Quotes About Conviction

anyone who really believed what they were saying could get it said in a lot fewer words.

strong opinions, weakly held.

This is a country of strong beliefs. Just because some two people say something, people don't bow down.

I wasn't really raised to be the type of person to have doubts.

Most of the things that really matter require faith. 'How do I know that my wife loves me?' 'How do I know that Mozart's 'Jupiter Symphony' is sublime and beautiful?' There are all sorts of things which come at a more lowly level than that - 'How do I know that two plus two equals four?' There are different layers, different types of knowing.

The fanatic is incorruptible: if he kills for an idea, he can just as well get himself killed for one; in either case, tyrant or martyr, he is a monster.

Those parts of myself that are too ugly or dangerous are precisely the things I feel convicted to share.

The conviction of our Ukrainian nation is embedded in the pages of its history.

I try to be careful with my persuasiveness. When my heart is really behind it, and when I have no ulterior motive, then I know I'm truly persuasive.

Crisis alone is not enough. There must also be a basis, though it need be neither rational nor ultimately correct, for faith in the particular candidate chosen.

When people disagree with you, what you ultimately have to do is persuade people to agree with you - period.

I was correct in every call I made, regardless of what managers, players or replay may have said. To me, that's the reason I'm in the Hall of Fame. If I didn't umpire with conviction, I wouldn't have made it for long.

Once I'm committed, I'm unafraid of the outcome.

Just as no one can be forced into belief, so no one can be forced into unbelief.

Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.

The second thing I know about Donald trump is that he is truly pro-life. I have talked to him in Trump Tower. He believes in protecting the unborn.

War is not merely justifiable, but imperative upon honorable men, upon an honorable nation, where peace can only be obtained by the sacrifice of conscientious conviction or of national welfare.

Men of God and men of war have strange affinities.

There are no atheists in the foxholes.

A fanatic's willingness to kill or be killed in the service of a cause cannot prove the rightness of that cause.

God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right, even though I think it is hopeless.

War is ever the folly of the ignorant. But I have seen much to convince me some wars must be fought, to the bitterest end if need be.

For me, no ideological or political conviction would justify the sacrifice of a human life. For me, the value of life is absolute, with no concessions. It's not negotiable.

If you are not a Conchie, what are you man?' demanded the Major.After some moments' thought, Francis said, 'I am a human being who does not believe in killing my fellow man for insufficient reason.