Quotes About Conviction

But on the big things, I'm not going to trim in order to win public opinion. Because I really don't want to serve in the Senate if I arrive there without permission to do the things I think need to be done.

I would rather lose in a cause that I know some day will triumph than to triumph in a cause that I know some day will fail.

I had pictured journalism as I'd seen it in the most ennobling films, where the reporter battles for the truth, propelled by conviction, and is triumphant. There are journalists who fit that ideal.

When you are giving people the gospel, you are giving them something to believe, and you have to set the stage for that. You don't just drive up and dump the truck and drive off.

The beauty is that through disappointment you can gain clarity, and with clarity comes conviction and true originality.

We can never be afraid to stand up for what is right, no matter what others may say. And sometimes, if that means taking a lonely road, if what we are standing for is true, then perhaps moonlight or sunshine will light our way and make it less lonely.

Holding true to what you believe - even in a big city - is so important.

We must show our Christian colors if we are to be true to Jesus Christ.

Everybody is a True Believer. Everybody has a little nugget they're convinced of that is the opposite of the nugget on the other side. And they're convinced it's fact.

Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.

The word 'courage,' one of my favorite words, the root or the etymology of that word is 'cour,' which means heart. I think true courage is actually following your heart and not getting or succumbing to what other people's definition of what your life should be. Live your life.

All around me insisted that my doubts proved only my own ignorance and sinfulness; that they knew by experience they would soon give place to true knowledge, and an advance in religion; and I felt something like indecision.

It is truer to say that martyrs create faith more than faith creates martyrs.

It is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life. I am convinced that the truest act of courage, the strongest act of manliness is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totally non-violent struggle for justice.

To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing.

My heart has always been truly convinced that in serving the cause of America, I am fighting for the interests of France.

Nor is it that truly a belief at all which has not some influence upon the actions of him who holds it.

Let me tell you what changed my mind: it was when Donald Trump picked Mike Pence to be his running mate. I was convinced that Donald Trump knew exactly what he was doing, and he knew that was rounded out the ticket in many ways.

I saw people, and I can't name them of course, that maybe were skeptical at first that were really sold on Donald Trump.

Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.

I have to trust what I do and then do it.

Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

It doesn't make any sense... that's why I trust it!

The world tells lots of people the light is red. You have to trust yourself and say, 'I think the light is green, and I'm going to keep doing this.'