Erwin McManus Quotes

For without risk there is no faith, and the greater the risk, the greater the faith.

Faith is like stepping off a cliff and expecting one of two outcomes - you will either land on solid ground or you will be taught to fly.

Without risk, faith is an impossibility.

Faith is stepping out on nothing and landing on something.

The need for some venture of faith still remains; one must stake one's life upon something.

Faith is stepping out into the unknown with nothing to guide us but a hand just beyond our grasp.

Take a chance on faith - not religion, but faith. Not hope, but faith. I don’t believe in hope. Hope is a beggar. Hope walks through the fire. Faith leaps over it.

There are things that must be done in faith, else they never have being.

To fear and not be afraid- that is the paradox of faith.

There can be no faith without risk.

FAITH receives more than it asks. DOUBT loses more than it disbelieved.

Faith, to be faith, must center around something that is not known. Faith, to be faith, must go beyond that for which there is confirming evidence. Faith, to be faith, must go into the unknown. Faith, to be faith, must walk to the edge of the light, and then a few steps into the darkness. If everything has to be known, if everything has to be explained, if everything has to be certified, then there is no need for faith. Indeed, there is no room for it.

Faith is the willingness to look foolish.

Faith is walking face-first and full-speed into the dark. If we truly knew all the answers in advance as to the meaning of life and the nature of God and the destiny of our souls, our belief would not be a leap of faith and it would not be a courageous act of humanity; it would just be... a prudent insurance policy.

Every moment in life is an act of faith

Fear and faith have something in common. They both ask us to believe in something we cannot see.

If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We could not even eat hash with any safety.

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.

To believe in something not yet proved and to underwrite it with our lives: it is the only way we can leave the future open.

There has to be a measure of faith. That's what this business is all about: trusting in something that may never show up, that you have no concrete proof of.

Faith always contains an element of risk, of venture; and we are impelled to make the venture by the affinity and attraction which we feel in ourselves.

Sometimes all you need is a big leap of faith.

It's important to take leaps of faith.

The willingness to take risks is our grasp of faith.

We operate by faith, which means that we have confidence in what God says, whether we fully understand it or not