Quotes About Conviction

We are least open to precise knowledge concerning the things we are most vehement about.

I don't believe. I know.

For those of us who have a ground of knowledge which we cannot transmit to outsiders, it is perhaps more profitable to act fearlessly than to argue.

Knowledge, absolutely sure of its infallibility, is faith.

Faith is not a weak form of belief or knowledge; it is not faith in this or that; faith is the conviction about the not yet proven, the knowledge of the real possibility, the awareness of pregnancy.

I have almost no capacity for worship. What I have is the knowledge that it is my duty to worship and worship only what I believe to be true." May 19, 1962

Knowing isn't always believing.

Leadership appears to be the art of getting others to want to do something you are convinced should be done

Leadership is not about popularity, it is about doing what is right.

The question in life is not whether you get knocked down. You will. The question is, are you ready to get back up... And fight for what you believe in?

Leadership is not about being nice. it's about being right and being strong

Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you must yourself, believe.

A leader, once convinced that a particular course of action is the right one, must....be undaunted when the going gets tough.

A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.

You should always stand up for what you believe and never stand down to promise or protect your career.

The greatest challenge of Leadership maintaining personal conviction in a globalized world.

Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.

It's the price of leadership to do the thing you believe has to be done at the time it must be done.

Leadership is the capacity to influence others through inspiration motivated by passion, generated by vision, produced by a conviction, ignited by a purpose.

Perhaps the true mark of a leader is that she or he is willing to stand alone.

The essence of leadership is making up your own mind and then being able to take other people with you.

When your vision is a biblical vision, the people arguing with it are not arguing with you. They are arguing with God.

You did what your heart told you to do,' Brain complimented. 'It is what leaders, not followers, do.

Without courage, it doesn't matter how good the leader's intentions are.