Quotes About Conviction

People believe what they want to believe

La gente solo cree lo que quiere creer.

I have made believe so long that now I am quite sincere in my conviction that we can see pretty much whatever we look for; which should prove the desirability of searching for amusement and profit rather than for boredom and disillusion.

I agree with you. Now let's put on our big-girl panties and go convince Mr. Always Right that he's seriously wrong.

Faith is measurable. It builds as you think about and meditate on a spiritual truth. There are natural laws, like gravity, and there are spiritual laws, like this one. You can have what you say if you believe that you have it before you actually see that

When you fight for what you know is right, my friend, you already have the victory. There's nothing to fear.

La fe es medible. Se basa en lo que piensas y consideras sobre una verdad espiritual. (...) Hay leyes naturales, como la gravedad, y hay leyes espirituales, como ésta. Puedes tener lo que dices si crees que lo tienes antes de que tú en realidad veas que lo tienes. Eso es fe.-Zacharel

Refusing to believe a truth doesn't make it a lie

Spo?ítala jsem to. Jsem si na osmdesát tÃ…â"¢i procent jistá, že m?j výpo?et je na stoprocent správný.

If there's one thing I've learned throughout the years, it's that what you believe is the impetus for your entire life.

Doing what's right isn't always supported by those around you. Even the most well-meaning people can stumble into darkness.

Religion is still the very best way to get someone to accept something unabashedly ridiculous.

When we asked for permission, we were told no, but we did it anyway, because we knew we needed it.

While we often moved to different cadences, our nation was alive with ideals. We were in motion. Violence was everywhere but so was a conviction that we must somehow make this a better world.

I think to be believed—onstage or on-screen—is the one hope that all actors share. Which one of us, anywhere in the world, doesn't yearn to be believed when the audience is watching?

Weak people believe what is forced on them. Strong people what they wish to believe, forcing that to be real.

Genevieve Cogman

I think taking design out of the studio and really having a relationship with the people that you're making it for really convinced me of how powerful a thing design is. It's not just an aesthetic decoration.

I have witnessed the pleasant result of producing a human who faithfully claims to be a Christian, but who on some fundamental level does not think Christianity actually works. And just one Christian of this type turns off dozens from trying out Christianity for themselves.

They think that if they had more belief they would pray more, so keep them lacking. Never let them realize that the opposite is true: If they prayed more, they would have more belief.

First there is a time when we believe everything, then for a little while we believe with discrimination, then we believe nothing whatever, and then we believe everything again - and, moreover, give reasons why we believe.

With most men, unbelief in one thing springs from blind belief in another.

I am confident of my ability to demonstrate that one can sometimes believe in something and yet not believe in it. Nothing is less fathomable than the systems that motivate our actions.

The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle.