Losing Faith Quotes:

Losing faith in one's self means losing faith in God.

- Swami Vivekananda

source: Swami Vivekananda, Vivekananda Kendra (2009). “Swami Vivekananda's Rousing Call to Hindu Nation”, p.91, Vivekananda Kendra

topic: Faith, Mean, Self, Losing Faith

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

- Dale Carnegie

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Marketing And Sales, Infinite Hope

If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today

- Nhat Hanh

topic: Believe, Today, Bears, Going Through Hard Times, Losing Faith

Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.

- Lin Yutang

topic: Inspirational, Encouraging, Faith, Hope And Love, Losing Faith

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

- Mahatma Gandhi

topic: Inspirational, Faith, Hope, Peace And Love, Drops In The Ocean

Once you choose hope, anything's possible

- Christopher Reeve

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Hope, Hope And Faith, Inspirational Cancer

If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon.

- Kathrine Switzer

source: "This Inspiring, Blind Young Man Is Running the NYC Marathon to Save Lives" by Sibylle Eschapasse, www.theepochtimes.com. October 29, 2015.

topic: Running, Endurance, Watches, Marathon Motivational, Losing Faith

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.

- Albert Einstein

source: "Philomena interview: Steve Coogan". www.sbs.com.au. December 28, 2013.

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring, Live And Learn, Hungry For Knowledge

Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.

- Nhat Hanh

topic: Positive, Uplifting, Hope, Going Through Hard Times, Losing Faith

Learn From Yesterday, Live for Today, hope for tomorrow.

- Orison Swett Marden

topic: Cute, Positive, Leadership, Life Philosophy, Inspirational Tattoo

In this world which is losing faith in so called representative democracy, there are new developments in participatory democracy. These are very interesting developments, reflecting the revitalization of community power with a more and more active presence of minorities in political life, including the presence of women who are of course by no means a minority.

- Eduardo Galeano

source: Source: apracticalpolicy.org

topic: Mean, Interesting, Community, Losing Faith, Participatory Democracy

In the secret of my heart I am in perpetual quarrel with God that He should allow such things [as the war] to go on. My non-violence seems almost impotent. But the answer comes at the end of the daily quarrel that neither God nor non-violence is impotent. Impotence is in men. I must try on without losing faith even though I may break in the attempt.

- Mahatma Gandhi

source: Mahatma Gandhi (2007). “Gandhi on Non-Violence”, p.89, New Directions Publishing

topic: War, Heart, Men, Losing Faith

Losing faith is a complicated business and takes time. There are no epiphanies, no "moments of truth." It takes much thought and concentration in the later phases, which thenselves come about through an accumulation of small accidents: examples of general injustice, misfortune falling upon the godly, prayers of one's own unanswered.

- Thomas Pynchon

source: Thomas Pynchon (2012). “V.”, p.219, Penguin

topic: Prayer, Fall, Godly, Losing Faith, Moment Of Truth

But yet creation's neither crammed nor blocked About by body: there's in things a void- Which to have known will serve thee many a turn, Nor will not leave thee wandering in doubt, Forever searching in the sum of all, And losing faith in these pronouncements mine.

- Lucretius

source: Lucretius (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Lucretius (Illustrated)”, p.189, Delphi Classics

topic: Forever, Doubt, Body, Losing Faith

Before we talk about further accessions, we have to consolidate the European Union internally. People are increasingly losing faith in the EU's effectiveness.

- Martin Schulz

topic: Effectiveness, People, Unions, Losing Faith

Just because I’m telling a story about a woman losing faith is not my rebellion against what I grew up in. If anything, it really affected the way I approached the story, and in fact, approach everything. I don’t judge my characters.

- Vera Farmiga

source: "Vera Farmiga on “Higher Ground”". Interview with Aaron Ross, www.motherjones.com. August 26, 2011.

topic: Character, Judging, Stories, Losing Faith

I was born a Christian, but I became an atheist back in high school because I just started losing faith. I'd lost my brother and best friend, Nadarius. I couldn't get a job. But I do feel like there is a higher power now, and it's inside of me.

- SpaceGhostPurrp

topic: Christian, Brother, Atheist, Losing Faith

I contend that the reason why America is not as happy as it was in 1950 or 1920 or whenever, 100 years ago, is because our priorities are wrong, but it has nothing to do with exploiting the planet and has everything to do with losing faith in God.

- Glenn Beck

source: "Take the 'The Story of Stuff' Quiz". "The Glenn Beck Program" with Glenn Beck, www.foxnews.com. September 23, 2009.

topic: Years, America, Priorities, Losing Faith

America is losing faith in modern medicine, and for good reason.

- Julian Whitaker

topic: Medicine, America, Losing, Losing Faith, Modern Medicine

How can you allow the trading companies to locate computers closer to exchanges and flash millions of bids to give an unfair advantage? Even professionals are losing faith in some aspects of the system.

- Mario

topic: Giving, Losing, Computer, Losing Faith, Unfair Advantage

There are a lot of things I can take, and a few that I can't. What I can't take is when my older brother, who's everything that I want to be, starts losing faith in things. I saw that look in your eyes last night. I don't ever want to see that look in your eyes again.

- M. Night Shyamalan

topic: Faith, Brother, Eye, Older Brother, Losing Faith

Manhattanism is the one urbanistic ideology that has fed, from its conception, on the splendors and miseries of the metropolitan condition—hyper-density—without once losing faith in it as the basis for a desirable modern culture. Manhattan's architecture is a paradigm for the exploitation of congestion.

- Rem Koolhaas

topic: Culture, Manhattan, Splendor, Modern Culture, Losing Faith

Men never cling to their dreams with such tenacity as at the moment when they are losing faith in them, and know it, but do not dare yet to confess it to themselves.

- William Graham Sumner

topic: Dream, Sunset, Men, Losing Faith

How desperately we wish to maintain our trust in those we love! In the face of everything, we try to find reasons to trust. Because losing faith is worse than falling out of love.

- Sonia Johnson

topic: Falling In Love, Wish, Trying, Losing Faith