Quotes about Conviction
A man must not only stand for the right principles, but he must also fight for them. Those who fight for principle can be proud of the friends they've gained and the enemies they've earned.
— Ezra Taft Benson
I trust men only because I trust God.
— Mahatma Gandhi
Man believes and lives.
— Mahatma Gandhi
I can no more preach nonviolence to a cowardly man than I can tempt a blind man to enjoy healthy scenes.
— Mahatma Gandhi
A man who hasn't found anything he'd die for doesn't deserve to live.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Begin and proceed on a settled conviction that but little is permitted to any man to do or to know, and if he complies with the first grand laws, he shall do well.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Look to the end; and resolve to make the service of Christ the first object in what remains of life, without indifference to the opinion of your fellow men, but also without fear of it.
— Henry Parry Liddon
Sometimes fear is wholesome and rational; it is well to swing fear as a mighty battle-axe over men's heads when no other motive will move them.
— Henry Ward Beecher
It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.
— Muhammad Ali
Being humble does not mean being weak, reticent, or self-effacing. It means recognizing principle and putting it ahead of self. It means standing firmly for principle, even in the fact of opposition.
— Stephen Covey
Faith doesn't mean that you don't have doubts.
— Barack Obama
If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that... I believe in what I do, and I'll say it.
— John Lennon