Quotes About Conviction

It has long been my conviction that a masked man with a gun is a target. I see no reason to change that view.

A man should believe in God through faith, not because of miracles.

They knew many things but had no idea why. And strangely this made them more, rather than less, certain that they were right.

Men who believe that they are accomplishing something by speaking speak in a different way from men who believe that speaking is a waste of time.

It was then that she cut him off in midsentence and said that it was over. She said it with a certainty and a conviction in her voice and her face that left him fascinated and awed. Because guys, at least of his age, didn't have the confidence to make major decisions from their gut like that. They had to build a superstructure of rational thought on top of it. But not Zula. She didn't have to decide. She just had to pass on the news.

The rule of thumb we've been using is that Deolaters are welcome as long as they're not certain they're right," I said. "As soon as you're sure you're right, there's no point in your being here.

It was then that she cut him off in midsentence and said that it was over. She said it with a certainty and a conviction in her voice and her face that left him fascinated and awed. Because guys, at least of his age, didn't have the confidence to make major decisions from their gut like that. They had to build a superstructure of rational thought on top of it. But not Zula. She didn't have to decide. She just had to pass on the news.

Well, I am not fully convinced that I really need this," Randy says. "We all need to decide that question for ourselves," says Avi.

These people cared about eternal truths. Believed that some—but not all—such truths were written down in a book. That their book was right and the others wrong. This much they had in common with most of the other people who had ever lived.

No intelligent person in Blue believes that, of course.

since they don't make a lot of money or get a lot of respect, you have to prove you're personally committed and that you don't care about those trappings.

If the math works, why then you should be sure of yourself. That's the whole point of math.

Whether or not this was a valid theory, the fact was that Aïda swallowed it hook, line, and sinker and used it to inform her genetic strategy in the Great Game.

Express your life as a demonstration of your highest beliefs, rather than as a denial of them.

If you need to invoke your academic pedigree or job title for people to believe what you say, then you need a better argument.

The less evidence we have for what we believe is certain, the more violently we defend beliefs against those who don't agree.

It's no secret that people will give their lives, or take the lives of others, in support of what they believe. Often the less actual evidence that exists in support of an ideology, the more likely a person is willing to die for the cause.

Often the less actual evidence that exists in support of an ideology, the more likely a person is willing to die for the cause.

Well, he said, opening the door to his car, all you can do is put on an appearance of confidence sometimes. And after a while, others will start to believe it. [Eric Weber] grabbed the door handle to pull it closed. And then you die.

Credo quia impossibile.' I believe it because it is impossible.

Sometimes people rationalize their behavior. How about the Americans who gave atomic bomb secrets to the Russians? They were people who said they did it out of conviction—so one side wouldn't have all the power.

The Irish are beautiful bullshitters. I mean, you know they're lying, they know you know they're lying, but they do it with so much charm, conviction, and energy that everyone feels kind of good about it.

For, besides what has been said, people are fickle by nature: it is easy to convince them of something, but difficult to hold them in that conviction. Therefore, affairs should be managed in such a way that when they no longer believe, they can be made to believe by force.

It's easy to convince people of something, but hard to keep them convinced.