Quotes About Convictions

The conclusions of passion are the only reliable ones.

How it infuriates a bigot, when he is forced to drag out his dark convictions!

We should know what our convictions are, and stand for them. Upon one's own philosophy, conscious or unconscious, depends one's ultimate interpretation of facts. Therefore it is wise to be as clear as possible about one's subjective principles. As the man is, so will be his ultimate truth.

opinions, and convictions when they do not mirror what I believe.

You cannot understand a man's actions unless you understand his beliefs.

Freedom. And Justice. If you have those two, it covers everything. You must stick to those principles and have the courage of your convictions.

Maybe there's two types of people in the world: those people who favor humans over ideology, and those people who favor ideology over humans.

The big lock-up is about drugs. Here's the real scam. The drug war is one of the games to get more convictions and prisoners.

It was not the violence of our enemies [in World War I] that would undo us, I thought, but our own spiritual weakness, the shallowness of our convictions.

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.Courageous, untroubled, mocking and violent-that is what Wisdom wants us to be. Wisdom is a woman, and loves only a warrior.

have faith in yourselves, great convictions are the mothers of great deeds.

Help me to understand other people's positions, Lord, even when I don't share them. At the same time, grant me the strength to not ignore wrongdoing simply because it is committed by someone who is well intentioned. Let me be compassionate while remaining true to my convictions. Amen.

you may never use your children to promote your convictions. The purpose of discipline is not evangelism. The purpose of discipline is to shepherd your children.

You'll never get me to speak religion. You'll never get me to speak politics.

Convictions are the mainsprings of action, the driving powers of life. What a man lives are his convictions.

The dangers which threaten us are twofold: First, from the Confederate forces, composed of men whose earnest convictions and reckless bravery it is idle to deny.

A man's moral worth is established only at the point where he is ready to give up his life in defense of his convictions.

The men of the past had convictions, while we moderns have only opinions.

When I need to identify rebels, I look for men with principles

No reasonable man, much less a Christian, can or should take part in the efforts of Communists and Socialists

The men who succeed best in public life are those who take the risk of standing by their own convictions.

It is not the facts which guide the conduct of men, but their opinions about facts; which may be entirely wrong. We can only make them right by discussion.

No man knows the genuineness of his convictions until he has sacrificed something for them.

Courageous convictions will drag the dream into existence.