Quotes About Conviction

It takes courage to speak up for your beliefs.

Faith is not a one-time act. It's a way of life.

When one person sees or hears something that isn't there, it's called a delusion. When a small group of people have the same experience, it's a cult. Millions of people? Religion.

We sort of tell ourselves what we want to hear and the more we do that, the more we begin to agree with ourselves—and maybe get fooled into thinking what is wrong is actually right.

You are not right because people agree with you; you are right because your facts and reasoning are right.

People may not always live what they profess, but they will always live what they believe.

Somewhere along the way I told myself to be confident. Sell yourself, Sarah Jane. Like Mr. Walter Chalmers sells his bitters.

Remember that a wish held fervently turns into belief, and a belief held diligently becomes reality.

Everybody has theology whether they admit it or not.

I'm often asked what I think about the faith of the President George W. Bush. I think it is sincere. I think it's very real. I think it's deeply held.

When you hear people tell you all the truth of the gospel, it does not necessarily mean that is what they are trusting.

People say that they will become Christians if you answer their objections, but very seldom is this actually true. Why? Because the problem of salvation is a moral one, not an intellectual one.

when you find yourself shouting, know that you have just told everyone listening that you are unsure of your beliefs.

A fundamentalist can't bring himself or herself to negotiate with people who disagree with them because the negotiating process itself is an indication of implied equality.

You just have to have a simple faith.

Mature people act above their emotions and love beyond their comfort zones. This is the secret of growing together in marriage. It cannot be achieved by two temperamental snowflakes who are imprisoned by their feelings. It can only be achieved by those who are guided by their love for God, their dedication to each other, and their conviction that doing the right thing will be blessed in the end.

I always believed in the music we did and that's why it was uncompromising.

Trees are swayed by winds, men by words.

I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about it?

I hope you'll have the kind of life where what you stand for is so important that it makes some people outright hostile. You won't know how strong your beliefs really are until you have to defend them.

I think I was born strong-willed. That's not the kind of thing you can learn. The advantage is, you stick to what you believe in and rarely get pushed out of what you want to do.

How do you prove to a woman that you loved her, when she was certain you didn't?

One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.

Can you see Alaska from here?" "No." "But you know it's there, right? And you can't see your heart, but you feel it beat, right? That's what faith is about. We believe in what we can't see. Instead, we look for signs.