Quotes About Conviction

When I stood up to oppose an invasion of Iraq in 2002, it wasn't a popular thing to do.

Dad has always been - and still is - a great influence on me. He has always stood up for spirit, staying true to his beliefs... and I like to do the same with regard to my own true beliefs, regardless of potential criticism or mockery.

We've always been a band that stood up for what we thought was right.

I was brought up in a household where you stood up to be counted.

I want to be able to look back and say that I stood where I was supposed to stand. I fought where I was supposed to fight, in the ring and out of the ring.

Stanford just stood out, not even close to the other schools. I was going to wait, see what else comes into play, but when I got there, I knew I wanted to be there.

I haven't been afraid to speak my mind with anything, and I have always stood up for what I believe in.

Ken Cuccinelli is a statesman. He has stood for biblical values even when it wasn't popular.

If I didn't believe in what I'm doing, I'd rather go to work in a dime store.

If I am convinced with the storyline and get an opportunity to play a powerful role, I would.

When I walk into a room, I know my storytelling has value and I have to sell my idea. I have to help people see the financial value and gain in my work.

Go right straight down the road, to do what is best, and to do it frankly and without evasion.

My parents were both very intellectually honest, straightforward, and for them, faith meant that you were fully engaged.

Mainstream Jewish intellectuals became 'pro'-Israel after the June 1967 war when Israel became the U.S.A.' s strategic asset in the Middle East, i.e., when it was safe and reaped benefits. To credit them with ideological conviction is, in my opinion, very naive.

I see the God complex around me all the time in my fellow economists. I see it in our business leaders. I see it in the politicians we vote for — people who, in the face of an incredibly complicated world, are nevertheless absolutely convinced that they understand the way that the world works.

If faith is your motivation, share that.

the story, and the conviction it carries, are part of the teller's way of organizing his own life.

Kevin O'Higgins did not like the Treaty which he felt should not have been signed, but having being signed it should be supported.

You don't have to love it. You just have to believe it's worth it in the end.

If you can convince yourself, you can convince the other fellow,

A rich sense of confidence comes from three different types of belief: confidence in yourself, trust in others, and faith in God.

It's OK to be outspoken about your faith.

And somehow, somewhere along the track, I went numb. I couldn't say what it was & didn't dare try. How do you explain the sense of being made to feel improper ? I withdrew into a watchful rectitude, anxious to please, risking nothing. I followed the outline of my life, carefully rehearsing form without conviction, like a bishop who can't see that his faith has become an act.

He discovered that if he said something often enough, no matter how untrue, people would believe it. Small lies were for the timid. The key to telling a big lie was to do it with conviction. He