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Through many dangers, toils, and snares.
I have already come;
’Tis grace has brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.
John Newton1725–1807Amazing Grace (1779)In context
- God
’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed!
John Newton1725–1807Amazing Grace (1779)In context
- God
Charity keepeth us in Faith and Hope, and Hope leadeth us in Charity. And in the end all shall be Charity.
Julian of Norwich1342–1416Revelations of Divine Love, Sixteenth Revelation, Ch. 84
- Charity
- Hope
I have no wish to believe on that subject.
Thomas Paine1737–1809Last words (June 1809), as quoted in Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man, by Christopher Hitchens (Grove Press, 2008), p. 140
To God, and not to man, are all men to account for their belief.
Thomas Paine1737–1809Discourse to the Theophilanthropists (1798)
- God
Since I have always been a strong believer in God, I knew that He was with me, and only He could get me through that next step.
Rosa Parks1913–2005Quiet Strength (2000)
- God
For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight;
His can’t be wrong whose life is in the right.
Alexander Pope1688–1744An Essay on Man (1734)In context
- Morality
If devotion to truth is the hallmark of morality, then there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking…the alleged short-cut to knowledge, which is faith, is only a short-circuit destroying the mind.
Ayn Rand1905–1982
- Morality
- Truth & Lies
He who loses money, loses much; He who loses a friend, loses much more, He who loses faith, loses all.
Eleanor Roosevelt1884–1962
We do not see faith, hope, and charity as unattainable ideals, but we use them as stout supports of a nation fighting the fight for freedom in a modern civilization.
Franklin D. Roosevelt1882–1945Speech to the Democratic National Convention (1936)
- Freedom
- Hope
Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.
Bertrand Russell1872–1970Unpopular Essays (1950)
The fact that a belief has a good moral effect upon a man is no evidence whatsoever in favor of its truth.
Bertrand Russell1872–1970BBC Radio Debate on the Existence of God, Russell vs. Copleston (1948)
- Truth & Lies
Whoever you are, no matter what social position you have, rich or poor, always show great strength and determination, and always do everything with much love and deep faith in God. One day you will reach your goal.
Ayrton Senna1960–1994Interview, 1991
- Motivation & Goals
I imitate
a memory of belief
that I do not own.
Anne Sexton1928–1974To Bedlam and Part Way Back (1960)
He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat; it ever changes with the next block.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Much Ado About Nothing (c. 1598), Act I, Scene I, spoken by BeatriceIn context
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