Quotes About Conviction

I know this too now: Every man gives his life for what he believes. Every woman gives her life for what she believes. Sometimes people believe in little or nothing, nevertheless they give up their lives to that little or nothing. One life is all we have, and we live it as we believe in living it, and then it's gone. But to surrender what you are, and live without belief—that's more terrible than dying—more terrible than dying young.

It took guts to ignore public opinion and so what you thought was right.

It took guts to ignore public opinion and do what you thought was right.

No retreat. No reserves. No regrets.' These were the same phrases Patrick had written in his Bible,

Only the living have the privilege of saying they'll fight to the last breath, and words like conviction and resolve don't mean much to a dead man.

A need for approval lies behind all efforts of evangelism. If someone else can be convinced, that will show us that we are on the right path. The attempt to convince someone of anything is a mark of insecurity. (173)

We have a right to believe whatever we want, but not everything we believe is right.

Unless I understand the Cross, I cannot understand why my commitment to what is right must be precedence over what I prefer.

Faith is the first step to understanding. Either it's the Word of an infallible God, the fallible words of men, or faith in what you personally believe. You've got to have faith in something. Believe me.

Most atheists bristle at the thought that atheism has anything to do with faith, but not Penn Jillette.

To convince the world of the truth of Christianity, it must first be convinced of sin. It is only sin that renders Christ intelligible." Andrew Murray, The Spirit of Christ

The Holy Spirit convicts us ... He shows us the Ten Commandments; the Law is the schoolmaster that leads us to Christ. We look in the mirror of the Ten Commandments, and we see ourselves in that mirror. AMERICAN EVANGELIST BORN 1918 IN NORTH CAROLINA

Man doesn't dictate what you do or how you do it. If you believe in God, believe in God have your faith in him. That's where my faith lies.

But steel bars have never yet kept out a mob it takes something a good deal stronger: human courage backed up by the consciousness of being right.

Of course I do, Jack! You have to beLIEve me!

Mart had been of the total conviction that life was wholly soluble in terms of the external world. If a man had something good and useful to do in shaping the world to his own dream, he would be a sane and happy man.

To commit the act of felo-de-se is a form of delusion. You see, my love, to leave one's life unfinished implies the possibility of success. What is left unlived may contain the potential truth one always seeks. Those who kill themselves do so with the conviction that they would have reached that truth eventually had they lived to the proper end. They die in the illusion of hope which in a way keeps the rest of us alive. Reason, therefore, for not committing suicide.

People don't take kindly to having others mess around with their beliefs....

We think having faith means being convinced God exists in the same way we are convinced a chair exists. People who cannot be completely convinced of Gods existence think faith is impossible for them. Not so. People who doubt can have great faith because faith is something you do, not something you think. In fact, the greater your doubt the more heroic your faith.

If someone likes you, they'll buy what you're selling, whether or not they need it.

When Californians see something we truly believe in, we say so and act accordingly - without evasiveness or equivocation.

I know what I'm capable of doing. Never a doubt in my mind.

I'm not a beatnik. I'm a Catholic.

Well, I'm a Catholic by birth and you can never shed it.