Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Faith loves to lean on Time's destroying arm. Holmes.

Faith makes us, and not we it; and faith makes 20 its own forms. Emerson.

Faith, mighty faith, the promise sees, / And looks to that alone; / Laughs at impossibilities, / And cries—"It shall be done." C. Wesley.

Faith opens a way for the understanding; unbelief closes it. St. Augustine.

Faith without works is like a bird without wings. J. Beaumont.

Faith's abode / Is mystery for evermore, / Its life, to worship and adore, / And meekly bow beneath the rod, / When the day is dark and the burden sore. Dr. Walter Smith.

Faiths that are different in their roots, / 25 Where the will is right and the heart is sound, / Are much the same in their fruits. J. B. Selkirk.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend. Bible.

Faithful found / Among the faithless; faithful only he. Milton.

Faithfulness and sincerity are the highest things. Confucius.