Quotes About Convictions

Your belief system is not concerned with the exterior of the tent but the interior. It is the set of convictions (poles)—all of them unseen—upon which your faith depends. If your belief system is strong, you will stand. If it is weak, the storm will prevail.

Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day.

I think the subject which will be of most importance politically is Mass Psychology... Its importance has been enormously increased by the growth of modern methods of propaganda. Although this science will be diligently studied, it will be rigidly confined to the governing class. The populace will not be allowed to know how its convictions are generated.

The mind of the most rational among us may be compared to a stormy ocean of passionate convictions based on desire, upon which float perilously a few tiny boats carrying a cargo of scientifically tested beliefs.

The man who has no tincture of philosophy goes through life imprisoned in the prejudices derived from common sense, from the habitual beliefs of his age or his nation, and from convictions which have grown up in his mind without the co-operation or consent of his deliberate reason.

Todo homem, aonde quer que vá, está envolto por uma nuvem de convicções confortadoras, que se deslocam com ele como moscas em um dia de verão.

Philosophy, like all other studies, aims primarily at knowledge. The knowledge it aims at is the kind of knowledge which gives unity and system to the body of the sciences, and the kind which results from a critical examination of the grounds of our convictions, prejudices, and beliefs.

When I opened my first brew-pub, I did not include a checkbox on hiring applications that required applicants to disclose criminal convictions. And we were better for it.

Typically, in France, someone in my position should keep their mouth shut. I'm an entertainer, operating in the realm of pop, and it's often looked down upon for a pop artist to take a stand, to have convictions or opinions. But I don't think the two are incompatible or mutually exclusive.

The effects of conformity on beliefs and attitudes are the more injurious because people tend to associate with others who have similar beliefs to themselves. ... the only way to substantiate a belief is to try to disprove it. But because like mixes with like, people are rarely exposed to counter-arguments to their more deeply held convictions, let alone to counter-evidence. Their beliefs conform to those of their associates: hence, there is little possibility of eliminating persistent errors.

Lamento que este usted subido en la atalaya de sus propias convicciones. Desde ahí la caída es mortal de necesidad.

paradox is more than that: it should entail a conflict between two deeply held convictions.

We have regressed to the times of the wars of religion; divided, betrayed, threatened if we do not think as the others think or if we refuse to use the same formulas and cry the same watchwords. And tomorrow, ready to kill each other in the name of free will. Refusing to consider the realities he finds disagreeable, each adversary blinds himself with his own convictions and no longer considers those that might help him to comprehend the problem.

Material interests are not the only guiding light.

At 18 our convictions are hills from which we look; At 45 they are caves in which we hide.

Toute Église est conquérante par nature, parce qu'elle se croit en possession de l'absolu. [...] Aucune doctrine ne peut échapper à cette fascination. Le respect des convictions adverses et la tolérance moderne sont le fruit, et chez un petit nombre, du développement de la conscience ou de la conviction que la croyance à l'absolu est une maladie de l'esprit, chez la plupart des hommes le résultat d'une grande lassitude.

La sospecha o la acusación de intolerancia a quienes tienen convicciones firmes es típica de la «dictadura del relativismo». Es una manifestación de la crisis profunda de gran parte de la cultura occidental: la crisis de la razón, que reniega de su propia esencia, conocer la verdad y el sentido de la existencia.

What aspects of yourself would you fight to protect, as if you were fighting for your life?

It] is well and good when our convictions are based upon the "Thou shalts" and the "Thou shalt nots" of Scripture rather than our own ideas.

The very ones whose social pressure cause you to compromise will despise you for it. They probably respect your convictions, and many of them wish they had the moral stamina to stand alone. May the Lord give you added courage to be a witness for Him, even in a hard place.

The late Dr. Harry Ironside once said, "Beware lest we mistake our prejudices for our convictions." To be sure, we must deplore wickedness, evil, and wrongdoing, but our commendable intolerance of sin too often develops into a deplorable intolerance of sinners. Jesus hates sin but loves the sinner.

Be attractive and winsome, but do not compromise your convictions for the sake of popularity.

People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.

Thing is, you don't take too many stands in this life.