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Quotes About Conviction

he should have that cold but somehow enthusiastic look, as if he believed in nothing and yet somehow had absolute faith.
~ Philip K. Dick
It's a fact. I can't get faith or enthusiasm by willing it. Deciding to.
~ Philip K. Dick
Being a practiced liar doesn't mean you have a powerful imagination. Many good liars have no imagination at all; it's that which gives their lies such wide-eyed conviction.
~ Philip Pullman
I am a religious person, although I am not a believer.
~ Philip Pullman
You think things have to be possible? Things have to be true !
~ Philip Pullman
She shook her head and whispered, No. No! That can't be true. Impossible! You think things have to be possible? Things have to be true!
~ Philip Pullman
That's what you are. Argue with anything else, but don't argue with your own nature.
~ Philip Pullman
many good liars have no imagination at all its which gives their lies such wide-eyed conviction
~ Philip Pullman
But we can trust him Roger, I swear, she said with a final effort,Because he's Will.
~ Philip Pullman
But we shouldn't believe things because it makes us happy to, she thought. We should believe things because they're true, and if that makes us unhappy, that's very unfortunate, but it's not the reason of fault.
~ Philip Pullman
if I have to die to do what's proper, then I will, and be happy while I do.
~ Philip Pullman
Being a practiced liar doesn't mean you have a powerful imagination. Many good liars have no imagination at all; it's that which gives their lies such wide-eyed conviction.
~ Philip Pullman
Whatever Mal says, I believe. So take that fucking smile off your face, you.
~ Philip Pullman
Las decisiones no deberían tomarse en función de cómo nos sentimos…, culpables, débiles…
~ Philip Pullman
Being a practiced liar doesn't mean you have a powerful imagination. Many good liars have no imagination at all; it's that which gives their lies such wide-eyed conviction. So
~ Philip Pullman
Many good liars have no imagination at all; it's that which gives their lies such wide-eyed conviction.
~ Philip Pullman
This man did not deal in fairy tales. You could see that as soon as you walked into his office. Schevitz was somebody who liked to be proved right, somebody whose wish to prevail was his vocation.
~ Philip Roth
People believe what they want to believe. The truth rarely makes a difference.
~ David Gemmell
Mao's conviction, "Give me a path wide enough to move a mule and I will move an army.
~ David H. Hackworth
They weren't a special unit— just a group of guys who thought they were good, so they were good.
~ David H. Hackworth
David Horowitz
~ Unknown
As Robespierre once said of Marat, 'The man was dangerous: he believed in what he said.
~ David Irving
Sometimes people who adamantly assert an opinion or view don't even hold it themselves.
~ Unknown
Even today, we must choose. Will we be marked as God's own in our hearts and in our actions? Or will we be marked as Satan's own? Will we stand for Christ, His Son, no matter the personal cost?
~ David Jeremiah