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Quotes About Conviction

There was a time when a man was so convinced that the world was round that he was determined to prove it.
~ Ernest Holmes
I hope to God that the inner strength that will vindicate my deeds will in good time spring forth from my own people. I have done as I had to on the prompting of my inner voice.
~ Kurt Huber
I agreed a long time ago, I would not live at any cost. If I am moved or forced away from what I think is the right thing, I will not do it.
~ Maya Angelou
I was right then, I'm right now. I think time has proven me right.
~ Pete Wilson
Just speak very loudly and quickly, and state your position with utter conviction, as the French do, and you'll have a marvelous time!
~ Julia Child
With it all independent I feel like we're doing it one person at a time turning people into believers one person at a time. Just that good old-fashioned grind, get out there, touch the people.
~ Ryan Montgomery
There's a time for debate and a time for consensus. There's a time for advocacy and time for first principles.
~ Anthony Kennedy
You can't be a part-time man of principle.
~ John Amaechi
They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly those beliefs were; they all fused into a single stubbornness.
~ Louise Erdrich
Please believe that I do this because I am convinced that my illness cannot be helped for any length of time and I cannot bear to be a burden on anyone any longer.
~ Susannah McCorkle
There will be occasions in each of our lives when we will be called upon to explain or to defend our beliefs. When the time for performance arrives, the time for preparation is past.
~ Thomas S. Monson
Trust yourself, because as Oprah says, doubt means don't every time
~ Greg Behrendt
Innocence is drowned in anarchy. The best lack conviction given time to think, and the worst are full of passion without mercy.
~ Joni Mitchell
I'd like to think that on a lot of teams, I'd be a No.1. The thing I do know is that every time I take the mound, in my mind I'm the best pitcher in the league.
~ Adam Wainwright
Of course, my views developed in the course of time. But I have always believed in what I did and never acted against my conscience.
~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
You deal with doubt all the time. You have to choose to believe God in every situation. I remind myself all the time, get out of fear. Get out of doubt. Get back in faith.
~ Joyce Meyer
rush of pine scent (once upon a time), the unlicensed conviction there ought to be another way of saying this.
~ Paul Celan
I stand up for what I believe in and a lot of the time that can be against people's opinion.
~ Rihanna
Believing in everything at the same time is the same as not believing in anything at all.
~ Adil Hussain
I believe any time you have the courage to stand for what is right, especially in situations where no one else is willing to do so, you are creating a holy place.
~ Ann M. Dibb
Some people think I enjoy debate. I don't. I wish everyone agreed with me; it would save a lot of time.
~ Bill Maher
...it's easier to hold to your principles 100% of the time than it is to hold to them 98% of the time.
~ Clayton Christensen
Believing was a sacred duty. And those who were so traitorous as not to believe should, at least, have the decency to keep their mouths shut.
~ Margaret Mitchell
Åžimdi benden de güce ya da kendi karar?m? verme hakk?na sahip olmas?z?n yaln?zca bir öpücük veya tatl? bir f?s?lt?yla seviÅŸip, kad?nlarla erkeklerin yatak odalar?nda yapt?klar? diÄŸer tüm ÅŸeyleri yaparak ikna gücümü kullanmam m? isteniyordu? Maalesef bunu düÅŸünmek bile midemi buland?r?yordu. (syf. 50)
~ Margaret Peterson Haddix