Quotes About Convictions

If everybody fought for nothing but his own convictions, there wouldn't be any wars,

The men of this party had both the quality and the defect of frankness in their opinions.

Don't write about ideas ... write about convictions of the heart.

People like Steve can learn to address anger constructively. For instance, requests can be made for appropriate treatment without the request turning into an opportunity to belittle or intimidate. Boundaries and stipulations can be established even as the offending person is treated with dignity. The experience of anger not only does not have to become a springboard for foul treatment, it can actually prompt someone to stand up for needs and convictions in a positive manner.

The story of a regeneration of convictions - can any story in the entire field of literature be more filled with thrilling and all-absorbing interest?

I think the reason composers aren't valued is because many act as servants rather than music directors. Instead of taking a stand based on their convictions, they sway to the opinions of others.

If you don't stick to your values when they're being tested, they're not values: they're hobbies.

I've learned to be pragmatic, but I don't sacrifice my principles, my values.

La gente empieza viendo una cosa y acaba viendo la contraria. Empieza amando y acaba odiando, o sintiendo indiferencia y después adorando. Nunca logramos estar seguros de qué va a sernos vital ni de a quién vamos a dar importancia. Nuestras convicciones son pasajeras y endebles, hasta las que consideramos más fuertes.También nuestros sentimientos.

No one church has all the answers or the perfect map to the Promised Land, and I prefer to work out my own faith and my own convictions in the seclusion of my own mind.

[Ronald] Reagan seems to be a man of some basic convictions and on the other hand willing to let others do the ground homework, the detailed work.

The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions.

Let our lives be in accordance with our convictions of right, each striving to carry out our principles.

I'm not afraid to use my platform. I don't want to preach to people; I just want to put my opinions across about things I feel strongly about.

There are things that I do agree with in Christianity and things that I don't agree with. I'm not a regular churchgoer, but I do think that I have my own beliefs that I feel strongly about.

I long for the day when there are things I feel strongly about politically.

I'm a good liberal, and I grew up in a very liberal family and had very strongly held beliefs.

This idea, as you know, that I have firm convictions that the idea of issues being a big deal where our mutual friend went back and he felt so strongly that the determining factor in electoral success should be a proven character.

I write about the things I feel strongly about.

I am a very opinionated person and I have stuff that I believe in. But I've always struggled to find my niche amidst it all.

Everyone has their opinions about the Bible and God.

I am a Muslim Arab, in my actions oriented very to the left, in my convictions.

We ought to have the courage of our convictions and confidence in our own ingenuity. After all, that's what America is all about. Either that, or learn Mandarin.

I think that people need to have the courage of their convictions and not be trying to fool people into thinking that they've changed overnight.