Quotes about Conviction
if the man did not find something to die for,he will not fit to life...
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
A man who have not discovered something he will die for, is not fit to live.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right....
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
When you are right, you cannot be too radical; When you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
If a man hasn't found something he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?' Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?' Vanity asks the question, 'Is it popular?' But, conscience asks the question, 'Is it right?' And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because one's conscience tells one that it is right
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
A man who does not have something for which he is willing to die is not fit to live.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
I submit to you that if a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
One of these days I'm going to put my body where my mind is.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
If you have not discovered something you are willing to die for, then you are not fit to live.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
In spite of this prevailing tendency to conform, we as Christians have a mandate to be nonconformists. The Apostle Paul, who knew the inner realities of the Christian faith, counseled, "Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind." We are called to be people of conviction, not conformity; of moral nobility, not social respectability. We are commanded to live differently and according to a higher loyalty.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.