Quotes About Conviction

That was the problem with religion. You no sooner made up your mind about something than you had to change it.

Who never doubted never half believed Where doubt there truth is -- 'tis her shadow.

A essência do engano não é a mentira que se diz, mas as verdades que se contam para a apoiar.

give me faith not religion...

Can you ground your faith on such impossibilities?

If we wish to be good, we must first believe that we are bad.

It is wise to take admissions of uncertainty seriously," Daniel Kahneman noted, "but declarations of high confidence mainly tell you that an individual has constructed a coherent story in his mind, not necessarily that the story is true."17

The one undeniable talent that talking heads have is their skill at telling a compelling story with conviction, and that is enough. Many have become wealthy peddling forecasting of untested value to corporate executives, government officials, and ordinary people who would never think of swallowing medicine of unknown efficacy and safety but who routinely pay for forecasts that are as dubious as elixirs sold from the back of a wagon.

They are all men (always men) of strong conviction and profound trust in their own judgement.

Some 110,000 witch trials occurred at this time in Europe, roughly half of them ending in conviction and execution

What one believes when one is sixteen is more powerful than any truth.

Anyone who does not acknowledge the darkness in his nature will succumb to it...the lamp of conviction needs to be shaded by doubt, or it burns with a blinding light.

If you hold a rose up before a man and he shuts his eyes tight and just holds out his hands and says "Here, I am ready to be persuaded; convince me by touch that your rose is red;" then you are helpless.

I was hated, you know. I made no secret of the fact that I was an atheist. People told me there are no atheists in fox holes. That's nonsense. [interview promoting Marching as to War (2002)]

During a visit to California, when a friend of my grandmother's told my parents that I must be deaf because I was not responding to sounds, my father was absolutely convinced that I was simply being stubborn.

Our two nations share the important values of democracy and freedom and liberty. My visit to the United States has indeed reinforced this mutual conviction and determination to ensure that our two peoples cherish these values.

Playing nice isn't really something that's in my vocabulary. I just do what I think is right.

If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.

I've always been very vocal about my religion. It's a big part of who I am.

I definitely have my opinions that I'm very vocal about and I'm not afraid to put them out there.

When I was younger, I was very vocal to the point of being strident in my views.

I feel like I've always believed what I believed. I've just become more vocal about it.

Because I'm a Christian, when I write things are going to have a certain flavor. When you're writing songs you try to be careful. You make sure there are no conflicts with what you believe, especially when you've been real vocal about being a Christian.

There's Eddie's conviction and his lyrics and his ideals, and he can just rock straight out. His vocals are incredible. And we all are really competent musicians.