Quotes About Conviction

Followers of every religion are convinced that theirs alone is true. Perhaps the followers of one religion are correct.

The sacrifice is not just a way to convince your lover that you are serious; it is also a way to convince yourself that you are really in love. Why do you think women ask their lovers for diamond rings? Once the lover makes such a huge financial sacrifice, he must convince himself that it was for a worthy cause.

However, most people don't like to admit that they are fools. Consequently, the more they sacrifice for a particular belief, the stronger their faith becomes.

It is impossible to organise an army solely by coercion. At least some of the commanders and soldiers must truly believe in something, be it God, honour, motherland, manhood or money.

Much of history revolves around this question: how does one convince millions of people to believe particular stories about gods, or nations, or limited liability companies? Yet

Human believe what they want to believe and individual could believe according to his mind that why human never has any agreement on one ideology."

Not to have a correct political point of view is like having no soul.

And only weaklings...who lack courage and the power to feel they're right when the whole world says they're wrong, ever lose.

The truth is strong even if those who support it are weak. Any lie is weak even if those who support it are strong.

we can tell our hearts exactly what to believe, but the cheeky little bastards won't listen to anyone but themselves

Mogo living brings about true freedom. When you have the inner conviction to do the most good and the least harm, you are free to say no to media, social, and peer pressures. You are free from a nagging sense that your life does not have value or meaning. You are free to imagine and then create a truly successful (in the deepest meaning on the word) life. You are free to be at peace with yourself and all those whom your life touches.

Feed your faith and your doubts will starve to death.

If you can make a compelling argument, and win enough minds, and if you can transform various parts of our world sufficiently, then the moment belongs to you.

One piece of advice I think they should ignore is the value of being a "people person." No one cares if you are a people person. Have a point of view, and share it meaningfully, thoughtfully, and with conviction.

Your faith is like putty. How easily you mold it to your own desires.

He was so certain it was the right thing to do. And we all know, don't we, gentlemen, of the deadliness of righteous men?

I can tell the difference between the acts of a man and the acts of God. That's why I still believe. I could always tell the difference.

To some people who said they believed, religion was a word; to others, it defined who they were.

You are whatever your faith is.

A third way to put the Law of Least Effort into action is to practice defenselessness. This means relinquishing the need to convince others of your point of view. By doing this, you gain access to enormous amounts of energy that have previously been wasted.

The third component of the Law of Least Effort is defenselessness, which means that your awareness is established in defenselessness, and you have relinquished the need to convince or persuade others of your point of view.

Rewards proliferated: The Chicago Association of Commerce offered $50,000 for the arrest and conviction of the killers. Independent citizens banded together and raised $10,000. The city council and the state's attorney each put up $20,000. And still, nothing could be pinned on Al Capone. Allegations of guilt abounded, but none proved provable, and no arrests were made.

To the knights of faith nobody believes.

The easiest thing of all is to deceive one's self for what a man wishes he generally believes to be true.