Quotes About Conviction

People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come in to the mind of others.

I love fighting for what I believe in. I love having fun while doing it.

While I value the good opinion of my fellow citizens as highly as anyone, I may be permitted to say that I am governed by higher considerations than either the favor or the fear of man. I am impelled to the course I have taken because I fear God.

I was convinced that acting was for fools. I was on the stage when I was eight with my father, he was playing one of those Greek blind guys that sees things and warns people, whilst I was in a blue skirt. I think there were 5,000 people in the theatre, it was ridiculous.

Whilst our Hearts are violently set upon any thing, there is no convincing us that we shall ever be of another Mind.

I don't judge my effectiveness by how many words I say. I think liberals often see nuances in things... Conservatives tend to see things in black and white. It gives them an air of certainty and conviction that might make them more comfortable to watch.

I kind of muddled through 'Pride & Prejudice,' but with 'Atonement,' I knew what I was doing. That makes it sound like I had no doubt. I had doubts - I didn't know whether it would work. But I knew exactly what I wanted to try to do.

The priest is an immense being because he makes the crowd believe astonishing things.

It's not a principle unless it costs you something.

From the age of fifteen, dogma has been the fundamental principle of my religion: I know no other religion; I cannot enter into the idea of any other sort of religion; religion, as a mere sentiment, is to me a dream and a mockery.

My father was a man of principle who found his principles confirmed in the unremitting failure which they brought on him.

I always work on the principle that if my heart and my head are together on an issue, write it, say it.

What is magnificent about humans is when they decide to turn and stand. If they respond with non-violence on principle and hold their ground, they are really magnificent.

My principle and my faith is what is driving me from the get-go.

It is usually expensive and lonely to be principled.

We may be personally defeated, but our principles never!

There's more than one way to get to the goal that you want to get to, but once you compromise your own principles, then you're lost. You're really lost.

I have principles and I am not going to be forced to compromise them.

I act on my principles, whether they're popular or not.

It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.

My father taught me that you have to stand by your principles.

George W. Bush is not preoccupied with his legacy - nor with his popularity. He never has been. He has always led based on core conviction and strong principles and has believed that time and distance would allow for context.

The fact is, you never compromise on principles. If people on the far Left, they have a principle to stand by, they should never compromise; those of us on the Right should not either.

I put my country and my principles first.