Quotes About Conviction

rigid evangelical position.

Because most Christians want it both ways. They want to be able to proudly declare they are believers in the Bible and yet simply ignore those parts they find too difficult or too inconvenient to believe.

I'm a fan of the truth, she replied forcefully, even if it's painfully hard to accept.

Force a hand, and it will fight you. But convince a mind to think as you want it to think, and you have an ally.

That is the definition of faith -- acceptance of that which we imagine to be true, that which we cannot prove.

ABC, one woman offered. Assure, Believe, Convert. Correct, Langdon said. Religions assure salvation; religions believe in a perecise theology; and religions convert nonbelievers.

every faith in the world is based on fabrication. That is the definition of faith—acceptance of that which we imagine to be true, that which we cannot prove.

But faith," Edmond declared, "by its very definition, requires placing your trust in something that is unseeable and indefinable, accepting as fact something for which there exists no empirical evidence.

Force a hand, the voice warned, and it will fight you. But convince a mind to think as you want it to think, and you have an ally.

Tienes enemigos? Bien. ¡Eso significa que has defendido algo!".

Ajatuksen yleinen hyväksyntä ei ole todiste sen oikeellisuudesta.

Martyrdom is at the heart of all religion.

the human mind has the ability to elevate an obvious fiction to the status of a divine fact, and then feel emboldened to kill in its name.

As anyone who read religious history could attest nothing cemented people's belief faster than a human being dying for his cause. Christ on the cross. The Kedoshim of Judaism. The Shahid of Islam. Martyrdom is at the heart of all religion . - Robert Langdon

La calma interior es decisiva para una actuación convincente.

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something!

aku penggemar berat kebenaran,meskipun kebenaran itu luarbiasa sulit untuk diterima. ~Sienna Brooks~

belief in the product may be the single most compelling factor in that exchange of trust we call a sale.

Moderation is for the bland, the apologetic, for the fencesitters of the world afraid to take a stand. It's for those afraid to laugh or cry, for those afraid to live or die. Moderation" — he took a deep breath, getting ready for his final condemnation — "is lukewarm tea, the devil's own brew!

Let that be a lesson to you," Sledge added. "If you know a thing is so, it's so. If you know it's not, it's not.

All those before us have gone into the darkness without assurance of logic or fact or persuasive theory, with only a slender thread of hope or all too shakable convention of faith. And they have been able to sustain that slim hope in the face of darkness, then so must I.

The best lack all conviction," he thought, "while the worst are full of passionate intensity.

All those before us have gone into the darkness without assurance of logic fact or persuasive theory, with only a slender thread of hope or the all too shakable convinction of faith. And if they have been able to sustain that slim hope in the face of darkness, then so must I.

The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. I