Quotes About Conviction

if a lie is repeated often enough, it ends up convincing everyone

It is not necessary to move mountains in order to prove one's faith.

Going after what I believe in.

Para tener fe en nuestro camino, no es preciso demostrar que el camino del otro es equivocado.

One of the most aggressive things a human being can do is to go against what he or she believes is nice or pretty.

A man's message of Faith lies in the way he lives his life and not in the words he says.

Don't try to convince anyone of anything. When you don't know something, ask or go away and find out. But when you do act, be like the silent, flowing river and open yourself to a greater energy. Believe -- that's what I said at our first meeting -- simply believe that you can.

Everyone, when they are young, knows what their destiny is. At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible. They are not afraid to dream, and to yearn for everything they would like to see happen to them in their lives. But, as time passes, a mysterious force begins to convince them that it will be impossible for them to realize their destiny.

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.

It is not that we cannot believe," he replied. "It is that we do not want anything enough. Faith rises from necessity. We have no necessity.

And will you understand me when I say I would fight to keep you free from such beliefs because for you they would be false, and at the same time I would fight to keep my mother in those same beliefs because for her they are true and necessary? She would be lost without them, for by them she has lived and by them she must die. But you and l—we must have our own beliefs to live and die in

Being caught by the lord of speech may start with just a reasonable conviction about what we feel to be true. However, if we find ourselves becoming righteously indignant, that's a sure sign we've gone too far and that our ability to effect change will be hindered. Beliefs and ideals have become just another way to put up walls.

Theism is a deep-seated conviction that there's some hand to hold: if we just do the right things, someone will appreciate us and take care of us. It means thinking there's always going to be a babysitter available when we need one. We all are inclined to abdicate our responsibilities and delegate our authority to something outside ourselves. Nontheism is relaxing with the ambiguity and uncertainty of the present moment without reaching for anything to protect ourselves.

There is no fury like that against one who, we fear, may succeed in making us disloyal to beliefs we hold with passion, but have not really won.

How is it possible to hold such anger against something you don't believe in?

If you have to shout to prove your point, you're probably wrong.

No one ever converted to Christianity because they lost the argument.

Rational argument does not create belief, but it maintains a climate in which belief may flourish.

There's nothing so passionate as a vested interest disguised as an intellectual conviction.

One example is worth a thousand arguments.

When a thing is true, there is no need to use any arguments to substantiate it.

Good and happy people who believe in God are the greatest living arguments for God's existence

Argument is conclusive, but it does not remove doubt.

People's minds are changed through observation and not through argument.