Hebrews 11:1 tells us, “Faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.” We live out our faith in ways big and small—being patient in times of waiting and longing, praying for guidance when making decisions, loving our neighbors as ourselves (Mark 12:31), striking up a conversation with a stranger when we feel the Spirit’s stirring, forgiving others, being aware of God’s presence as we go about the day, bringing our questions and laments to Him, and so much more. What we believe in a spiritual sense lights the way for our daily choices and habits. That doesn’t mean that faith is something that always feels easy or manifests in an exact, consistent measurement each day. Whether you need a reminder that it’s okay to have doubts and not understand everything right now, or you’re looking for wisdom as you face a lot of unknowns, or you’re simply blown away by the peace you feel that surpasses all understanding (Philippians 4:7), these 50 quotes about faith are for you. Enjoy reading through these encouraging faith quotes—and take comfort in the fact that God is in control.
50 Faith Quotes
- “The kind of spiritual life and disciplines needed to sustain the Christian life are quiet, repetitive, and ordinary. I often want to skip the boring, daily stuff to get to the thrill of an edgy faith. But it’s in the dailiness of the Christian faith—the making the bed, the doing the dishes, the praying for our enemies, the reading the Bible, the quiet, the small—that God’s transformation takes root and grows.” — Tish Harrison Warren
- “Faith is not believing in my own unshakable belief. Faith is believing an unshakable God when everything in me trembles and quakes.” — Beth Moore
- “Faith, in the sense in which I am here using the word, is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted, in spite of your changing moods.” — C.S. Lewis
- “Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.” — Saint Augustine
- “Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.” — Susan L. Taylor
- “Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith.” — Paul Tillich
- “Faith gives you an inner strength and a sense of balance and perspective in life.” — Gregory Peck
- “The principle part of faith is patience.” — George MacDonald
- “I don’t think that we’re meant to understand it all the time. I think that sometimes we just have to have faith.” — Nicholas Sparks
- “True faith rests upon the character of God and asks no further proof than the moral perfections of the One who cannot lie.” — A.W. Tozer
- “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
- “We can look at Job, we can look at Lamentations, we can look at the Psalms, we can look at so many heroes of the faith who at different times had questions, who faced unbelief, yet God kept them, and they continued, in their doubts, to lean towards God, to lean and doubt in a way that continued to keep them attached to the vine and seeking Jesus in all of it.” — Laura Wifler
- “A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.” — Victor Hugo
- “We walk by faith and not by sight. All good things come from our Father, including our faith to believe.” — Trillia Newbell
- “Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.” — Mahalia Jackson
- “What is your purpose? Why are you here? Start small and find out.” — Nannie Helen Burroughs
- “Faith is about doing. You are how you act, not just how you believe.” — Mitch Albom
- “Faith is not contrary to reason.” — Sherwood Eddy
- “In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don’t.” — Blaise Pascal
- “You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope.” — Thomas Merton
- “Every single thing He has ever or will ever say is true. The simplicity of faith is this: taking God’s Word for it.” — Jackie Hill Perry
- “Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.” — Helen Keller
- “Jesus Christ is indeed the answer to all our questions, but we do not always know what shape that answer takes in this life.” — Fleming Rutledge
- “Faith is a state of openness or trust.” — Alan Watts
- “Sometimes the worst conditions can often provide the best atmosphere to act in faith. God doesn’t want our confidence regulated by our audience. If faith-discouragers can shake our confidence badly enough to disable us, our confidence may be in ourselves instead of God.” — Beth Moore
- “We can let go of burdens like condemnation and worry, perfectionism and insecurity. And we can cling desperately—even through tears—to the assurance that God knows, he cares, and he loves us with an infinite love. We can lay our burdens at the feet of Christ and receive what he offers instead.” — Sarah J. Hauser
- “Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.” — Corrie ten Boom
- “Doubt is not the enemy of faith. It’s the ground out of which faith often emerges. Faith requires us to venture into mystery. There’s no certitude in mystery. Doubt and faith are companions on the journey.” — Rich Villodas
- “I worry that when our gathered worship looks like a rock show or an entertainment special, we are being formed as consumers - people after a thrill and a rush - when what we need is to learn a way of being-in-the-world that transforms us, day by day, by the rhythms of repentance and faith.” — Tish Harrison Warren
- “You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.” — Mahatma Gandhi
- “Any faith that must be supported by the evidence of the senses is not real faith.” — A.W. Tozer
- “Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.” — Mother Teresa
- “To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.” — G.K. Chesterton
- “All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “To have faith in Christ means, of course, trying to do all that He says. There would be no sense in saying you trusted a person if you would not take his advice. Thus if you have really handed yourself over to Him, it must follow that you are trying to obey Him. But trying in a new way, a less worried way. Not doing these things in order to be saved, but because He has begun to save you already. Not hoping to get to Heaven as a reward for your actions, but inevitably wanting to act in a certain way because a first faint gleam of Heaven is already inside you.” — C.S. Lewis
- “It is a blessing for our children to see us live out our faith—trusting in God’s good character and provision—even when we don’t have all the answers.” — Marissa Bondurant
- “Faith and doubt both are needed—not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve.” — Lillian Smith
- “Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right.” — Max Lucado
- “Of all the things the serpent could come for, it is our faith he attacks most.” — Jackie Hill Perry
- “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
- “Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.” — Henry Ward Beecher
- “The answer to our fears is faith—real, fear-shrinking faith—in the God who loves us and gave himself for us.” — Jani Ortlund
- “In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.” — J.R.R. Tolkien
- “Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see.” — Corrie ten Boom
- “If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.” — Mahatma Gandhi
- “I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one’s head pointed toward the sun, one’s feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death.” — Nelson Mandela
- “To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.” — Thomas Aquinas
- “We’re often intimidated in battle because we are uncertain of our faith. We must remember we don’t stand in victory because of our faith. We stand in victory because of our God. Faith in faith is pointless. Faith in a living, active God moves mountains.” — Beth Moore
- “The new life into which we are baptized is lived out in days, hours, and minutes. God is forming us into a new people. And the place of that formation is in the small moments of today.” — Tish Harrison Warren
- “Just as love is a verb, so is faith.” — Nannie Helen Burroughs Check out:- 40 scriptures on peace- 45 funny, clean Christian jokes- 35 Bible verses for birthdays- 50 best good night prayers
