Quotes About Conviction

people may ignore your conviction but they will take notice of the results.

People who ask confidently get more than those who are hesitant and uncertain. When you've figured out what you want to ask for, do it with certainty, boldness and confidence. Don't be shy or feel intimidated by the experience. You may face some unexpected criticism, but be prepared for it with confidence.

And belief is a choice. It is simply a thought you choose to think over and over until it becomes automatic.

People who ask confidently get more than those who are hesitant and uncertain. When you've figured out what you want to ask for, do it with certainty, boldness and confidence.

And when you're strong, you can't convince people of your love for them.

What reveals a genuine love for God is my ability to convince my family and others of my love for them.

We need leaders of conviction who have diverse constituencies always in mind, who carefully consider the larger contexts of their words and deeds. We need people who aren't afraid to stand for what they believe in, but who also recognize the privilege of their position. We need leaders who hold themselves accountable to their peers – leaders of great fortitude and great integrity.

But the reality is that sometimes a good lie may be what we really need. Provided we can make it sound like truth.

The courage to act is always preceded by the light of faith.

The most important thing about a man is what he believes in the depth of his being.

When has the majority ever been right? Sure they're convinced—because they don't think things through. Humanity has survived a lot of dooms.

Some people don't believe that you can meet a person and know that's the person for you for the rest of your life. I'm not going to try to argue with them on that. I know what I know.

This is the way brown people have to fight, my grandfather says. You can't just put your fist up. You have to insist on something gently. Walk toward a thing slowly. But be ready to die, my grandfather says, for what is right. Be ready to die, my grandfather says, for everything you believe in.

Some people don't believe you can meet and know that's the person for you for the rest of your life. I'm not going to try to argue with them on that. I know what I know.

Surely, even in a world apparently turned enthusiastically relativistic in nearly all matters of belief and conviction, at least this single principle of physiological, if not moral, certainty still held true. There were men and there were women, and there were straights and there were gays. And that was that.

We just each believe what we're able

If something is not a "hell, YEAH!", then it's a "no!

At the core of all well-founded belief lies belief that is unfounded.

I would give my life for a man who is looking for the truth. But I would gladly kill a man who thinks that he has found the truth.

Gregorio enseguida comprobó que la gente no tarda en convencerse de que lo que le conviene siempre que otra persona lo apoye en su razonamiento. O lo que es lo mismo: que dos opiniones solidarias forman una convicción.

enseguida comprobó que la gente no tarda en convencerse de lo que le conviene siempre que otra persona la apoye en su razonamiento. O lo que es lo mismo: que dos opiniones solidarias forman una convicción.

A nation will not be moved by timid methods.

Most people's religion is what they want to believe, not what they do believe.

Unless I am convinced by the testimony of the Scriptures or by clear reason (for I do not trust either in the pope or in councils alone, since it is well known that they have often erred and contradicted themselves), I am bound by the Scriptures I have quoted and my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and will not recant anything, since it is neither safe nor right to go against conscience. May God help me. Amen.