Quotes About Conviction

Better than a god," Crick murmured. "You're the reason to have faith.

Xander, it's a good thing you weren't some sort of Cossack general, back in the day. You get that tone of voice, that look on your face, and I'm not kidding... even I would follow you into hell.

Yes, well, you did not boycott the place that fed you, even if they stood against everything you stood for.

Sometimes we don't question things. Sometimes we just accept them. That's faith, Piper, and that's what's required here.

The best way of evangelizing is not to tell the potential convert, "Here's what's wrong with your tradition." The best way to evangelize is to show that potential convert, "Here's what's right with my tradition; here's how it prompts toward action; here's how it consoles.

Dije que sí, aunque sin convicción. Qué cobarde me sentí. Y poco tiempo después, cuántas cosas aprendí a decir y a silenciar, aunque no coincidieran con mis sentimientos. En aquellos momentos aún no habia salido de mi timida inocencia.

There is a certain impertinance in allowing oneself to be burned for an opinion.

To die for an idea is to place a pretty high price on conjecture.

To die for an idea is to set a rather high price upon conjecture.

To be willing to die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.

Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.

It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.

The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

you can't reason with fanatics anyway. They believe what they believe because they believe it. It's a matter of faith. Even if you could bring them all the proof in the world they still wouldn't change their minds

I don't think you can question your instinct you should always trust it.

You're eating without conviction, Inspector.' 'It's true. The fact is, I've got something on my mind.' 'The mind should be forgotten when the Lord in His grace puts such perches in front of you

Voglio solo fare cose che mi entusiasmano. Cose in cui credo totalmente, senza nessun genere di riserva. Senza nessun patteggiamento o adattamento alla realtà o abbassamento di soglie.

There can be no doubt that anti-Americanism has become a kind of litmus test for progressive thinking and identity in Europe and the world (including the United States itself). Just as any self-respecting progressive and leftist in Europe or America, regardless of which political shade, simply had to be on the side of the Spanish Republic in the 1930s, antiAmericanism and anti-Zionism have become the requisite proof of possessing a progressive conviction today.

The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.

for your 'transactions,' as you call them, is derived from the

As compelling as it may be to try and convince our friends to stop investing in that 'bubble' real estate market, or get your parents to move overseas with you, they have to make the decision on their own.

you'll have to forgive me, darling, I am old-fashioned, I believe in General Motors and the clarity of the gods . . .

FOR a long time the conviction has been dimly felt in the community that, without prejudice to existing institutions, the legal day of weekly rest might be employed to advantage for purposes affecting the general good.

I first became a vegetarian when I was nine, in response to an argument made by a radical babysitter. My great change - which lasted a couple of weeks - was based on the very simple instinct that it's wrong to kill animals for food.