Inner Convictions Quotes

Everybody is identical in their secret unspoken belief that way deep down they are different from everyone else.

You say that my way of thinking cannot be tolerated? What of it? The man who alters his way of thinking to suit othere is a fool. My way of thinking is the result of my reflections. It is part of my inner being,the way I am made. I do not contradict them, and would not even if I wished to. For my system, which you disapprove of is also my greatest comfort in life, the source of all my happiness -it means more to me than my life itself.

Your core values are the deeply held beliefs that authentically describe your soul.

Passions are no more forgiving than human laws and they reason more justly. Are they not based on a conscience of their own, infallible as an instinct?

Never say anything that, down inside, you think is wrong.

If you're being true to who you are, and the things you believe in, that is so attractive to me.

Integrity means that if our private life were suddenly exposed, we'd have no reason to be ashamed or embarrassed. Integrity means that our outward life is consistent with our inner convictions.

Faith is a private issue. At least, I consider it to be one.

Happiness and high come to you when you choose to live your life consistent with your highest values and your deepest convictions.

It takes a very deep-rooted opinion to survive unexpressed.

I make my decisions and my judgments not based on what a prime minister of another country says, but based on what my principles tell me... how may DNA guides me.

Attitude ... is the vanguard of your true self.

The things that I care about have never changed.

Other people's devotions embarrassed me, perhaps because, like other people's kisses, they rarely looked genuine when viewed too closely.

In a world where I have to hide my heart and what I believe in. But somehow I will show the world what's inside.

I was shaken to the extent that people who criticized me used to say that I was Protestant more than a Catholic because I like to impose constraints on myself, but I don't like them to be imposed from the outside.

Whatever you believe with emotion becomes reality. You always act in a manner consistent with your innermost beliefs and convictions.

To have defined and sure opinions, fixed and known instincts, passions and character - all that is the horror of turning our soul into a fact, materialize it and make it external.

All men in their hearts, I say, bear witness to these truths; they need only to be made to understand it.

How can any man be free without a soul of his own, that he believes in and won't sell at any price?

This whole thing that's happened to me, you see, this whole success thing..it hasn't yet really compromised the position that I took a long time ago in Texas, that was to be true to myself, to be the person that I...that was on inside of me and not play games.

Spirituality is deeply personal. Yet, society has to face the fact that certain faiths celebrate spirituality through an overt expression of inner convictions.