Quotes About Conviction

I've thought a lot about hope and come to the conclusion that either it's there or it isn't. No in between. You

Our Christian cultural heritage will continue as a viable path of communal faith in today's global village only if it leaves us free to believe what we find personally convincing and at the same inspires us to walk into the unknown future with hope and faith.

I said it because it's true. It's the way

You? I know you! You trust beyond reason. She met his eyes steadily. Yes. It's how I get results beyond hope. As you may recall.

That's the spirit! Forward momentum. Mayhew snorted. Your forward momentum is going to lead all your followers over a cliff someday. He paused, beginning to grin. On the way down, you'll convince 'em all they can fly. He stuck his fists in his armpits, and waggled his elbows. Lead on, my lord. I'm flapping as hard as I can.

How could you argue sense into someone who believed something not because it was true, but because he was an idiot?

Nevertheless, liking and disliking do not constitute proof any more than hearsay does.

Was that supposed to be a concession? "You can be told the whole truth all day long, but if you won't believe it, then no, I don't suppose you ever will know it." He bared his teeth in a non-smile.

To the end of his life he remained convinced of the high calling of the genuine artist, and he knew that artists must sometimes toil in obscurity, and in the face of prevailing public opinion.

I'll go see her tonight,' I said. I felt I was a person of my word, and by saying something I could make it so. It was less like integrity perhaps and more like magic.

Oh, she said. I wasn't going to ask, but then you never said anything about it, so I thought I'd ask. How about you? Not me, said Odette. She had a poem about marriage. It began, Marriage is the death you want to die, and in front of audiences she never read it with much conviction. Usually she swung her foot back and forth through the whole thing.

Saving faith may be defined as a certain conviction, wrought in the heart by the Holy Spirit, as to the truth of the gospel, and a hearty reliance (trust) on the promises of God in Christ.

EÄŸer insanlar?n nefret kusmalar? hiç bir riziko ta??m?yorsa, salakl?klar? kolay ikna olur, gerekçelerde kendiliÄŸinden ortaya ç?kar.

Quand la haine des hommes ne comporte aucun risque, leur bêtise est vite convaincue, les motifs viennent tout seuls.

I've noticed...that whenever a man is asked to be realistic he is being asked to betray something in which he believes. It is the favorite argument of those who believe that only the end matters, not the means.

There is no man more dangerous than one who does not doubt his own rightness.

To disbelieve is easy; to scoff is simple; to have faith is harder.

Nobody is ever convinced by argument, anyway. They just think up new reasons for maintaining old positions and become more defensive.

He had fought for a principle, and because it was his nature to fight.

To disbelieve is easy; to scoff is simple; to have faith is harder. Yet I had faith in the intentions of my countrymen, no matter how far they might at times stray from those intentions.

listen to the advice of others but to act only on my own beliefs, and to make my own decisions.

to fight communism or a Communist to change capitalism…in fact, it's vastly less convincing. It's an over-reaction born of weakness. The strong, those who don't need to be told who they are by others, stand in the middle." Outside the cold wind moaned, and even as he talked he was wondering about that fire. Was it built for them? Or

I had already learned to listen to the advice of others but to act only on my own beliefs, and to make my own decisions.

Abbott had also impressed on Holmes, possibly by his conversation but certainly by his example, the belief that nobility of character consists in doing one's job with indifference to ends