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Faith Quotes

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43 quotes on faith, god and spirituality — from the classics to the everyday.

“The strongest among you is the one who controls his anger.”

Prophet Muhammad · hadith tradition

“Patience is to faith what the head is to the body.”

Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib · attributed, Nahj al-Balagha tradition

“People are slaves to the world, and religion is just a lip-service from them.”

Imam Hussain ibn Ali · attributed

“If you do not have a religion and you do not fear the Day of Resurrection, then at least be free in this world.”

Imam Hussain ibn Ali · attributed, addressed at Karbala

“Death with dignity is better than a life of humiliation.”

Imam Hussain ibn Ali · attributed, Karbala

“A girl's father is the first man in her life, and probably the most influential.”

David Jeremiah

“The greatest gift I ever had came from God; I call him Dad.”

Unknown

“The greatest gift I ever had came from God; I call him Dad.”

Unknown

“Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.”

Buddha

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

Martin Luther King Jr. · Strength to Love, 1963

“God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.”

Voltaire

“The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.”

Leo Tolstoy · A Confession, 1882

“First thing every morning before you arise, say out loud, 'I believe,' three times.”

Ovid · "Ars Amatoria", c. 2 BC

“Every day I feel is a blessing from God. And I consider it a new beginning. Yeah, everything is beautiful.”

Prince

“Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.”

John F. Kennedy · Address to the National Prayer Breakfast, 1963

“If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move.”

Jesus of Nazareth · Matthew 17:20, New International Version

“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'”

Martin Luther King Jr. · "I Have a Dream" speech, Lincoln Memorial, August 28, 1963