#fait

Is a faith without action a sincere faith? ↗

— Jean Racine

#faith #sincere #without

Remember the sufferings of Christ, the storms that were weathered... the crown that came from those sufferings which gave new radiance to the faith... All saints give testimony to the truth that without real effort, no one ever wins the crown. ↗

— Thomas Becket

#christ #crown #effort #ever #faith

Purity is not imposed upon us as though it were a kind of punishment, it is one of those mysterious but obvious conditions of that supernatural knowledge of ourselves in the Divine, which we speak of as faith. Impurity does not destroy this knowledge, it slays our need for it. ↗

— Georges Bernanos

#destroy #divine #does #faith #imposed

Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without it, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible. ↗

— Mary McLeod Bethune

#factor #faith #first #impossible #life

The ultimate wisdom which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls faith rather than reason. ↗

— Hal Borland

#calls #deals #fact #faith #lies

It's a war of attrition. If you have patience and a modicum of faith in yourself your chances are not too bad. ↗

— Julie Bowen

#bad #chances #faith #modicum #patience

It's good to learn early that every show is a family---complete with dysfunctional relationships, tough love, and plenty of occasion for forgiveness... ↗

— Kristin Chenoweth

#theater #theatre-quotations #faith

The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall rob their children of faith in God and send them back to their homes skeptical, or infidels, or agnostics, or atheists. ↗

— William Jennings Bryan

#atheists #back #children #faith #god

In the last analysis, of course, an oath will encourage fidelity in office only to the degree that officeholders continue to believe that they cannot escape ultimate accountability for a breach of faith. ↗

— James L. Buckley

#analysis #believe #breach #cannot #continue

When I have had such men before my camera my whole soul has endeavored to do its duty towards them in recording faithfully the greatness of the inner as well as the features of the outer man. The photograph thus taken has been almost the embodiment of a prayer. ↗

— Julia Margaret Cameron

#been #before #camera #duty #embodiment