Quotes About Conviction

whether all these things people talk about are worth dying for

But he knows, and I know, and you know, that any defence is only as strong as its weakest part: faith, belief, trust.

The truth we convey is the truth, because we say it is the truth. Is that enough?

You keep accusing me of blasphemy all of the time, But I cannot be convicted of a victimless crime.

If the cause is worthy the cost is irrelevant!

Self-deceived religious people may be the most dangerous people in the world, because they are convinced that their cause is of God and their victory endorsed by God.

Faith ? acceptance of which we imagine to be true, that which we cannot prove.

What really matters is what you believe.

With his bushy mustache and caterpillar eyebrows, Buckner was a dead-ringer for Harry Reems, the porn actor who'd just been convicted in Tennessee in April for conspiracy to distribute obscenity across state lines, thanks to his appearance in 1972's massively popular Deep Throat; and just like Reems, Buckner felt he was being prevented from making full professional use of his stick.

In Jerusalem, belief as a form of aggression achieved near perfection. Whether you went deep in the earth or climbed the highest hill, someone's faith would track you down, catch you in its sights, and demand that you choose sides.

Action is what separates a belief from an opinion. Beliefs are imprinted through actions.

I've gone from mistrusting my own instincts to knowing true confidence.

I waver between a cop-out agnostic and principled atheism

I don't want to give up anymore. I want to be strong and stand for what I think even in the face of those most spiteful.

You can't say as much as you can in writing, but you can say what you say with great conviction.

In my spiritual and academic journeys, I have learned that it is imperative for Christians to pursue truth at all costs.

I know what I like in other actors: truth. That's the best. It makes you say, 'OK, I'll go with you on this.'

He that hath truth on his side is a fool as well as a coward if he is afraid to own it because fo other mens's opinions.

the "first step in salesmanship" was "autosuggestion," "the principle through which the salesman saturates his own mind with belief in the commodity or service offered for sale, as well as in his own ability to sell.

Physicians sell patients on a remedy. Lawyers sell juries on a verdict. Teachers sell students on the value of paying attention in class. Entrepreneurs woo funders, writers sweet-talk producers, coaches cajole players. Whatever our profession, we deliver presentations to fellow employees and make pitches to new clients. We try to convince the boss to loosen up a few dollars from the budget or the human resources department to add more vacation days.

Campbell. « Et puis, je me suis dit, c'est ridicule, il faut le faire 

when people believe a conclusion is true, they are also very likely to believe arguments that appear to support it, even when these arguments are unsound.

declarations of high confidence mainly tell you that an individual has constructed a coherent story in his mind, not necessarily that the story is true.

On television and in the movies, crimes are always solved. Nothing is left uncertain. By the end, the viewer knows whodunit. In real life, on the other hand, many murders remain unsolved, and even some that are 'solved' to the satisfaction of the police and prosecutors lack sufficient evidence to result in a conviction.