“Rewards await you if you stay steadfast in your faith.”

“I have lost all faith in the steadfastness of human resolves.”

Charles Brockden Brown (1771–1810) American novelist, historian and editor

“You are going to let the fear of poverty govern your life and your reward will be that you will eat, but you will not live.”

George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright

“If you want your life to be more rewarding, you have to change the way you think.”

Oprah Winfrey (1954) American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist

“You say you lost your faith
But that's not where it's at
You had no faith to lose
And you know it”

Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist

“Laughter rises out of tragedy when you need it the most, and rewards you for your courage.”

Erma Bombeck (1927–1996) When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent le…

“Every time you love someone, you put not just
your faith in them, but your faith in everything
to the test.”

David Levithan The Realm of Possibility

“Stay because you want to be here. Stay because we would miss you. And stay because you can belong in more than one place, and one of your places is with us.”

Cynthia Lord (1950) American children's writer

“Never more than to-day were needed the men of calm and resolute faith. Brothers, to your knees and to your ranks! To your knees in humblest supplication; to your ranks in steadfast bravery which no foe can cause to quail. Stand forth in courage and in gentleness for the truth which you believe to be allied to Freedom and Progress and God. Be so strong that you are not afraid to be just. Cherish a tender humanity and a catholic heart. Then take your stand, calm and moveless as the stars.”

William Morley Punshon (1824–1881) English Nonconformist minister

“Faith comes and goes. It rises and falls like the tides of an invisible ocean. If it is presumptuous to think that faith will stay with you forever, it is just as presumptuous to think that unbelief will.”

Flannery O’Connor (1925–1964) American novelist, short story writer