Quotes related to Hebrews 11:1
Faith keeps the soul at a holy distance from these infinite depths of the divine wisdom, where it profits more by reverence and holy fear than any can do by their utmost attempt to draw nigh unto that inaccessible light wherein these glories of the divine nature do dwell.
— John Owen
Wherefore, we do not nor ought only to believe the Scripture as highly probable, or with a moral persuasion and assurance, built upon arguments absolutely fallible and human; for if this be the formal reason of faith, namely, the veracity and authority of God, if we believe not with faith divine and supernatural, we believe not at all.
— John Owen
Hope bases vast premises upon foolish accidents and reads a word where, in fact, only a scribble exists.
— John Updike
Let us not mock God with metaphor, Analogy, sidestepping, transcendence; Making of the event a parable, a sign painted in the Faded credulity of earlier ages: Let us walk through the door.
— John Updike
Nature is always waiting, watching for you to lose faith so she can insert her fatal stitch
— John Updike
If I were ever prosecuted for my religion, I truly hope there would be enough evidence to convict me.
— John Wooden
You must believe in what you're doing, that what you're doing is the proper thing, the right thing. And you must have faith that things will end up as they should, which doesn't mean as you want them to, but things will work out as they should.
— John Wooden
Your faith, whatever it may be, is the greatest shelter of all.
— John Wooden
...I believe that doubts, honestly expressed and wrestled with, produce a faith that is stronger and more intimate than doubts suppressed under the veneer of faith.
— Sheila Walsh
Great faith equals great power.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Uncommon faith gives you uncommon power.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Walking on water is better than drowning.
— Matshona Dhliwayo