Quotes about faith
146 quotes from 98 people
Franklin D. Roosevelt1882–1945Speech to the Democratic National Convention (1936)
Mahatma Gandhi1869–1948Young India (24 September 1931)
Martin Luther1483–1546The Freedom of a Christian (1520), p. 74
Adlai Stevenson II1900–1965Essay in This I Believe: 2 (1952) edited by Edward R. Murrow, p. 142
William the Silent1533–1584Letter to his brother, Louis of Nassau, as quoted in William the Silent (1897) by Frederic Harrison, p. 93
Peter Ustinov1921–20042000 Years of Disbelief: Famous People with the Courage to Doubt (1996) by James A. Haught
Charlie Chaplin1889–1977My Autobiography (1964), p. 291
Iain Banks1954–2013Feersum Endjinn (1994), Chapter 9, Section 2 (p. 265)Atheism is, I suppose, the supreme example of a simple faith.
G. K. Chesterton1874–1936Where All Roads Lead (1922)Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith.
Steve Jobs1955–2011Address at Stanford University (2005)An exaggerated and solemn respect always indicates a loss of faith.
Gene Wolfe1931–2019“Seven American Nights”, Orbit 20 (1978), ed. Damon KnightWe don’t have to explain miracles; all we have to do is accept them.
Ben Carsonborn 1951Think Big (1996), p. 146Who never doubted never half believed
Where doubt there truth is—‘t is her shadow.
Philip James Bailey1816–1902Festus (1839)How many things served us yesterday for articles of faith, which today are fables for us?
Michel de Montaigne1533–1592Essays, Book I, Ch. 27, It is folly to measure the true and false by our own capacityNever confuse faith, or belief — of any kind — with something even remotely intellectual.
John Irvingborn 1942A Prayer for Owen Meany (1989), ch. 9