Quotes About Conviction

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

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.

The emotional mind takes its beliefs to be absolutely true, and so discounts any evidence to the contrary. That is why it is so hard to reason with someone who is emotionally upset: no matter the soundness of your argument from a logical point of view, it carries no weight if it is out of keeping with the emotional conviction of the moment.

liderazgo no es sinónimo de dominación, sino el arte de convencer a la gente de que colabore para alcanzar un objetivo común.

The emotional/rational dichotomy approximates the folk distinction between heart and head; knowing something is right in your heart is a different order of conviction - somehow a deeper kind of certainty - than thinking so with your rational mind.

El liderazgo no es sinónimo de dominación, sino el arte de convencer a la gente de que colabore para alcanzar un objetivo común.

Everybody has a theory.

Our comforting conviction that the world makes sense rests on a secure foundation: our almost unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance.

The confidence that individuals have in their beliefs depends mostly on the quality of the story they can tell about what they see, even if they see little.

If we build into ourselves a deep understanding and conviction that serving the needs of other human beings is the reason we profit, that the reason we earn money is because we are focused on serving the needs of other people, other people will see this. We must commit ourselves to these convictions. Then and only then will the money follow. The money comes automatically.

Authority could derive from passion, not pieces of paper.

We don't want to know a way to live that works well. We want to know the one right way.

No god craves weaklings.

It took two phone calls in 2009 to convince Charif Souki to turn around the business he was trying to build.

I always tried to bring confidence to the game.

Confidence is sexy.

Act or do not act, but do not hedge.

A warrior has to believe, otherwise he cannot activate his intent positively.

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

What is important is to believe in something so strongly that you're never discouraged.

Our actions are the evidence of our belief and become the substance of our faith.

Leaders do not sway with the polls. Instead, they sway the polls through their own words and actions.

He who believes is strong he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions. He who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.

There is no alternative to action, and that requires faith. The issue is how we are to mold for ourselves a belief system that is worthy of life.