Faith Quotes - Page 20

The Christian is a man who can be certain about the ultimate even when he is most uncertain about the immediate.

I'm very proud to be black, but black is not all I am. That's my cultural historical background, my genetic make-up, but it's not all of who I am nor is it the basis from which I answer every question.

As soon as I came to believe there was a God, I understood that I could not do otherwise than live only for him.

You will never understand who you are until you understand who God is.

In keeping Americans ill-educated, ill-informed and constitutionally ignorant, the education establishment has been the politician's major and most faithful partner. It is in this sense that American education can be deemed a success.

You are never too old to reinvent yourself.

I believed that there was a God because I was told it by my grandmother and later by other adults. But when I found that I knew not only that there was God but that I was a child of God, when I understood that, when I comprehended that, more than that, when I internalized that, ingested that, I became courageous.

'Be faithful to your roots' is the liberal version of 'Stay in your ghetto.'

Trust and faith bring joy to life and help relationships grow to their maximum potential.

The bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is the crowning proof of Christianity. If the resurrection did not take place, then Christianity is a false religion. If it did take place, then Christ is God and the Christian faith is absolute truth.

Our body is a cenacle, a monstrance: through its crystal the world should see God.

The problem with the wise is they are so filled with doubts while the dull are so certain.

If you want God to hear your prayers, hear the voice of the poor. If you wish God to anticipate your wants, provide those of the needy without waiting for them to ask you. Especially anticipate the needs of those who are ashamed to beg. To make them ask for alms is to make them buy it.

The most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instant of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin.

To believe that what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is to argue disbelief in the dignity of man.

Every living faith must have within itself the power of rejuvenation if it is to live

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

The mystery of life is certainly the most persistent problem ever placed before the thought of man. There is no doubt that from the time humanity began to think it has occupied itself with the problem of its origin and its future which undoubtedly is the problem of life. The inability of science to solve it is absolute. This would be truly frightening were it not for faith.

If I have achieved anything in my life, it is because I have not been embarrassed to talk about God.

You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail.

Everyone has the same God; only people differ.

God answers our prayers not because we are good, but because He is good.

God never uses anyone greatly until He tests them deeply.

Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little. The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark.

People notice peacemakers because they dress funny. We know how the people who make war dress - in uniforms and medals, or in computers and clipboards, or in absoluteness, severity, greed, and cynicism. But the peacemaker is dressed in righteousness, justice, and faithfulness - dressed for the work that is to be done.