Quotes about Conviction
I have come to the conclusion that the most important element in human life is faith.
- Rose Kennedy
If you don't have any enemies in life you have never stood up for anything.
- Winston Churchill
The God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God?
- Thomas Jefferson
Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.
- Abraham Lincoln
Faith is the conviction that God knows more than we do about this life and He will get us through it.
- Max Lucado
Once the choice is made, do not look back, do not second-guess your decisions.
- Muhammad Ali
A meaningful life is not a popularity contest. Do what in your heart you believe to be the right thing, and you may or may not get immediate approval from the world. Do it anyway.
- Marianne Williamson
If we aren't willing to pay a price for our values, then we should ask ourselves whether we truly believe in them at all.
- Barack Obama
The more I have read the Bible and studied the life of Jesus, the more I have become convinced that Christianity spreads best not through force but through fascination.
- Shane Claiborne
But the reality is that many people are facing nonphysical persecution because of their stand for righteousness.
- Jerry Bridges
purpose is for us to become so convinced of these truths that we appropriate them in our daily circumstances, that we learn to trust God in the midst of our pain, whatever form it may take. It does not matter whether our pain is trivial or traumatic, temporary or interminable. Regardless of the nature of the circumstances, we must learn to trust God if we would glorify God in them.
- Jerry Bridges
Don't let anyone fool you. The chase after holiness is a tough race to run, especially when it comes to obedience. You have to have conviction (belief) in the necessity of obeying God's will as well as confidence (faith) in God's promises. If you don't have both of those, you can't persevere in this difficult chase.
- Jerry Bridges