Quotes about Conviction
No believing Christian can be coerced beyond Holy Writ
- Martin Luther
I have no dispute with any man concerning morals, but only concerning the word of truth. In all other things I will yield to any one, but I neither can nor will forsake and deny the word. He who thinks otherwise of me, or has taken in my words in another sense, does not think rightly, and has not taken in the truth.
- Martin Luther
Be a sinner and sin boldly, but believe and rejoice in Christ even more boldly.
- Martin Luther
I cannot choose but adhere to the word of God, which has possession of my conscience; nor can I possibly, nor will I even make any recantation, since it is neither safe nor honest to act contrary to conscience! Here I stand; I cannot do otherwise, so help me God! Amen.
- Martin Luther
No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they'd die for.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
If man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ordinarily, a person leaving a courtroom with a conviction behind him would wear a somber face. But I left with a smile. I knew that I was a convicted criminal, but I was proud of my crime.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
The question is not whether we will be extremists but what kind of extremist will we be.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they'd die for.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
A man who won't die for something is not fit to live.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.