Any thought that does not inspire hope is rooted in a lie.

I have observed that radical faith is so convicting to doubters, the lukewarm, the halfhearted and the religious who have re-scripted the Bible in a way that requires them to live only in the realm of reason. The truth is, you have to either be the next one out of the boat or find some spiritual excuse to relieve your cowardliness.

We can't grow our faith on the deck of a ship. We can watch other water walkers, hear their stories and read their books, but ultimately, the only way we are going to grow our water-walking faith is to get out of the dang boat!

I learned from my grandfather that when someone believes in you before you deserve it, it transforms you.

And what is faith?" "The deliberate confidence in the character of God whether we understand or not.

God is not a statistical truth, hence it is just as stupid to try to prove the existence of God as to deny him.

They laughed at Einstein. They laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

You cannot be President of the United States if you don't have faith. Remember Lincoln, going to his knees in times of trial in the Civil War and all that stuff.

Do I think faith will be an important part of being a good president? Yes, I do.

Where there is no vision, there is no hope.

For tho' from out our bourne of time and place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crost the bar.

Pray if thou canst with hope, but ever pray, though hope be weak or sick with long delay; pray in the darkness if there be no light; and if for any wish thou dare not pray, then pray to God to cast that wish away.