Quotes About Conviction

everything in the world is a boxing match in your heart, between Boldness and Not-Boldness. You let them holler inside you and wallop each other with Arguments For and Against. Then you end by betting on one or the other and that's how things get decided." He thought about it for a moment. "If you're my father you bet

But because we know we won't be believed, we don't quite believe it ourselves.

But to believe, and not to act, or to act in a way that every fiber of your soul held was wrong- how can you not see? That is what would have been reprehensible

plans, Lola's doubts revisited her. Branko was a zealot. In Belgrade he'd been interrogated and beaten

I think that you have mistaken pride for faith, as so many do.

Don't be mental assenters—those who agree that the Bible is true but never act on it.

It is agreed that little girls should have a different physical education than little boys, but it is not admitted how much of the difference is counseled by the conviction that little girls should not look like little boys.

The argument must begin from a position that generates acceptance or approval.

The deepest thing in any one is the conviction of the bad luck that follows boasting

Believe me for meat and for myself.

Man is free, but his freedom ceases when he has no faith in it.

Man is a free agent; but he is not free if he does not believe it.

It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence is useless.

faith must believe without discussion, and the stronger it is, the more it keeps silent.

No Galahad, he still cherished the conviction that women, with rare exceptions, were either "good" or "bad".

A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health.

Men are moved most by their religion; especially when it is irreligion.

He must be a man of some force.' 'He's a religious fanatic.' Leo suddenly smiled. 'So were Martin Luther and Oliver Cromwell and John the Baptist, Viscountess. Give me a good religious fanatic every time! They always mean business, and they'll do what they set out to do or die trying.

Be careful in dealing with a man who cares nothing for sensual pleasures, nothing for comfort or praise or promotion, but is simply determined to do what he believes to be right. He is a dangerous and uncomfortable enemy because his body which you can always conquer gives you so little purchase over his soul.

To believe that we can have what we want is an act of trust – not only of others but also, ourselves.

Practice trust in small matters for huge returns in the large ones.

Ya no mujer joven sino mujer rotunda. Mis deseos ya no intuiciones sino certezas.

He thought that Abraham would never become a Christian once he had seen the Papal Court; but, since it was useless, he gave up trying to dissuade him.

ElocvenÈ›a, când nu e declamaÈ›ie de împrumut, e prisos de evlavie; aÈ™a c?, într-o epoc? de necredin??, elocvenÈ›a nu-È™i g?seÈ™te loc.