Quotes About Conviction

It goes against every rule in the universe.' To my surprise, she touched the small gold cross around her neck. 'Some rules are bigger than the universe.

Nothing he said could change what I think of you. I've had my mind made up about you for a long time… and it's all good.

if you try to get me to pray with you, I walk.

Angel, as was Phinehas, a man whose thoughts

Courage is a demonstration of faith.

And really, what is trust other than faith in a clever disguise?

Like Jesus, we must make the decision that we will never alter, amend, compromise, dilute, or mitigate truth to make our listeners more comfortable or to gain a following.

Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all.

I've never been insulted by hateful Satanists for not believing in their devil. Only by loving Christians for not believing in their God.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but if you believe in god, you're wrong.

You should never, never doubt something that no one is sure of.

My parents were both very intellectually honest, straightforward, and for them, faith meant that you were fully engaged.

What we do comes out of who we believe we are.

Everybody is following somebody. Everybody has faith in something and somebody. We are all believers.

Earthling and the next record Hours were so damn good, it was startling to hear them, but it was tough to convince my friends they were worth getting excited about.

Brother Jim loved to talk about how Jesus wasn't a pussy.

What convinces is conviction. You simply have to believe in the argument you are advancing; if you don't, you're as good as dead. The other person will sense that something isn't there.

Most men get their deepest conviction of self-worth from a woman, wife, mother, or if they are highly conscious, from their own anima. The woman sees and shows the man his value by lighting the lamp.

All our experiences have led us to believe certain things about ourselves. Whether these beliefs are true or not really doesn't matter because if we accept them as true, then they are true for us.

Only the madman is absolutely sure.

Don't be afraid to be wrong; be more afraid, not to do the right thing.

He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. —

Obviously, horse-race bettors are not alone in their willingness to believe in the correctness of a difficult choice, once made.

No doubt this is often the case.