Favorite Quotations ~ Faith

Watercolor stained glass church, symbol of faith and trust Faith is the quiet courage to keep going when the way ahead is dim. It’s trust, practiced daily — a hand reaching for the light, a heart listening for what’s still and true. May these words bring calm strength and a hopeful spark. ✨

“In this springtime of faith, may yours blossom forth with abundant new life.” ~ Fr. Brian Cavanaugh

The fastest way to know God is to serve the God in someone else. ~ Peter Reinhart

Faith is a twenty‑four hour a day commitment. ~ Mary Kay Ash

Sometimes when we’re waiting for God to speak, He’s waiting for us to listen. ~ Martha Bolton

Why indeed must God be a noun? Why not a verb — the most active and dynamic of all? ~ Mary Daly

I pray hard, work hard and leave the rest to God. ~ Florence Griffith Joyner

Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active. ~ Edith Hamilton

God will be present, whether asked or not. ~ Latin Proverb

We need to find God, and He cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence... we need silence to touch souls. ~ Mother Teresa of Calcutta

A man lives by believing in something, not by debating and arguing about many things. ~ Thomas Carlyle

We must pray to God for courage. No future is totally dark and hopeless if we have faith. ~ Rev. Paul Osumi

Faith grows only in the dark. You’ve got to trust Him where you can’t trace Him... and faith grows. ~ Lyell Rader

Faith is by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light. ~ Helen Keller

Faith is letting go and trusting oneself to the unknown. ~ Alan Watts

I cannot dance, O Lord, unless You lead me. ~ St. Mechtilde of Magdeburg

Faith is knowing there is an ocean because you have seen a brook. ~ William Arthur Ward

God cannot catch us / unless we stay in the unconscious room of our hearts. ~ Patrick Kavanagh

Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart. ~ Abraham Joshua Heschel, Man Is Not Alone