Quotes about Trust

Have faith and pursue the unknown end.

The great act of faith is when a man decides he is not God.

The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God.

Every year, if not every day, we have to wager our salvation upon some prophecy based upon imperfect knowledge.

The roses, the lovely notes, the dining and dancing are all welcome and splendid. But when the Godiva is gone, the gift of real love is having someone who'll go the distance with you. Someone who, when the wedding day limo breaks down, is willing to share a seat on the bus.

Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we are not wise enough to see it.

He makes Himself known to those who, after doing all that their powers will allow, confess that they need help from Him.

We betray our modern arrogance and forget the place of mystery in God's dealing with us.

If the Christian faith is true, it is true even if no one believes it, and if it is not true, it is false even if everyone believes it. The truth of the faith does not stand and fall with our defense of it.

In short, contrary to the founders—and in ways they do not realize themselves—Americans today are heedlessly pursuing a vision of freedom that is short-lived and suicidal. Once again, freedom without virtue, leadership without character, business without trust, law without customs, education without meaning and medicine, science and technology without human considerations can end only in disaster.

It is no great feat to burn a little man. It is a great achievement to persuade him. ERASMUS, LETTER