Quotes about Conviction

The Good Book says that the meek shall inherit the earth and I expect that's probably the truth. I aint no freethinker, but I'll tell you what. I'm a long way from bein convinced that it's all that good a thing.

Belief overflows to behavior. First we need to change what we believe. when we truly change what we believe, we'll gladly change how we behave.

The sun can make you take off your coat more quickly than the wind; and kindliness, the friendly approach and appreciation can make people change their minds more readily than all the bluster and storming in the world. Remember

leadership usually gravitates to the man who can get up and say what he thinks.

Logic and sermons never convince, The damp of the night drives deeper into my soul.

Never, for fear of feeble man, restrain your witness.

Faith in the widest sense of the word, is assent to the truth, or the persuasion of the mind that a thing is true.

But repentance isn't supposed to feel good. In fact, if it does, you're probably doing it wrong.

There is nothing to be afraid of if you believe and know that the cause for which you stand is right. You are ready to face anything and you face it with a humble smile on your face, because you know that all of eternity stands with you and the angels stand beside you and you know you are right.

Criminal Minds, Believer: "A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it."

Let me suggest that at the core of Jewish God-talk is the unshakable conviction that God's most dominant attribute is His commitment to justice rather than power. Earthly kings lust for power, for total control, and are prepared to sacrifice justice, to hurt innocent people, to hold on to power. But as far as the God of Israel is concerned, in a conflict between justice and power, justice will prevail. God will not do wrong. That more than anything gives Job reason to hope. A

Once a decision was made, I did not worry about it afterward.