Quotes about Conviction

His very use of parables shows that it was his conviction that the things of this world can lead a man's thoughts direct to God, if he will only see.

I believe in God, God. God, I believe in God.

that adult trait of being convinced of anything by an assumption of silent superiority

That was the voice of one who knew his own mind.

Truth is terrific, reality is even better, but believability is the best of all

Belief creates the actual fact.

I will assume for the present---until next year---that it is no illusion. My first act of free will shall be to believe in free will.

We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.

The submission which you demand of yourself to the general fact of evil in the world, your apparent acquiescence in it, is here nothing but the conviction that evil at large is none of your business until your business with your private particular evils is liquidated and settled up.

Lord, we need a generation of believers who are not ashamed of the gospel. We need an army of believers who hate to be lukewarm and will stand on Your Word above all else. Raise 'em up, Lord. Raise them up.

Somtimes when you know the right thing to do, you simply have to do it, even though it breaks your heart.

When we are securely rooted in personal intimacy with the source of life, it will be possible to remain flexible without being relativistic, convinced without being rigid, willing to confront without being offensive, gentle and forgiving without being soft, and true witnesses without being manipulative.