Quotes About Conviction

Don't tell me no this time, Aura. Please. Don't make me stop.

The truth is, we each of us have an inborn conviction that the whole world with everybody and everything in it, was created as a sort of necessary appendage to ourselves.

found his conversation a strange mixture of self-laudation, showing through a flimsy veil of self-disparagement, and of satisfaction at the conviction that he was "saved," combined with equally evident satisfaction that most other people weren't — somewhat trying, however; and, remembering an appointment, rose to go.

Be confident and the world responds to your confidence, rewards your faith.

Go with it. Be confident and the world responds to your confidence, rewards your faith.

What I discovered is that when God took the anger out of my heart, He also took the fear. I know that telling the truth makes enemies, but my message is right and just, and I have no desire to modify it to please others.

I will never compromise on my poorly-thought-out, internally-inconsistent, quasi-irrational principles. That's just how I roll.

My philosophy is always, "Let's get the spirit of the character." If people believe in it and the spirit of it, then it will work.

A true brave man is the one who dares to work against personal-interest.

I have always said that your work stays with you for a long time, and I try to get involved in projects where I truly believe if I had to do them again, I would the same way.

Particularly as a Jew, I don't like missionary work. I've had it focused on me, and I don't like it. Let people be what they want to be.

I don't compromise my values and I don't compromise my work. That's why I've been kicked from one network to the next: I won't give in.

Coaching is salesmanship. Coaching is winning players over and convincing them they have to play together. It takes a team conviction to play together to make things work.

I don't give a damn if you like Blackbeard. I don't care if you think he is an absolute despot. Do you believe me? If you do, I've done my work.

I am not retiring until every American agrees with me, and there's some work still to be done on this.

When I do form an opinion, I'm very aggressive about it. But I don't form that opinion until I've done a tremendous amount of work.

The most any one can do is to confess as candidly as he can the grounds for the faith that is in him, and leave his example to work on others as it may.

You don't need any confirmation if you are already in the spirit

Throw away the doctrine of waiting for confirmation

Until you believe in yourself, it does not matter how much you believe in God

You need a stubborn belief in an idea in order to see it realised.

My family claims I think I'm always right, although I'm always willing to be proven wrong. I hold my opinions dearly, but you can always try to convince me differently, and if you do, I will hold that opinion dearly. I am decidedly stubborn and have been described as not having a type-A personality, but a quadruple-A personality.

I'm not hyper-opinionated, but when I do have an opinion, I'm very stubborn, and I want to persuade everyone to my point of view.

For one, I think as a missionary you gotta be stubborn. And you gotta try to be persuasive.