Quotes About Conviction

We were not convicted. We would win this case if we fought it.

I can't remember exactly when I decided that Konradin had to be my friend, but that one day he would be my friend I didn't doubt.

And indeed this theme has been at the centre of all my research since 1943, both because of its intrinsic fascination and my conviction that a knowledge of sequences could contribute much to our understanding of living matter.

If a man have a strong faith he can indulge in the luxury of skepticism.

'Faith' means not wanting to know what is true

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows us that faith proves nothing.

Faith: not *wanting* to know what is true.

Une des plus grandes sources d'erreurs, c'est de prendre le probable pour certain, et l'improbable pour impossible.

Changes in belief always precede changes in behavior.

We're telling a story. And the demands of that are different from the demands of a documentary. The audience must believe in order to keep faith in the story.

Kill your doubt with the coldest of weapons: Confidence.

A lie twice believed is self-deceived.

Belief?" "Yes," Sazed said. "Tell me, Mistress. What is it that you believe?" Vin frowned. "What kind of question is that?" "The most important kind, I think.

That's kind of what trust is, isn't it? A willful self-delusion.

I will protect even those I hate," Kaladin whispered through bloody lips. "So long as it is right.

What is belief—what is faith—if you don't continue it after failure?

To believe, it seemed, one had to want to believe.

Breeze turned to look out the window. "You were always the best of us, Sazed," he said quietly. "Because you believed in something.

People with passion are people who will destroy—for a man's passion is not true until he proves how much he's willing to sacrifice for it. Will he kill? Will he go to war? Will he break and discard that which he has, all in the name of what he needs ?

I still doubt it will work." "You'd doubt the sun's rising if you weren't proven wrong each day," Raoden said with a smile.

Faith isn't about logic, son," Haddek said. "Perhaps that's your problem. You cannot 'disprove' the things you study, any more than we can prove to you that the Hero will save us. We simply must believe it, and accept the things Preservation has taught us.

I will protect even those I hate,' Kaladin whispered through bloody lips, 'So long as it is right

I believe that my own morality—which answers only to my heart—is more sure and true than the morality of those who do right only because they fear retribution.

You are offered proof only once you believe, but if you believe, you can find proof in anything. It is a logical conundrum.