Quotes about "Faith & Spirituality"

Just as an athlete with natural gifts may fail to develop the fundamental skills necessary to play their sport after their talent fades, so people naturally disposed to faith may fail to develop the skills necessary to sustain them for a lifetime. ”

I am often criticized, or at least questions are raised, about what appears to be the absence of the Holy Spirit in my work. ”

It is always incorrect to assume you can know what someone's moral convictions are based on their philosophical theories. ”

Belief and knowledge are considered to be two different things. But they are not. ”

Soros has taught me that when you have tremendous conviction on a trade, you have to go for the jugular. It takes courage to be a pig. It takes courage to ride a profit with huge leverage. ”

I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason. ”

I am one of those who would rather sink with faith than swim without it. ”

I came to believe that a leader isn't good because they're right; they're good because they're willing to learn and to trust. ”

If we are visiting Afghans, typically the Afghan governor, district or provincial governor, we see he doesn't wear body armor, and yet we're walking through his streets. I'm his guest. I think that that's important that I send a message that I trust him and I don't think I am more valuable than I think he is. ”

Trust is an amazing commodity. The Afghan people often talk to me about having to develop trust in America, because they believe that we deserted them in 1990 and 1991. ”