firm convictions Quotes

I don't delude myself into thinking I'll bring anyone around to my way of thinking, especially Sean Hannity.

My values are non-negotiable. And if it means not getting a role, it means not getting a role.

Despite my firm convictions, I have always been a man who tries to face facts, and to accept the reality of life as new experience and new knowledge unfolds. I have always kept an open mind, a flexibility that must go hand in hand with every form of the intelligent search for truth.

The just man having a firm grasp of his intentions, neither the heated passions of his fellow men ordaining something awful, nor a tyrant staring him in the face, will shake in his convictions.

People want to see other people who have 'non-negotiables,' things for which they're willing to say, 'This is it' we take our stand right here.' That's a leadership quality which people respect.

One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds.

I'll be damned if I apologize for the choices I've made. They were hard decisions, but I had good reasons for making them.

What matters in a character is not whether one holds this or that opinion: what matters is how proudly one upholds it.

You [Donald Trump] wanted it [casino in Florida] and you didn't get it. I was opposed to casino gambling before, during and after. And that's not - I'm not going to be bought by anyone.

As always occurred when he quarreled over principles in which he believed passionately, he would end up gasping furiously for air and blinking back bitter tears of conviction. There were many principles in which Clevinger believed passionately. He was crazy.

Our firmest convictions are apt to be the most suspect; they mark our limitations and our bounds. Life is a petty thing unless it is moved by the indomitable urge to extend its boundaries.

It is particularly incumbent on those who never change their opinion, to be secure of judging properly at first.

Donald Trump talks to a lot of people. That doesn't change his ultimate views. If you go back on YouTube and you look at Donald Trump talking about trade in the 1980s, in the 1990s, this is the same person today. He's no different. So, while a lot of people like to talk and argue about who's talking to President Trump and who's influencing him to make decisions, it's Donald Trump. It's his agenda. It's always been his agenda. And it always will be his agenda.

I stand by my opinions when I know I'm right, Captain Phelan. Whereas you stand by yours merely because you're stubborn.