To do what I can is normal. To go beyond my capacities is a challenge. Where my capacities ends, there begins my faith. A strong faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible.
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begins. CLAUDE ARIEN HELVETIUS The best thing you can do for your kids is to show them God working in you on a daily basis. CRAIG GROESCHEL One who receives this Word, and by it salvation, receives along with it the duty of passing this Wor... EMIL BRUNNER I don't understand how can people hold faith and reasoning in the same head. To my understanding, fa... TARIF NAAZ My faith is the grand drama of my life. I'm a believer, so I sing words of God to those who have no ... OLIVIER MESSIAEN To have the cognitive abilities to do research and development is vital to a forever expanding world... GARY F EVANS... Challenge faith today by engaging in the impossible. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) My faith is the grand drama of my life. I'm a believer, so I sing words of God to those who have... OLIVIER MESSIAEN The love you get, is equal to the love you give. BEN OAK They said that I should lose my ideals and begin to believe in the methods of practical politicians.... G.K. CHESTERTON Some people never take a chance and never know what it's like to live life to the full. CHLOE THURLOW My Intent is to reclaim my faith by debunking extremism - both extremism within my faith community, ... AHMED REHAB My dad was enlisted in the Navy; my mother was a nurse. It just was never a thought process. It was ... DAVID ROBINSON It means a lot to me that my coaches and teammates have a lot of faith in me. I just want to go out ... DONELL TAYLOR On Letting Go of life Having Faith In Man
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information by testing and repeating observable things so that we
can... LEWIS N. ROE Fatigue is here, in my body, in my legs and eyes. That is what gets you in the end. Faith is only a ... MARGARET ATWOOD My life is a lovely story, happy and full of incident. HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN I am strong because love is my strength. I am beautiful because kindness is my beauty. I am a succes... DEBASISH MRIDHA People are trained in various capacities and can be ready to go in 24 hours. The system works very w... ED WALDAPFEL People want the here and now, rather than the there and after; as most are living in the where and w... ANTHONY LICCIONE My Catholic faith is the foundation of my worldview, and my judicial duty is governed, from beginnin... WILLIAM H. PRYOR When it happened, it hurt my feelings. But deep down inside I had a lot of pride. I knew that I coul... JASON CAMPBELL Music is my life, it is a reflection of what I go through. LENNY KRAVITZ Fear ends where faith rises. SUPERNA BATHEJA I write a lot about the Bible and integrate my faith into my poems. AMANDA CUNNINGHAM Music is my life. ROBERT ILER Someone can accept an impossible challenge because deep within they believe it possible. Possible an... LUIGINA SGARRO I certainly wouldn't say that my life is a disaster, but there have been moments where I've ... DUNCAN SHEIK teacher:"I'm teacher, not because i want to teach children something. I am teacher just because I li... MY TEACHER There is no such thing as a lack of faith. We all have plenty of faith, it's just that we have faith... ERIC BUTTERWORTH You have to have faith in your fishmonger. I know where my fish comes from, and you can ask me. ART FRAZIER My faith informs everything I think and do. It's part of my value system. And to suggest that I ... JOHN EDWARDS Your mind is a Microcosm of strength and power. There’s all the magic you need in it. When all els... CHINONYE J. CHIDOLUE Think where man's glory most begins and ends, And say my glory was I had such friends. WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Think where mans glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends. WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS This story is not and never was meant to challenge anyone's faith; however, if one's faith can be sh... CHRISTOPHER MOORE The work of healing is not my work, but by faith, healing is done. The work of deliverance, great an... T. B. JOSHUA Faith begins where Reason sinks exhausted. ALBERT PIKE Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be... GARY F EVANS... Faith revels in the liberating fact that only a terribly miniscule part of life lies within the cons... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH Sometimes I think it is my mission to bring faith to the faithless, and doubt to the faithful. PAUL TILLICH There has never been a moment when faith hasn't been an important part of my life. There have be... MARCO RUBIO Everyone always says how I'm so smart, but they don't know what it's like being me. always feeling l... SUSANE COLASANTI What do you mean by faith? Is faith enough for Man? Should he be satisfied with faith alone? Is ther... CLIFFORD D. SIMAK To attach to a goal is to mentally protect it because of a negative story running at the back of you... JACINTA MPALYENKANA PEACE IS THE OBJECTIVE TO WAR, BUT THE BLOOD RUNNETH STILL NATALIE URQUIETA When I loose my faith in Human nature, I put my faith in Nature- LUCINDA RILEY As a small business owner for the last 15 years, when I think of what truly changed my life, it was ... TIM SCOTT My faith inspires me so much. It is the very reason that I run. I feel that my running is completely... ALLYSON FELIX My faith is very private to me. It plays an important part in my life, but I do not try and throw my... RICK WAKEMAN
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