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Faith Quotes by Frederick Buechner
- True faith, a simple life, a helping hand- the three things prized most in Heaven.
- Faith is better understood as a verb than as a noun, as a process than as a possession. It is an on-again-off-again rather than once-and-for-all.…
- Faith is homesickness. Faith is a lump in the throat. Faith is less a position on than a movement toward, less a sure thing than…
- A God in the hand is worth two in the bush.
- Faith is not being sure where you're going, but going anyway.
- Faith is the assurance that the best and holiest dream is true after all.
- Grace is something you can never get but only be given.
- Doubts are the ants in the pants of faith. They keep it awake and moving.
- if you don't have doubts you're either kidding yourself or asleep. Doubts are the ants-in-the-pants of faith. They keep it alive and moving.
- Faith is stepping out into the unknown with nothing to guide us but a hand just beyond our grasp.
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