Quotes About Conversion

I was a football fan before I became a rugby fan.

I used to be a night owl. I no longer am a night owl.

My only objective is to paint a Christ so moving that those who see him will be converted.

FDR, as best as I can tell, had no kind of involvement at all in our conversion to the paper currency.

By entwining the story of his life with verses from the Quran and an acknowledgment of the new Christian terms to which he must adapt, Omar ibn Said created less a tale of conversion than a syncretic narrative: Like that of so many others, his is a story not of the religious remaking of a people but of a people remaking religious traditions to serve their altered circumstances.

Everything can change in an instant. Everything. And then there is only before and after.

I gave my heart to the Lord, and I remember the incident vividly. The Lord spoke to me. I know that sounds funny. It was not an audible voice or anything of that nature.

I converted from softball. We've got volleyball, we've got track and field. Athletes come from anywhere and then convert into bobsled.

The Muslims want to force conversion. Christians want to persuade you to voluntarily change your heart to where you would say yes to Jesus Christ.

How can I convert the enthusiasm of voters into a practical programme of action that meets their desire for economic security and greater prosperity?

It does get difficult to shift from a 'Wanted' to a 'Mod.'

Here commences a new dominion acquired with a title by divine right.   Ships are sent with the first opportunity; the natives driven out or destroyed; their princes tortured to discover their gold; a free license given to all acts of inhumanity and lust, the earth reeking with the blood of its inhabitants: and this execrable crew of butchers, employed in so pious an expedition, is a modern colony, sent to convert and civilize an idolatrous and barbarous people!

I used to be a Christian, but I decided to follow the teachings of Jesus instead.

Such a pity that he [GK Chesterton] became a Catholic.

To overcome fear, why does getting excited work better than trying to calm yourself down? Fear is an intense emotion. You can feel your heart pumping and your blood coursing. In that state, trying to relax is like slamming on the brakes when a car is going 80 miles per hour. The vehicle still has momentum. Rather than trying to suppress a strong emotion, it's easier to convert it into a different emotion - one that's equally intense, but propels is to step on the gas.

But I didn't say any of that. I did a complete turnaround.

I tried to convert all my friends back in Houston to Patriots fans, which was successful to a small degree.

As a business owner, what's the sense in having droves of followers and connections if you aren't able to turn them into paying customers?

Mormonism is not historic Christianity. When people say, 'Well, Mormons and Christians all believe the same things,' my response is, 'If that's true, why are they always on my front doorstep trying to convert me?'

I don't think the job of the antiracist is to convert the far-out heathen racist, or give them their 'come to Jesus' moment, as it's called. They'll either have those or they won't, and usually, when they have them, it's not because of something someone said per se; it's because of some life crisis that makes them rethink.

Conversion meant a conscious turning away from the old way of life.

But Mr. Spurgeon, what if we convert one of the nonelect?" Spurgeon patted him on the back and replied, "God will forgive you for that." I have never regretted asking a person to close with Christ.

We didn't shoot in 3-D. They've talked about doing a conversion and there's been a lot of talk about us doing 'Sucker Punch' in 3-D, but I'm still waiting to see.

My mother's family is Christian: her father was a Baptist lay preacher, and her brother, in a leap of Anglican upward mobility, became a vicar in the Church of Wales. But my mother converted to Islam on marrying my father. She was not obliged to; Muslim men are free to marry ahl al-kitab, or people of the Book - among them, Jews and Christians.