Quotes About Conviction

Faith: not wanting to know what is true.

Dhobi Ghat' is the only script I actually completed and that I was convinced about wanting to direct.

The first step to believing something is true is wanting to believe it is true... or being afraid it is.

I can relate to somebody wanting to have something to believe in.

It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.

I share Alfred Nobel's conviction that war is the greatest of all human disasters. Infectious disease runs a good second.

Even though the white-haired politician has no colorful wardrobe, after he speaks... you want to hug him. Why? Because what Bernie Sanders says feels like the truth. The unbridled truth. And he says it loud.

Men who do not contend in earnest can have little warmth and fervor in what they undertake, and are more than half prepared to betray the cause, in the vindication of which they have engaged their services.

The only warning I'd give is - make sure you are strong enough and committed enough in your business pursuits. It is commitment and belief, not just the bottom line, that should drive you.

Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.

Warren Buffet told me once and he said always follow your gut. When you have that gut feeling, you have to go with don't go back on it.

Alex Dumas was a consummate warrior and a man of great conviction and moral courage. He was renowned for his strength, his swordsmanship, his bravery, and his knack for pulling victory out of the toughest situations. But he was known, too, for his profane back talk and his problems with authority.

Sometimes people can be wary of standing up... but I don't have a problem doing that.

I believe Barack Obama has shown a deep conviction to help those most in need, even if their voices are not always the ones heard the loudest in Washington.

That's the secret to performance: conviction. The right note played tentatively still misses its mark; but play boldly and no one will question you.

That's the secret to performance: conviction. The right note played tentatively still misses its mark, but play boldly and no one will question you. If one believes there is truth in art—and I do—then it's troubling how similar the skill of performing is to lying. Maybe lying is itself a kind of art. I think about that more than I should.

To live in faith is to live without regret.

We have to believe and trust or our faith is useless.

Family is the most valuable thing on earth, though Lord knows I didn't live my life with that conviction. Remember that family isn't just blood kin but anyone who fits into your heart.

Never blink while telling a tale. People will always believe you if you don't blink.

the truth is what you can't see but are certain of anyway.

I am not going to apologize for speaking the name of Jesus... If I have to sacrifice everything... I will.

Do you believe in God, Martin?' And he answered, 'Yes, because of His trees. Don't you?' 'I'm not sure...' 'Oh, my poor, blind Stephen! Look again, go on looking until you do believe.

Out of his zestful study of Man, from Thucydides to the Encyclopaedists, from Seneca to Rousseau, he had confirmed into an unassailable conviction his earliest conscious impressions of the general insanity of his own species.