Quotes About Conviction

First, Whenever a man talks loudly against religion, always suspect that it is not his reason, but his passions, which have got the better of his creed.

Si alguien duda de su veracidad, o piensa que no es posible que un hombre se engañe a sí mismo de este modo,—debo aconsejarle que por un momento se remita a sus propias reflexiones; y entonces podré aventurarme a poner por testigo de mis aseveraciones a su propio corazón'.

A woman's guess is much more accurate than a man's certainty. —RUDYARD KIPLING (1865–1936)

When there is an emotional element in a belief, argument rarely has much effect. 

The things that make us sad, the things that make us righteously angry, or the things we care about that others don't are often a key that unlocks our reason for living. It's our burden.

It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their conviction. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their convictions.

I had a hundred and seventeen days in which to convince Will Traynor that he had a reason to live.

The thing is, it's very dangerous to have a fixed idea. A person with a fixed idea will always find some way of convincing himself in the end that he is right

You cannot reason people out of a position that they did not reason themselves into.

When a man finds a conclusion agreeable, he accepts it without argument, but when he finds it disagreeable, he will bring against it all the forces of logic and reason.

I am a great believer in the simplicity of things and as you probably know I am inclined to hang on to broad & simple ideas like grim death until evidence is too strong for my tenacity.

I do not believe anything very certainly, but everything very probably.

There is no belief, however foolish, that will not gather its faithful adherents who will defend it to the death.

Proofs are the last thing looked for by a truly religious mind which feels the imaginary fitness of its faith.

The whole point of faith, in fact, is to believe regardless of the evidence, which is the very antithesis of science.

I did get a very fine education, and not just in science. It took some pressure on the part of my elders to convince me that I really should take an interest in humanities.

People wrap themselves in their beliefs. And they do it in such a way that you can't set them free. Not even the truth will set them free.

Moral certainty is never more than probability.

Proof' is the hallmark of religion.

You can hardly convince a man of an error in a lifetime, but must content yourself with the reflection that the progress of science is slow. If he is not convinced, his grandchildren may be.

You're insane.""It'll work.""Which does not alter the fact that you are insane.

Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.

Ordinarily, a person leaving a courtroom with a conviction behind him would wear a somber face. But I left with a smile. I knew that I was a convicted criminal, but I was proud of my crime.

She flashes me a smile so devastating that it could even make an atheist believe in God.