Frederick William Faber Quotes

Make sure that you let God's grace work in your souls by accepting whatever He gives you, and giving Him whatever He takes from you. True holiness consists in doing God's work with a smile.

Pray till prayer makes you forget your own wish, and leave it or merge it in God's will.

I know that for me I have to get out of the way and let God take control.

The success and the failure are not my concern, but His.

It is the Higher Power which does everything, and the man is only a tool. If he accepts that position, he is free from troubles; otherwise, he courts them.

To will what God doth will, that is the only science that gives us any rest.

I always ask God if it is his will, and if so, then let it be. Whatever comes out of it I will accept it. That's the message I got and that's why I'm here at Hull.

You pray for things, and you know, we all have our wishlists, but I've learned to pray for whatever's in your will.

It is permissible to take life's blessings with both hands provided thou dost know thyself prepared in the opposite event to take them just as gladly. This applies to food and friends and kindred, to anything God gives and takes away... As long as God is satisfied do thou rest content. If he is pleased to want something else of thee, still rest content.

I am always content with what happens; for I know that what God chooses is better than what I choose.

A Christian should put away all defense and make no attempt to excuse himself either in his own eyes or before the Lord. Whoever defends himself will have himself for his defense, and he will have no other. But let him come defenseless before the Lord and he will have for his defender no less than God Himself.

If after all your efforts you cannot succeed, you could not please our Lord more than by sacrificing to Him your will, and remaining in tranquility, humility, and devotion, entirely conformed and submissive to His divine will and good pleasure.

Pray; and as you pray, surrender; and as you surrender, believe.

Prayer doesn't bend God's arm but it's guaranteed to bend our hearts toward His will. Worry less. Pray more.

It is a splendid thing to have the use of any gift of God. It isn't for us to choose again, or wonder and dispute, but just work in our own places, and leave the rest to God.

Holiness does not consist in doing extraordinary things. It consists in accepting, with a smile, what Jesus sends us. It consists in accepting and following the will of God.

... The wise in all ages... have tried to learn one thing only, and that was resignation to the Will of God. By doing this, they have reached a stage at which they could see from God's point of view.

I have to learn that the aim in life is God's, not mine.

My desire is to let go of my ego and let in His direction.

We must accept all of God's will for us, not just those portions that happen to appeal and bring instant gratification and pleasure to us.

But I know God has big stuff planned that ultimately doesn't have anything to do with me.

Grieve not, then, if your sons seem to desert you, but rejoice, rather, seeing the will of God done gladly.

Our Lord did not try to alter circumstances. He submitted to them. They shaped his life and eventually brought him to Calvary. I believe we miss opportunities and lovely secrets our Lord is waiting to teach us by not taking what comes.

Prayer is not so much the means whereby God's will is bent to man's desires, as it is that whereby man's will is bent to God's desires.

God will open any doors he wants to open, and if He closes doors, that's fine, too.