Quotes about Conviction

Faith is never identical with piety.

I'm not a politician. I don't want to be a politician, because politicians do what is politically expedient. I want to do what's right.

Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.

To live in faith is to live without regret.

We have to believe and trust or our faith is useless.

Family is the most valuable thing on earth, though Lord knows I didn't live my life with that conviction. Remember that family isn't just blood kin but anyone who fits into your heart.

The disease with which the human mind now labors is want of faith

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs, as a tree bears apples.

The eloquent man is he who is no beautiful speaker, but who is inwardly and desperately drunk with a certain belief.

To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men-that is genius.

Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.

It took guts to ignore public opinion and so what you thought was right.