Quotes About Conviction

Well, the research into it affected me. And the novel, it very much strengthened my faith.

At the time I finished high school, I was determined to study biology, deeply convinced to eventually be a researcher.

What qualified me to write about Israel was that I wanted to; it took no time to convince myself. The only reservation I had was about eaven: I wanted to write about the Jewish heaven but did not feel qualified because I did not and do not believe in 'it,' though I should.

I love a good argument and sometimes I have a hard time keeping my mouth shut if I think someone is wrong... I've always fought for what I believe in, and I don't quit until I have accomplished what I set out to do.

Every day of my life, I come against a conservative who wants me to shut up. I do believe I'm right and they are wrong.

Until David Bellavia tells me to shut up, I'm going to keep trying to convince him that our country needs him.

There's no amount of money that can make me shut up about something I think is wrong.

It's not about shutting people up or proving them wrong. It's about proving to ourselves what we're about.

I think I'm not a natural-born salesman, for sure, but If I have a product I really believe in, I can overcome some of the shyness and get through the things that aren't natural to me.

I have three favorite politicians: Reagan, Truman, and Bobby Kennedy - Bobby for showing remarkable political courage despite being loathed by many on both sides.

The point never to lose sight of is to be guided by the correct thing, as you see it. It's the only way to approach such profound matters and retain your integrity.

I have very purposely never signed up with commercial lecture agencies as most, I think, prominent historical authors do because, to me, that's a contradiction of who I believe I am given my absorption of the teaching of Martin Luther King, Jr.

If you believe in something, you need to have the courage to fight for those ideas - not run away from them or try and silence them.

I wrote the Dickens book because I loved Dickens, not because I felt a kinship with him, but after writing the book it seemed to me that there was at least one similarity between us and that was that Dickens loved to write and wrote with the ease and conviction of breathing. Me, too.

I believe in faith, family and country. I really keep it that simple.

I'm a real simple person. I believe that the Bible means what it says, and says what it means.

Are creeds such simple things like the clothes which a man can change at will and put on at will? Creeds are such for which people live for ages and ages.

I'm told Jodha was someone whose eyes conveyed humility, simplicity, courage, and conviction. Paridhi embodies everything I had in mind for Jodha.

I'm not a do-gooder. It embarrassed me to be classified as a humanitarian. I simply take part in activities that I believe in.

The hardest thing in the world is to be ourselves. Who are we? Our family tells us, society tells us, laws and customs tell us. But what do we say? How do we get to that place of self-knowledge and conviction where we are able to state without doubt, fear or anger, "This is who I am, this is what I believe, this is how I intend to live my life"?

It's one thing to lie to ourselves. It's another thing to believe it.

But rationalization has its own sidekick. It's that part of our psyche that actually believes what rationalization tells us. It's one thing to lie to ourselves. It's another thing to believe it.

Do you love your idea? Does it feel right on instinct? Are you willing to bleed for it?

Jesus said, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes" (Mark 9:23).