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Quotes About Conviction

Sometimes, though, you could do the right thing and still feel sick with doubt.
~ Diane Chamberlain
In the words of the great twentieth-century philosopher-historian R. G. Collingwood: 'Deep in the mind of every Roman, as in the mind of every Greek, was the unquestioned conviction which Aristotle put into words: that what raised man above the level of barbarism … to live well instead of merely living, was his membership of an actual, physical city.
~ Diarmaid MacCulloch
We have adopted the convenient theory that the Bible is a Book to be explained, whereas first and foremost, it is a Book to be believed (and after that to be obeyed)."1
~ Dick Eastman
My mother was the sweetest lady who ever lived on this planet, but if you tried to tell her that Jesus wasn't a Christian, she would stomp you to death.
~ Dick Gregory
Only he who believes is obedient, and only he who is obedient believes.
~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Do and dare what is right, not swayed by the whim of the moment. Bravely take hold of the real, not dallying now with what might be. Not in the flight of ideas but only in action is freedom. Make up your mind and come out into the tempest of living. God's command is enough and your faith in him to sustain you. Then at last freedom will welcome your spirit amid great rejoicing.
~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
All that matters is whether one opts for Christ - not Christian opinions.
~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Only when I forgo visible proof, do I believe in God.
~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Your life as a Christian should make non believers question their disbelief in God
~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Decisions, demanded by work, become easier and simpler where they are made not in the fear of men but only in the sight of God.
~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Be willing to be unliked and ridiculed in order to speak the words of the One who matters most.
~ Dillon Burroughs
If we are not receiving some type of ridicule for our beliefs, we are probably doing something wrong.
~ Dillon Burroughs
Atheism is not a matter of the mind; it is a matter of the heart.
~ Dillon Burroughs
İnsan?n, tek ba??na olduÄŸu ve hiç kimseyle konuÅŸamad??? zaman bir ÅŸeye inanmas? çok zordur.
~ Dino Buzzati
İnsan?n, tek ba??na olduÄŸu ve hiç kimseyle konuÅŸmad??? zaman bir ÅŸeye inanmas? çok zordur.
~ Dino Buzzati
There is nothing in this world that I fear to say.
~ Dmitri Mendeleev
Man must believe in something, even if he believes there is nothing.
~ Dolores Cannon
You must not hope, you must believe. Hope has no power or strength, but believing does. With belief we can work toward our ultimate destiny.
~ Dolores Cannon
An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it.
~ Don Marquis
After a long period of reflection, he decided that he was in fact right yet again.
~ Don Paterson
Boro replied, "Let those believe who want to believe. We'll stay as we are.
~ Don Richardson
I come now to tell you for what I am brought here to die, and to give you an account of my faith, which I shall do as in the sight of the living God before whom I am shortly to stand.
~ Donald Cargill
I believe in doubt. I believe in keeping clear of believers.
~ Donald Hays
Don't change your morality for the people around you, change the people around you with your morality.
~ Donald L. Hicks