Quotes About Conviction

The easiest thing in the world is to convince yourself that you're right. As one grows old, it is easier still.

Credo quia absurdum – I believe because it is absurd.

A man's weaknesses may intrude on his faith but they do not diminish it.

Perhaps conscience did not always produce cowards. Sometimes it made a man feel better about himself.

The easiest thing in the world is to convince yourself that you are right. As one grows older, this is easier still.

An insane delusion can't be held by a group at all. A person isn't considered insane if there are a number of people who believe the same way…. If one other person starts to believe him, or maybe two or three, then it's a religion.

You are never dedicated to something you have complete confidence in. No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow. They know it is going to rise tomorrow. When people are fanatically dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kinds of dogmas or goals, its always because these dogmas or goals are in doubt.

When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called a Religion.

You are never dedicated to something you have complete confidence in. No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow. They know it's going to rise tomorrow. When people are fanatically dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kinds of dogmas or goals, it's always because these dogmas or goals are in doubt.

I bet you've seen the fundamentalist bumper sticker that says, "God said it! I believe it! That settles it!" It must be a typo because what the driver really means is, "I said it! God believes it! That settles it!

Nor could I forget my role in the terrible changes that had overtaken him. We shook hands in a manly fashion, and then under Fanny's approving eye, embraced. In my heart, I have always felt a powerful urge towards forgiveness, coupled with the conviction that time can alter anyone, for good or ill. I was prepared to believe that the Lloyd I knew, serial impostor and unwanted suitor, was a new and different man.

Porque los artistas no deben tener sólo ideas que expresar, sino ideas que demostrar. Expresar una idea, en el sentido de presentarla, nunca es suficiente. El público no debe únicamente entender; debe creer.

I think Eleanor Roosevelt said it best: "Do what you feel in your heart to be right—for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.

Naturally I am of the deeply felt conviction that it is quite nice, quite lovely to be capable of enthusiam.

Estimado señor, le ruego que deje de creer en mí.

Be sure you choose what you believe and know why you believe it, because if you don't choose your beliefs, you may be certain that some belief, and probably not a very credible one, will choose you.

Fanaticism is ... compensation for doubt

certain things. It comes when you think certain

As long as we have faith in our own cause and an unconquerable will to win, victory will not be denied us.

A lo único que me refiero es a la necesidad de dedicar un tiempo en la quietud de la primera mañana a recuperar el ánimo, la convicción y la compasión por uno mismo.

Ideas are ultimately worthless unless you activate them with focused and consistent action. The best leaders never leave the site of a good idea without doing something—no matter how small—to breathe some life into it. Lots of people have good ideas. But the masters become masters because they had the courage and conviction to act on ideas

who cares what others think when you know that what you are doing is the right thing to do.

46. Master the an of public speaking. There are few natural speakers. One great trial lawyer stammered dreadfully but through courage and strength of conviction, he developed into a brilliant orator. Role model anyone you think is a

My point is this: never do anything because you have to. The only reason to do something is because you want to and because you know it is the right thing for you to do.