#conviction

Keep at it. Persistence does pay dividends. But there is a catch; you gotta believe it before manifestation will validate conviction as [your] truth. And sacrifice is a required path to fulfillment. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#believe #believing #believing-in-yourself #conviction #dividends

The nearer Christ comes to a heart, the more it becomes conscious of its guilt; it will then either ask for his mercy and find peace, or else it will turn against Him because it is not yet ready to give up its sinfulness. Thus He will separate the good from the bad, the wheat from the chaff. Man's reaction to this Divine Presence will be the test: either it will call out all the opposition of egotistic natures, or else galvanize them into a regeneration and a resurrection. ↗

— Fulton J. Sheen

#jesus #regeneration #sinfulness #life

There's Eddie's conviction and his lyrics and his ideals, and he can just rock straight out. His vocals are incredible. And we all are really competent musicians. ↗

— Mike McCready

#conviction #eddie #his #ideals #incredible

No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#conviction #hopes #human #library #more

Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal. ↗

— Jeane Kirkpatrick

#conviction #democracy #each #equal #equality

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#because #born #conviction #country #others

I have lived most of my life with the conviction that I don't dream, because I never could retrieve a dream. ↗

— Theodore Sturgeon

#conviction #could #dream #i #life

What is important is that one utilizes one's intellect and not to be 100 percent sure about one's convictions. One should always leave room for doubt. ↗

— Shirin Ebadi

#always #convictions #doubt #important #intellect

If you're writing anything decent, it's in you, it's your spirit coming out. If it's not an expression of how a person genuinely feels, then it's not a good song done with any conviction. ↗

— Alex Chilton

#anything #coming #conviction #decent #done

It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions. ↗

— John Ciardi

#convictions #could #courage #easy #enough