Pastoral Resources

Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.

You always really have to remain consistent in your beliefs and philosophy.

As a captain, I think it's important that the players really know who you are and what you stand for, what your beliefs are, and to be consistent in those if things are going good or things are going bad.

My beliefs will run through everything I do. My beliefs, my values are my anchor and when people try to drag me, as I know they will, it is to that sense of right and wrong, that sense of who I am and what I believe, to which I will always hold.

One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.

What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.

What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their ability to act according to their beliefs.

We establish no religion in this country, nor will we ever. But we poison our society when we remove its theological underpinnings. We court corruption when we leave society devoid of belief.

All are free to believe or not believe; all are free to practice a faith or not. But those who believe must be free to speak of and act on their belief.

Without alienation, there can be no politics.

Moralities, ethics, laws, customs, beliefs, doctrines - these are of trifling import. All that matters is that the miraculous become the norm.

No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destiny to. The only way in which anyone can lead us is to restore to us the belief in our own guidance.

An attitude of philosophic doubt, of suspended judgment, is repugnant to the natural man. Belief is an independent joy to him.

If you don't have solid beliefs you cannot build a stable life. Beliefs are like the foundation of a building, and they are the foundation to build your life upon.

There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window.

Time, still as he flies, adds increase to her truth, and gives to her mind what he steals from her youth.

You're not free until you've been made captive by supreme belief.

Two years work wasted, I have been breeding those flies for all that time and I've got nothing out of it.

My belief is the majority of people in politics are just interested in pursuing this career in politics, and doing what's necessary to get themselves re-elected. And if that happens to coincide with the public good, great. But if it doesn't, the public good loses out.

Literature and butterflies are the two sweetest passions known to man.