Quotes About Conviction

Hope is not optimism, which expects things to turn out well, but something rooted in the conviction that there is good worth working for.

Challenge negative forces with hope, self-confidence and conviction. I believe that ambition and initiative will ultimately triumph.

Change arises from conviction. Stop voting in fear. Start voting for hope.

Faith is the substance of whatever it is that we hope for. The important thing is that we teach that faith is connected to good works and responsibility.

The state of mind must be belief, not mere hope or wish. Open-mindedness is essential for belief. Closed minds do not inspire faith, courage, and belief.

The detail in my work helps to convince me, and I hope others as well, that such places might be real.

Sometimes a journey arises out of hope and instinct, the heady conviction, as your finger travels along the map: Yes, here and here ... and here. These are the nerve-ends of the world.

That's the scary thing about hope," she said. "If you let it go too long it turns into faith.

Hope is the belief we might get it done, and faith is the knowledge we will get it done.

No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library.

Faith means being sure of what we hope for now. It means knowing something is real, this moment, all around you, even when you don't see it.

Hope is not a feeling. It is not the belief that things will turn out well, but the conviction that what you are doing makes sense, no matter how things turn out.

Human beings have hope. Not matter how desperate things are, they convince themselves that they can change things for the better." - John Gregory (Clash of the Demons)

No,' Ben says, 'but I believe it. I believe it for you. And that's why it's hope.

I wrote almost all of it in the deepest hope and conviction. Sifting my thoughts and choosing my words. Trying to say what was true. And I'll tell you frankly, that was wonderful.

You have to know your own truth and stick to it. And never despair. Never give up. There's always hope.

Scriptural hope is not wishful thinking. It's rock-solid assurance!

My faith is important. I have nothing without it.

I would hope that Kanye [West] would be remembered for being smart and sticking to what he believes.

So I think (Obama) definitely has convinced people that he stands for change and for hope, and I can't wait to see what he stands for.

Gosh, if I'm gonna take a big stand on something I would hope it would be for more than flip flops!

I say let's be idealists. "Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not yet see" (Hebrews 11:1).

You know, I do projects that I really care about. I hope I'll stand by that until the day I die!

So I'm taking a stand-and I hope others will-to really live what I believe and embrace who I am in Jesus Christ.