Quotes About Conviction

expressed myself badly. What I meant was that if he could induce others to believe what he said, then for him the statement acquired some degree of truth, a reflection of their belief that it was true; and this reflected truth might grow stronger with time and repetition until it became conviction, indistinguishable from ordinary factual truth, or very nearly so.

The British obviously overlooked the fact that an American only has to be sold on the idea that his cause is just and he is capable of anything.

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Truth has nothing to do with the number of people it convinces.

Sometimes God's Good Women have to be forcefully persuasive, just as Jesus was, despite cultural pressures to be quiet and timid.

Choosing to please [God] more than anyone else guarantees that occasionally you will make other people unhappy, including family and friends.

Jesus had a forceful and firm side. If he knew he was doing God's will, he didn't care if his words or actions made people mad.

Some of us are sinning because we aren't angry enough over what makes God angry.

It's easier to get people to fight for an idea. And whichever side wins, their ideas will also be considered to have triumphed, as if God wanted to signal his agreement by selecting that side as the victor.

the exercise of authority was not an easy business, especially if those who exercised it no longer felt they had heaven on their side. That

to rid the people of their old beliefs and insert new ones.

It is usually expensive and lonely to be principled;

The warrior who trusts his path doesn't need to prove the other is wrong.

Faith is not Desire. Faith is Will. Desires are things that need to be satisfied, whereas Will is a force. Will changes the space around us,...

Don't explain. Your friends do not need it, and your enemies will not believe you

If you believe in victory, then victory will believe in you.

We are always trying to convert people to a belief in our own explanation of the universe. We think that the more people there are who believe as we do, the more certain it will be that what we believe is the truth. But it doesn't work that way at all.

There are some things in life that are worth fighting for to the end.

A lot of people think something is right, and so that thing becomes right.

It is always far easier to have faith in your own goodness than to confront others ad fight for your rights...

Truth resides where there is faith.

And one more thing: you still believe that man can be good. If that weren't the case, you wouldn't have invented all this nonsense to convince yourself otherwise.

Life is an act of faith.

fanaticism is the only way to put an end to the doubts that constantly trouble the human soul.