Quotes about Trust
Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
— Teresa of Avila
Those who risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all
— Teresa of Avila
We are like children, who stand in need of masters to enlighten us and direct us and God has provided for this, by appointing his angels to be our teachers and guides.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
The object of faith always determines its quality and worth.
— Sam Storms
faith is only as good as its object.
— Sam Storms
Paul is not impressed with faith. What moves him is faith "in Christ Jesus
— Sam Storms
Jesus's disciples have faith, but their worry proves the weakness of their faith. Great faith comes not by looking inward, to the believing self, but by looking upward, to God. By faith we stop thinking like pagans, filled with anxiety about food and clothing. Pagans, thinking like orphans, worry. Disciples, thinking like children, relax.
— Sam Storms
In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath.
— Samuel Johnson
In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.
— Samuel Johnson
To let friendship die away by negligence and silence, is certainly not wise. It is voluntarily to throw away one of the greatest comforts of this weary pilgrimage.
— Samuel Johnson
Hope is necessary in every condition.
— Samuel Johnson
We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over so in a series of kindness there is at last one which makes the heart run over.
— Samuel Johnson