"Faith is not like gasoline which runs out when you use it, but like a muscle that grows stronger as you use it." [Unknown]
“Faith means believing in advance what will only make sense in reverse.” [Chuck Swindol (1934 - ) is an evangelical Christian pastor, author, educator, and radio preacher.]
"Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation." [D. Elton Trueblood, 20th century author, educator, Quaker theologian]
"Faith and doubt both are needed - not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve." [Lillian Smith, 20th century Southern writer and outspoken segregation critic]
"In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't." [Blaise Pascal, 17th century French scientist, writer, and Christian philosopher]
"God never made a promise that was too good to be true." [Dwight L. Moody, 19th century American evangelist, publisher, and namesake of Moody Bible Institute and Moody Publishing]
"Worry is spiritual short sight. Its cure is intelligent faith." [Paul Brunton, 20th century British spiritualist and mystic]
"Faith is reason grown courageous." [Sherwood Eddy, 20th century American missionary, author and educator]
"Skepticism is the beginning of Faith." [Oscar Wilde, 19th century Irish poet, novelist, dramatist]
"Fear can keep us up all night long, but faith makes one fine pillow." [Unknown]
"Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time." [Oswald Chambers, early 20th century Scottish minister and Bible teacher]
Many of the above quotes provide their own points of application. They do not necessarily represent the views of Orthodox Christianity; neither do they necessarily represent the views of Illustration Exchange.