Quotes About Conviction

As with so much else, she was convinced that an exception would be made in her case.

But they will not be, primarily because the most salient characteristic of the victim-prone person is the conviction that he or she is watched over and protected by the Sun, the Moon, the Wind Goddess, and St. Christopher; and, in short, that it could never happen to him or to her.

Hush, he said. I am asking you to marry me. Would you be convinced if I knelt down?

I've done murder and so I can surely do this.

I've got something that most pretty ladies haven't got—and that's a mind that's made up.

The cause didn't seem sacred to her. The war did not seem to be holy affair.

He thinks the war is all wrong but he's willing to fight and die anyway, and that takes lots more courage than fighting for something you think is right.

And I'm not ashamed that he thinks that way. He thinks the war is all wrong but he's willing to fight and die anyway, and that takes lots more courage than fighting for something you think is right.

Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains.

Here, before God, in the presence of these witnesses, from this time, I consecrate my life to the destruction of slavery!

There comes a time in your life when you focus solely on what you believe is right, regardless of what everybody else is doing.

This is no time for wimpy Christians. It's time for soldiers of Christ to arise!

Courage is the ability to do the right thing, all the time, no matter how painful or uncomfortable it might be.

History has shown us time and again that what is right is not what is popular.

It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it.

It's time for democrats to grow a backbone and stand up for what we believe.

When a good man lends himself to the advocacy of slavery, he must, at least for a time, feel himself to be any where but at home, amongst his new thoughts, doctrines, and modes of reasoning.

You almost never get the pleasure of seeing that you won the argument in real time. People just don't like to publicly change their minds. They change their minds in private.

One has to speak out and stand up for one's convictions. Inaction at a time of conflagration is inexcusable.

I really believe it's time for some of us to stop apologizing for God and start apologizing to Him for being embarrassed by the ways He has chosen to reveal Himself

Speak in extremes, it'll save you time.

You certainly wouldn't want to invest much time in an argument with someone who would believe it in the first place.

There is a time to take a stand and there is a time to take your leave.

He who confesses magic or sorcery shall do penance for the time of murder, and shall be treated in the same manner as he who convicts himself of this sin.