Quotes About Conviction

We are evangelical Christians, pleading with other Christians, especially evangelicals, to allow biblical principles to shape all our political activity.

Sometimes when I'm faced with an atheist, I am tempted to invite him to the greatest gourmet dinner that one could ever serve, and when we have finished eating that magnificent dinner, to ask him if he believes there's a cook.

True revival will come when God is taken seriously by those of us who call ourselves Christ followers—take God seriously and finally believe what we say we believe. True revival will be akin to spiritual seismic activity, shaking us to our core, allowing us to see the profound overtake the profane, with the promise that our lives will never be the same.

Let's hope so is not faith. Faith says I know and smiles... - Rooma Mehra

Never allow your heart to convince your mind that something you know is wrong, is right.

I want to affect people like a clap of thunder, to inflame their minds with the breadth of my vision, the strength of my conviction and the power of my expression.

I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear. Knowing what must be done does away with fear.

Never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.

when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear.

You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.

I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.

She believed, of course ... because without something to believe in, life would be intolerable.

She may not have believed in God, but I'm pretty certain God believed in her.

if you should ever doubt that a series of dry words in a government document can shatter spirits and demolish lives, let this book erase that doubt. Conversely, if you should be of the conviction that we are powerless to change those dry words, let this book give you heart.

Penstemon's conviction is that people miss the scent of paper, so clean and dry and pleasant.

The only way to fight the righteous was to present an argument that would make giving him what he wanted seem the only righteous thing to do.

I've known a good many sufferers from conviction mania … Of many different types … And in the last analysis, those who talk about justice seem to be the maddest of the lot!

Når menneskenes had ikke medfører nogen risiko, bliver deres dumhed snart overbevist, motiverne kommer ganske af sig selv.

Being so open requires a sort of innocence. A hope—no, more than a hope . . . a conviction that the world was safe, that people were good. That life was a gift, and nothing moved except as a positive power. Bad things happened—attacks, violence, crimes—yes, unfortunately they did. But they could always be explained and therefore, eventually, understood—so they wouldn't have to happen again. So the people who did them could be helped, and could change.

faith in that which is seen and unseen.

If I have exhausted the justifications, I have reached bedrock and my spade is turned. Then I am inclined to say: 'This is simply what I do.

Where two principles really do meet which cannot be reconciled with one another, then each man declares the other a fool and a heretic

To convince someone of the truth, it is not enough to state it, but rather one must find the path from error to truth.

What people accept as justification shows how they think and live.