#fait

From those to whom much is given, much is expected. I have been given much - the love of my family, the faith and trust of the people of New York, and the chance to lead this state. I am deeply sorry that I did not live up to what was expected of me. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#been #chance #deeply #did #expected

I was always concerned with writing to my age at a particular moment. That was the way I would keep faith with the audience that supported me as I went along. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#along #always #audience #concerned #faith

Too many Christians have a commitment of convenience. They'll stay faithful as long as it's safe and doesn't involve risk, rejection, or criticism. Instead of standing alone in the face of challenge or temptation, they check to see which way their friends are going. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#challenge #check #christians #commitment #convenience

The difficulties we face originate from one of three sources. Some are sent to us by the Lord to test our faith, others are the result of Satan's attacks, and still others are due to our own sinful choices. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#choices #difficulties #due #face #faith

If we are strong, and have faith in life and its richness of surprises, and hold the rudder steadily in our hands. I am sure we will sail into quiet and pleasent waters for our old age. ↗

— Freya Stark

#am #faith #hands #hold #i

But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#faith #god #i #maniac #raving

The enemies of the Christian religion and the Law of God confuse law with faith. ↗

— Randall Terry

#christian religion #confuse #faith #god #law

Politicians are usually the first to forget that if you assume someone else is acting in bad faith, they will do the same to you. Questioning motives poisons the well. ↗

— John Sununu

#assume #bad #else #faith #first

Competition got me off the farm and trained me to seek out challenges and to endure setbacks; and in combination with my faith, it sustains me now in my fight with Alzheimer's disease. ↗

— Pat Summitt

#challenges #combination #competition #disease #endure

Men never cling to their dreams with such tenacity as at the moment when they are losing faith in them, and know it, but do not dare yet to confess it to themselves. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

#confess #dare #dreams #faith #know