
