Quotes about Conviction

must become convinced and penetrated by the realization that without my love for them they may perhaps not achieve the things God has willed for them.

We believe, not because we want to know, but because we want to be.

The one thing that seems to me morally certain is that this was really a grace, and a great grace.

There is, in a word, nothing comfortable about the Bible...

At its Greek root, "to believe" simply means "to give one's heart to." Thus, if we can determine what it is we give our heart to, then we will know what it is we believe.

Multi oameni, cand incearca sa justifice de ce au sau nu au o anumita credinta, deseori au multe opinii in loc de motive.

I gave in, and admitted that God was God.

You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you.

You can't know, you can only believe - or not.

Faith... is the art of holding on to things your reason once accepted, despite your changing moods.

Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted in spite of your changing moods

It is hard to see how a great man can be an atheist. Without the sustaining influence of faith in a divine power we could have little faith in ourselves. We need to feel that behind us is intelligence and love. Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create. Faith is the great motive power, and no man realizes his full possibilities unless he has the deep conviction that life is eternally important, and that his work, well done, is a part of an unending plan.