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

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

I always prefer to believe the best of everybody--it saves so much trouble.

I always prefer to believe the best of everybody--it saves so much trouble.

Yet I argue not
Again Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot
Of right or hope; read more

Yet I argue not
Again Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot
Of right or hope; but still bear up and steer
Right onward.

At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.

At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of read more

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.

Faith makes the discords of the present the harmonies of the future.

Faith makes the discords of the present the harmonies of the future.

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it by the handle of anxiety, or by the handle read more

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it by the handle of anxiety, or by the handle of faith.

My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They read more

My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.