Quotes About Conviction

No man can control his belief. You hear evidence for and against, and the integrity of the soul stands at the scales and tells which side rises and which side falls. You can not believe as you wish. You must believe as you must.

Any church that imprisons a man because he has used an argument against its creed, will simply convince the world that it cannot answer the argument.

Inspiration is only necessary to give authority to that which is repugnant to human reason.

Whenever a man believes that he has the exact truth from God, there is in that man no spirit of compromise.

Belief is not a voluntary thing. A man believes or disbelieves in spite of himself.

we are taught that God is exceedingly anxious that we should believe a certain thing.

No matter how many famous people were convicted of rape or murder, still the belief persisted, almost pagan in its intensity: not him. It couldn't be him. He's famous.

The psychological fact of suggestion is that if statements are made again and again in a confident manner, without argument or proof, then their hearers will tend to believe them quite independently of their soundness and of the presence or absence of evidence for their truth.

Convincing yourself doesn't win an argument

Another of Cicero's maxims was that if you must do something unpopular, you might as well do it wholeheartedly, for in politics there is no credit to be won by timidity.

But Daniel resolved not to defile himself. – Daniel 1:8 NIV

So Jesus answered and said to them, "Have faith in God." – Mark 11:22

If you want a quality, act as if you already have it. —William James

People say they love truth, but in reality they want to believe that which they love is true.

Sentir la necesidad de convencer a los demás de que uno tiene razón es algo que procede de la religión. Yo simplemente me contento con saber que tengo razón, aunque los demás no lo sepan.

That is fine. Feeling a need to convince others that you are right also is something that comes from religion, I think; I am simply content to know that I am right, even if others do not know it.

I have a secret conviction," he once told one of his ministers, "that I am destined for a terrible trial, that I shall not receive my reward on this earth

The burden of proof is now on the doubters.

But people only complain about something because they are committed to the value or importance of something else.

People don't ask for facts in making up their minds. They would rather have one good, soul-satisfying emotion than a dozen facts.

To have faith in Christ is to trust him.

Good words do more than hard speeches, as the sunbeams, without any noise, will make the traveler cast off his cloak, which all the blustering winds could not do, but only make him bind it closer to him.

Only faith is sufficient.

Every man is his own doctor of divinity, in the last resort.