Belief is reassuring. People who live in the world of belief feel safe. On the contrary, faith is forever placing us on the razor's edge.
Honest unaffected distrust of human abilities under all circumstances is the surest sign of strength of mind.
One of the highest qualities of all true leadership is a high standard of courage. … There has never been time in the Church when its leaders were not required to be courageous men; not alone courageous in the sense that they were able to meet physical dangers, but also in the sense that they were steadfast and true to a clear and upright conviction.
Belief is better than anything else, and it is best when rapt - above paying its respects to anybody's doubt whatsoever.
When you are fundamentally committed to something that is right, you just decide to go down fighting. Period.
I think if you truly believe that something should be that way then you should push for that.
When Ronald Reagan spoke a thing aloud, he believed it forever and for always. By the time he started running for president, in 1976, he had already developed an unwavering and steadfast faith in the correctness of whatever came out of his mouth.
Faith is conviction without evidence, and sometimes even in the face of contrary evidence. In some quarters, this quality is perceived as a virtue.
No, nothing can change my world --Ichigo Kurosaki, Black Moon Rising
Utterance does not in principle mean a weakening of conviction--that would not be anything to be deplored--but a weakness of conviction.
