Quotes About Conviction

I studied the Koran a great deal. I came away from that study with the conviction there have been few religions in the world as deadly to men as that of Muhammad.

Some men are just as sure of the truth of their opinions as are others of what they know.

It is impossible to believe anything into existence. The gospel did not come into being because men believed it...The fact always precedes the faith.

If Christianity is untrue, then no honest man will want to believe it, however helpful it might be; if it is true, every honest man will want to believe it, even if it gives him no help at all

There's no stopping a man who knows he's in the right and keeps a-coming.

Do not flatter yourselves with the belief that a mere recital of that celebrated verse in St. John makes a man a Christian.

A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.

And I believe what I believe / Is what makes me what I am / I did not make it, no it is making me / It is the very truth of God and not / The invention of any man.

As we celebrate President Reagan's remarkable career and historic legacy, we also celebrate a man of strong character, deep conviction, unforgettable charm, and wonderful wit.

Men will die upon dogma but will not fall victim to a conclusion.

Men always grow vicious before they become unbelievers.

Three things are necessary to make every man great,every nation great1.Conviction of the powers of goodness.2.Absence of jealousy and suspicion.3.Helping all who are trying to be and do good.

A man protesting against error is on the way towards uniting himself with all men that believe in truth.

A man's religion consists, not of the many things he is in doubt of and tries to believe, but of the few he is assured of and has no need of effort for believing.

The man of faith who has never experienced doubt is not a man of faith.

The best sermon is preached by the minister who has a sermon to preach and not by the man who has to preach a sermon.

Passion is the mob of the man, that commits a riot upon his reason.

A man of conviction is often more to be desired than a man of experience.

I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him, he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone.

Every man is a reformer until reform tramps on his toes.

A man convinced of his own merit will accept misfortune as an honor, for thus can he persuade others, as well as himself, that he is a worthy target for the arrows of fate.

We call a man a bigot or a slave of dogma because he is a thinker who has thought thoroughly and to a definite end.

No man's faith, no man's religion, no religion in all the world can ever rise above the truth.

Men who have embraced one idea can live only by and for that idea. Beyond it, they have nothing but their memories.