Faith over Fear: 23 Empowering Quotes and Scriptures

 

1.  “Faith is not belief without proof but trust without reservation.”—D. Elton Trueblood (1900 – 1994)

 

2.  “Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.”—Martin Luther (1483 – 1546)

 

3.  “Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.”—Henry Ward Beecher (1813 – 1887)

 

4.  “The power of faith will often shine forth the most when the character is naturally weak.”—Augustus Hare (1834 – 1903)

 

5.  “Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.”—Rabindranath Tagore (1861 – 1941)

 

6.  “Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.”—Voltaire (1694 – 1778)

 

7.  “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”—Proverbs 3: 5-6 (NIV)

 

8.  “Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.”—Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929 – 1968)

 

9.  “Now faith is the ^[a]substance of things hoped for, the ^[b]evidence of things not seen.”—Hebrew 11: 1 (NKJV)

 

10.              “I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I've been closer to him for that reason.”—Elie Wiesel (1928 – 2016)

 

11.              “A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.”—Victor Hugo (1802 – 1885)

 

12.              “And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.”—Hebrew 11: 6 (NIV)

 

13.              “We are twice armed if we fight with faith.”—Plato (circa 424 – 347 BC)

 

14.              “Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time.”—Oswald Chambers (1874 – 1917)

 

15.              “If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve mastery.”—John Paul Jones (1747 – 1792)

 

16.              “Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.”—Susan L. Taylor (1946)

 

17.              “Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.”—Mahalia Jackson (1911 – 1972)

 

18.              “Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope.”—Corazon Aquino (1933 – 2009)

 

19.              “A faith that cannot be tested is a faith that cannot be trusted.”—Greg Laurie (1952)

 

20.              “To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.”—Thomas Aquinas (1225 – 1274)

 

21.              “Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”—Mother Teresa (1910 – 1997)

 

22.              “A man of courage is also full of faith.”—Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 – 43 BC)

 

23.              “Have faith in God; God has faith in you.”—Edwin Louis Cole (1922 – 2002)