Faith

Quotes on faith.

I write about the power of trying, because I want to be okay with failing. I write about generosity because I battle selfishness. I write about joy because I know sorrow. I write about faith because I almost lost mine, and I know what it is to be broken and in need of redemption. I write about gratitude because I am thankful – for all of it.
- Kristin Armstrong

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

It’s lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.
- Muhammad Ali

Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan of thinking.
- Khalil Gibran

Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.
- Khalil Gibran

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.
- Khalil Gibran

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

Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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.
- Nelson Mandela