FAITH
"And 'tis my faith that every flower enjoys the air it breaths." ~William Wordsworth
"As reason is a rebel to faith, so passion is a rebel to reason." ~Sir Thomas Browne
"Choose faith to chart your life course; allow hope to be the star that guides you on that journey; and you’ll always arrive at a destination of ultimate love." ~Robert Clancy
"Enthusiasm is a kind of faith that has been set afire." ~George Matthew Adams
"Every day we have a choice. We can live in fear or move forward in faith." ~Billy Cox Motivation
"Faith allows things to happen. It is the power that comes from a fearless heart. And when a fearless heart believes, miracles happen." ~Inspirational Quotes
"Faith allows you to rise above your sins. Hope lifts up your chin. In the end, love always wins." ~Robert Clancy
“Faith and fear both demand you believe in something you cannot see. You choose!” ~Bob Froctor
"Faith and patience drives you into action to keep moving and keep plugging away." ~Les Brown
"Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe." ~Voltaire
"Faith could give you courage to face anything even on roads to nowhere." ~Noel Tan
"Faith dares the soul to go farther than it can see." ~William Clarke
"Faith draws the poison from every grief, takes the sting from every loss, and quenches the fire of every pain; and only faith can do it." ~Josiah Gilbert Holland
"Faith gives you the belief you can climb that mountain; hope provides you with the strength to keep climbing; and when you reach the summit, only love will fill your eyes." ~Robert Clancy
"Faith has to be exercised in the midst of ordinary, down-to-earth living." ~Elisabeth Elliot (1926 - )
"Faith, Hope and Love: Faith exists because you believe with all your heart. Hope exists because you hold on to it with every part of your heart. Love thrives because of your beautiful heart." ~Robert Clancy
"Faith in the guidance of Spirit gives you the courage to take risks, because you're assured that whatever happens, a Higher Power is on your side and you will survive." ~Colette Baron-Reid
"Faith is a grand cathedral, with divinely pictured windows - standing without, you can see no glory, nor can imagine any, but standing within every ray of light reveals a harmony of unspeakable splendors. " ~Nathaniel Hawthorne (Inspirational Quotes)
"Faith is a higher faculty than reason." ~Philip James Bailey
"Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof." ~Khalil Gibran
“Faith is a place of mystery, where we find the courage to believe in what we cannot see and the strength to let go of our fear of uncertainty.” ~ Brené Brown
"Faith is a way of going within and creating a sense of control over one’s life at any given moment." ~Dr Wayne Dyer
"Faith is believing what you know ain't so." ~Mark Twain (1835-1910)
"Faith is like a tree. If not watered by good deeds, it will, little by little wilt and die." ~Anon
"Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking." ~R. Buckminster Fuller
"Faith is resting in Love beyond human comprehension even if it can't be seen." ~Be GraceFull
"Faith is seeing light with your heart when all your eyes see is darkness." ~Anon
"Faith is stronger than any rock you’ll ever stand upon. Hope is more precious than anything you’ve ever touched. Love is more beautiful than all the skies your eyes have ever gazed upon." ~Robert Clancy
"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase." ~Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark." ~Rabindranath Tagore
"Faith is the courage to live your life as if everything that happens does so for your highest good and learning." ~Dan Millman
"Faith is the sense of life, that sense by virtue of which man does not destroy himself, but continues to live on. It is the force whereby we live." ~Leo Tolstoy
"Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light." ~Helen Keller
"Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe." ~Saint Augustine
“Faith makes all things possible.
Love makes all things easy.
Hope makes all things work.”
~Anon
"Faith means living with uncertainty - feeling your way through life, letting your heart guide you like a lantern in the dark." ~Dan Millman
"Faith plus action equals Transformation." ~Charles F. Glassman, MD
"Faith sees a beautiful blossom in a bulb, a lovely garden in a seed, and a giant Oak in an acorn." ~William Arthur Ward
"Faith strips the mask from the world and reveals God in everything. It makes nothing impossible and renders meaningless such words as anxiety, danger, and fear, so that the believer goes through life calmly and peacefully, with profound joy - like a child, hand in hand with his mother." ~Charles De Foucauld
"For your faith to be rock solid, your heart needs to be as soft as a feather." ~Shams Tabrizi
"God has created several doors which open onto truth. He opens them to all those who knock on them with the hand of faith." ~Kahlil Gibran
"Healing Prayer: May the Lord give you enough faith and hope to help you find the light on the dark days you can’t change and enough love to become that light on the days you can." ~Robert Clancy
"Help me to walk in your light, and live my life in faith and glory." ~Anon
"I do not judge people by the scriptures of their faith or the scars from their past. I embrace them by the content of their hearts." ~Dodinsky
"I have faith in myself and my life. I honour the wisdom of my soul." ~Julie Parker
“I show you doubt, to prove that faith exists.” ~Robert Browning
"It is a blessing that he did not know, for otherwise he would have lost faith in his power to fly, and the moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it." ~PETER PAN by J. M. Barrie
"It’s not that you’re expected to return from a difficult time unscathed. It’s that your faith allows you to hold onto just enough hope to be able to lead yourself back to everlasting love." ~Robert Clancy
"Keep the faith. Hold on. Things will get better. It might be stormy now, but it can't rain forever." ~Anon
"Let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good." ~Maya Angelou
“Nothing in life is more wonderful than faith - the one great moving force which we can neither weigh in the balance nor test in the crucible” ~William Osler
“Observe good faith and justice towards all Nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all." ~George Washington
"Only the soft whisper of the wind reminds us how faith and courage serve us through the test of times." ~Imelda Deinla
"Real faith is the one inside. The rest simply washes off. There is only one type of dirt that cannot be cleansed with pure water, and that is the stain of hatred and bigotry contaminating the soul. You can purify your body through abstinence and fasting, but only love will purify your heart." ~Shams Tabrizi
"Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith." ~Steve Jobs
"Reason and faith are both banks of the same river." ~Doménico Cieri Estrada
"The antidote to frustration is a calm faith, not in your own cleverness, or in hard toil, but in God's guidance." ~Norman Vincent Peale (Inspirational Quotes)
"Only the soft whisper of the wind reminds us how faith and courage serve us through the test of times." ~Imelda Deinla
"Real faith is the one inside. The rest simply washes off. There is only one type of dirt that cannot be cleansed with pure water, and that is the stain of hatred and bigotry contaminating the soul. You can purify your body through abstinence and fasting, but only love will purify your heart." ~Shams Tabrizi
"Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith." ~Steve Jobs
"Reason and faith are both banks of the same river." ~Doménico Cieri Estrada
"The antidote to frustration is a calm faith, not in your own cleverness, or in hard toil, but in God's guidance." ~Norman Vincent Peale (Inspirational Quotes)
“The faith waiting in the heart of a seed promises a miracle of life which it cannot prove at once." ~Rabindranath Tagore
"The faithful man perceives nothing less than opportunity in difficulties. Flowing through his spine, faith and courage work together: Such a man does not fear losing his life, thus he will risk losing it at times in order to empower it. By this he actually values his life more than the man who fears losing his life. It is much like leaping from a window in order to avoid a fire yet in that most crucial moment knowing that God will appear to catch you." ~Criss Jami
"The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness." ~Henry David Thoreau
"The spiritual path is not always going to be smooth and easy. There are going to be difficult situations, hardships, losses and lessons. Don't lose faith along the way. You are exactly where you need to be." ~ Jenni Young
"The way to see faith is to shut the eye of reason." ~Benjamin Franklin
"Through our faith, we gain the courage to take action. And through action, we move one step closer toward the manifestation of our desires." ~Don Miguel Ruiz
"To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax and float." ~Anon
"To have great faith is to have great power, because your intent, your will, is undivided. When your word isn’t dissipated by doubt, the power of your word becomes even stronger." ~Don Miguel Ruiz
"The faithful man perceives nothing less than opportunity in difficulties. Flowing through his spine, faith and courage work together: Such a man does not fear losing his life, thus he will risk losing it at times in order to empower it. By this he actually values his life more than the man who fears losing his life. It is much like leaping from a window in order to avoid a fire yet in that most crucial moment knowing that God will appear to catch you." ~Criss Jami
"The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness." ~Henry David Thoreau
"The spiritual path is not always going to be smooth and easy. There are going to be difficult situations, hardships, losses and lessons. Don't lose faith along the way. You are exactly where you need to be." ~ Jenni Young
"The way to see faith is to shut the eye of reason." ~Benjamin Franklin
"Through our faith, we gain the courage to take action. And through action, we move one step closer toward the manifestation of our desires." ~Don Miguel Ruiz
"To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax and float." ~Anon
"To have great faith is to have great power, because your intent, your will, is undivided. When your word isn’t dissipated by doubt, the power of your word becomes even stronger." ~Don Miguel Ruiz
“Trial is the soil in which faith flourishes.” ~T. B. Joshua
"We are filled with the Holy Spirit by faith alone. However, true prayer is one way of expressing your faith." ~Katherine Keher, Angel Stories and Miracles
"When things aren’t happening in your ideal timing, please don’t lose faith. Things are in motion, it just may not always feel that way. You have not been forgotten." ~Illuminating Souls
"You can't control everything. Sometimes you just need to relax and have faith that things will work out. Let go a little and just let life happen." ~Kody Keplinger
"Your own Fear is the greatest obstacle you will ever face on your journey. Let your Faith be bigger than your Fear." ~Eleanor Brown
HOPE
HOPE
Hold a tiny seed
In the dark of winter
And see the hopes of spring;
Hold words of love
In times of trouble
And feel the hope
That tomorrow my bring.
~Anon~
"A smile radiates hope, more meaningful to those who border hopelessness" ~Dr. Abdullah Dangcal Alonto
"A whole stack of memories never equal one little hope." ~Charles M. Schulz
"And hope is like the stars - unseen in the sunshine of prosperity and only discovered during a night of adversity." ~Charles Spurgeon
"Become the Light: If you’re unable to find a beacon of hope, become one. There’s always someone who needs you." ~Robert Clancy
"Even through the depths of despair, a glimmer of hope can shine through the cracks of pain. With Love anything is possible!"~from Happiness with Ease
"Every morning has a new beginning, a new blessing and a new hope." ~Nature, Love and Art
"We are filled with the Holy Spirit by faith alone. However, true prayer is one way of expressing your faith." ~Katherine Keher, Angel Stories and Miracles
"When things aren’t happening in your ideal timing, please don’t lose faith. Things are in motion, it just may not always feel that way. You have not been forgotten." ~Illuminating Souls
"You can't control everything. Sometimes you just need to relax and have faith that things will work out. Let go a little and just let life happen." ~Kody Keplinger
"Your own Fear is the greatest obstacle you will ever face on your journey. Let your Faith be bigger than your Fear." ~Eleanor Brown
HOPE
Hold a tiny seed
In the dark of winter
And see the hopes of spring;
Hold words of love
In times of trouble
And feel the hope
That tomorrow my bring.
~Anon~
No longer forward nor behind
I look in hope and fear;
But grateful, take the good I find
The best of now and here."
~John Whittier~
The Friendship Book 2014/MPW
"A smile radiates hope, more meaningful to those who border hopelessness" ~Dr. Abdullah Dangcal Alonto
"A whole stack of memories never equal one little hope." ~Charles M. Schulz
"And hope is like the stars - unseen in the sunshine of prosperity and only discovered during a night of adversity." ~Charles Spurgeon
"Become the Light: If you’re unable to find a beacon of hope, become one. There’s always someone who needs you." ~Robert Clancy
"Even through the depths of despair, a glimmer of hope can shine through the cracks of pain. With Love anything is possible!"~from Happiness with Ease
"Every morning has a new beginning, a new blessing and a new hope." ~Nature, Love and Art
"God puts rainbows in the clouds so that each of us - in the dreariest and most dreaded moments - can see a possibility of hope." ~Maya Angelou
"Grace is like a blanket of hope that covers you at night when you think you don't have what it takes to get up in the morning." ~Caroline Myss
"He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope." ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)
"Hope can be a powerful force. Maybe there's no actual magic in it, but when you know what you hope for most and hold it like a light within you, you can make things happen, almost like magic." ~Laini Taylor
"Hope: In your darkest hour, even the smallest ray of light will beckon your heart to never give up." ~Robert Clancy
"Grace is like a blanket of hope that covers you at night when you think you don't have what it takes to get up in the morning." ~Caroline Myss
"He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope." ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)
"Hope can be a powerful force. Maybe there's no actual magic in it, but when you know what you hope for most and hold it like a light within you, you can make things happen, almost like magic." ~Laini Taylor
"Hope: In your darkest hour, even the smallest ray of light will beckon your heart to never give up." ~Robert Clancy
"Hope is a good breakfast but a bad supper." ~Francis Bacon
"Hope is a necessity where I come from." ~Anon
"Hope is a word that every hurting heart understands." ~Anon
"Hope is always in front of you as long as you turn yourself around to face it." ~Robert Clancy
"Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness." ~Desmond Tutu
"Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out." ~Vaclav Have
"Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today." ~Thich Nhat Hanh
"Hope is just one grace-filled step beyond all your fears, worries and doubts." ~Robert Clancy
"Hope is knowing there is always another sunrise awaiting to caress your beautiful soul." ~Robert Clancy
"Hope is like a butterfly that gently alights in your heart." ~Christine Lister
"Hope is like the sun, which as we travel behind it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us." ~Samuel Smiles
"Hope is not pretending that troubles don't exist. It is the hope that they won't last forever. That hurts will be healed and difficulties overcome. That we will be led out of the darkness and into the sunshine." ~Anon
“Hope is not pretending that troubles don’t exist. It is the trust that they will not last forever, that hurts will be healed and difficulties overcome. It is faith that a source of strength and renewal lies within to lead us through the dark into the sunshine.” ~Elizabeth Chase
"Hope is perhaps the most precious commodity we have. Hope has the power to splash living colors on a bleak landscape, to fill empty chests with golden treasures, and to infuse life and vitality where before there was only death and despair." ~Dan and Jan Dravecky
"Hope is the ability to hear the melody of the future.
Faith is the ability to dance to it today."
~Anon
"Hope is the companion of power, and mother of success; for who so hopes strongly has within him the gift of miracles." ~Samuel Smiles
"Hope is the dream of a waking man." ~Aristotle
"Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers." ~Robert Green Ingersoll
"Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man." ~Pliny the Elder
"Hope is the power that gives a person the confidence to step out and try."- Zig Ziglar
"Hope, it is exquisitely fragile. It is an exceptional force which is essential to faith and you can’t afford to lose it. Lose your fears but never your hope." ~Esabelle Hine
"Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: You don't give up." ~Anne Lamott
"Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today." ~Thich Nhat Hanh
"Hope is the dream of a working man." ~Aristotle
"Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all." ~Emily Dickinson
"Hope is wishing for a thing to come true; faith is believing that it will come true." ~Norman Vincent Peale
"Hope meets you halfway on a bridge called faith." ~Bryant McGill
"Hope rises like a phoenix from the ashes of shattered dreams." ~S A Sachs
"Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, 'it will be happier.' ~Lord Alfred Tennyson
“Hope springs eternal in the human breast,
Man never is, but always to be blest.”
~Alexander Pope on Proverbs
"Hope will never leave your side, unless you choose to let go of it." ~Robert Clancy
"I believe our only hope for the future is to adopt a new conception of human ecology, one in which we start to reconstitute our concept of the richness in human capacity." ~Sir Ken Robinson
"I knew life
Began where I stood in the dark,
Looking out into the light."
~Yusef Komunyakaa
"If it were not for hopes, the heart would break." ~Thomas Fuller
"If we can get to the place where we show up as our genuine selves and let each other see who we really are, the awe-inspiring ripple effect will change the world." ~Terrie M. William
“If we hope to live not just from moment to moment, but in true consciousness of our existence, then our greatest need and most difficult achievement is to find meaning in our lives.” ~from "The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales" by Bruno Bettelheim
"It is hope that gives life meaning. And hope is based on the prospect of being able one day to turn the actual world into a possible one that looks better." ~Francois Jacob
“It takes but one glimmer of hope to find your way out of the darkness.” ~Robert Clancy
"Just being there for someone can sometimes bring hope when all seems hopeless." ~Dave G Llewellyn
"May hope cast its special light on your path in the hours, days and moments to come." ~Anon
"Many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still change for the better. And it is true that in winter it is sometimes so bitingly cold that one is tempted to say, 'What do I care if there is a summer; its warmth is no help to me now.' Yes, evil often seems to surpass good. But then, in spite of us, and without our permission, there comes at last an end to the bitter frosts. One morning the wind turns, and there is a thaw. And so I must still have hope." ~Vincent Van Gogh
"Never allow another to take the hopes from your heart, the dreams from your mind, or the goodness from your soul." ~ A.D. Williams
"Never deprive someone of hope it may be all they have ." ~H. Jackson Brown Jr. from Start from the Heart
“Never let go of hope. One day you will see that it all has finally come together. What you have always wished for has finally come to be. You will look back and laugh at what has passed and you will ask yourself... 'How did I get through all of that?” ~Anon
"Never lose hope, my heart, miracles dwell in the invisible." ~Rumi
"No matter the number of times you fail you must be determined to succeed. You must not lose hope. Don't stop in your storm. Don't give up so easily." ~Tony Narams
"No matter where you are on your journey, that's exactly where you need to be. The next road is always ahead." ~Oprah
“Often enough, our faith beforehand in an uncertifiable result is the only thing that makes the result come true.” ~William James
"Often the journey of transformation is steeped with mystery and you cannot see where you are going. Be brave. Because sometimes leaps of faith lead to the most wonderful adventures." ~Illuminating Souls
"One day everything will be all right, that is our hope. Today everything is alright, it is our illusion."-~Voltaire
"Our hope and help are found only in trusting God." ~Bill Crowder
"Out of difficulties grows miracles." ~Jean De La Breyere
"Plant seeds of happiness, hope, success and love. It will all come back to you in abundance. This is the law of nature." ~Steve Maraboli
"Some find hope between a rock and a lonely place." ~G. B. Atiste
"Stand tall in face of adversity to have the greatest view of hope’s precious light." ~Robert Clancy
"Start everyday with a new hope, leave all bad memories behind and have Faith for a better tomorrow." ~Nature, Love and Art
"The best hope of the Filipino people was crushed; a light in a dark place was snuffed out.” ~Frank Ernest Gannett
“The main hope of a nation lies in the proper education of its youth” ~Desiderius Erasmus
"The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope." ~Samuel Johnson
"There are people who carry love and light to others. They are messengers of hope." ~Susan Gale Wickes
"There is an alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmuted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness." ~Pearl S. Buck
"There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow." ~O.S. Marden
"Those in need of hope, must be given hope." ~A.D. Williams
"Those that remind us of the indomitable will of the human spirit to triumph over adversity, that make you believe in people, that make you hope for our country and our world." ~Mike Acebedo Lopez, March 27, 2017
"To a freedom fighter hope is what a lifebelt is to a swimmer – a guarantee that one will keep afloat and free from danger." ~Nelson Mandela from a letter to Winnie Mandela, written on Robben Island, 1 August 1970, LTL
"To be hopeful, to embrace one possibility after another-that is surely the basic instinct...crying out: high Tide! Time to move out into the glorious debris. Time to take this life for what it is." ~Barbara Kingsolver
"We are always looking for the next best thing to keep us in tip top shape. I have found that the way we choose to walk our lives, each day, is what ultimately shapes our health. That's why, for the health of my mind, body, and spirit, I choose to walk with: gratitude not envy; faith not worry; confidence not fear; kindness not anger." ~Dr. Charles, CoachMD
"We are filled with the Holy Spirit by faith alone. However, true prayer is one way of expressing your faith." ~Katherine Keher, Angel Stories and Miracles
"We never really lose hope – we only lose sight of it in storms." ~Jesse Barnes
"When the sun takes its final breath just before its last rays drop below the horizon, let all the twinkling stars in heaven remind you that the light of hope will never leave your side." ~Robert Clancy
"When your faith becomes stronger than your fears then your dreams can become a reality." ~Billy Cox
"Where there is no vision, there is no hope." ~George Washington Carver
"Whether you've seen angels floating in your bedroom or just found a ray of hope at a lonely moment, choosing to believe that something unseen is caring for you can be a life-shifting exercise." ~Martha Beck
"You are full of unshaped dreams ...
You are laden with beginnings...
There is hope in you..." ~Lola Ridge
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OTHERS
"A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of the truth." ~Albert Einstein
"All that has been done to weaken the foundation of an implicit faith in the Bible, as a whole, has been at the expense of the sense of religious obligation, and at the cost of human happiness." ~JG Holland
"If you’ve been knocked down or you’ve fallen hard, it takes the strength of both legs to stand up again. Let those legs be filled with faith and hope." ~Robert Clancy
"If you’ve lost faith, look no further than your own hands, for you always hold it. If you’ve lost hope, place your faith-filled hands upon your heart, for you’re always covered with it. If you’ve lost love, look no further than you own hopeful heart, for it begins there." ~Robert Clancy
"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence." ~Helen Keller
"Stand Tall: In life, whether you’ve been knocked down or you’ve fallen hard, it takes the strength of both legs to stand up again. Let those legs be filled with faith and hope." ~Robert Clancy
"To trust God in the light is nothing, but trust him in the dark that is faith." ~C.H. Spurgeon
"When we believe we are losing control, we grab on tight. When our greatest fear comes upon us, we clench our fist and teeth, close our eyes and hold on. We must learn how to let go. When the time comes for growth and change, we must have the courage and faith to let go. Whatever leaves my life makes room for something better.” ~Iyanla Vanzant
“You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the
possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith, and hope.” ~Thomas Merton
"Your hardest times often lead to the geatest moments of your life. Keep up the faith. It will all be worth it in the end." ~from Christian Today
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