Quotes about Conviction
It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving, it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe.
— Thomas Paine
One who claims to be a skeptic of one set of beliefs is actually a true believer in another set of beliefs." —PHILLIP E. JOHNSON
— Norman Geisler
And in our culture today, tolerance no longer means to put up with something you believe to be false (after all, you don't tolerate things you agree with). Tolerance now means that you're supposed to accept every belief as true!
— Norman Geisler
Augustine was right when he said that we love the truth when it enlightens us, but we hate it when it convicts us. Maybe we can't handle the truth. In
— Norman Geisler
Forcing people to "freely" believe is a contradiction in terms. God is love (1 John 4:16), and love cannot work coercively — only persuasively.
— Norman Geisler
Belief requires assent not only of the mind but also of the will.
— Norman Geisler
Therefore, it takes a lot more faith to be a non-Christian than it does to be a Christian.
— Norman Geisler
One can only believe entirely, perhaps, in what one cannot see.
— Virginia Woolf
Upon the obstinate irrepressible conviction which makes youth so intolerably disagreeable—I am what I am, and intend to be it.
— Virginia Woolf
He went on saying No to her, on principle, for he never yielded to a woman on account of her sex.
— Virginia Woolf
Sooner or later...one has to take sides. If one is to remain human.
— Graham Greene
A cause worth fighting for is worth fighting for to the end.
— Grover Cleveland