Strength of Conviction Quotes

The truth is always in the minority, and the minority is always stronger than the majority, because as a rule the minority is made up of those who actually have an opinion, while the strength of the majority is illusory, formed of that crowd which has no opinion — and which therefore the next moment (when it becomes clear that the minority is the stronger) adopts the latter's opinion, which now is in the majority, i. e. becomes rubbish by having the whole retinue and numerousness on its side, while the truth is again in a new minority.

People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.

All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

I'm armed with more than complete steel, - The justice of my quarrel.

In politics you must always keep running with the pack. The moment that you falter and they sense that you are injured, the rest will turn on you like wolves.

When you have a lot going on in a scene - whether it be a lot of shots, a lot of coverage, a lot of edits, or just the amount of content - it can cover up a deficit of true feeling. But when you don't have a lot of material to work with, you really have to be sincere with everything. You really have to mean it, because there's nowhere to hide.

Ideas do not need weapons, to the extent that they can convince the great masses

The passions are the only orators which always persuade.

And only weaklings...who lack courage and the power to feel they're right when the whole world says they're wrong, ever lose.

I think my grandfather had the most incredible strength of character to be able to survive the war and I hope that that is one of the great strengths that he has passed through to my father and through to me.

Never surrender, it's all about the faith that you got.

What is called a sincere work is one that is endowed with enough strength to give reality to an illusion.

Men are strong so long as they represent a strong idea they become powerless when they oppose it.

Does a firm persuasion that a thing is so, make it so?" He replied, "All poets believe it does. And in ages of imagination, this firm persuasion removes mountains; but many are not capable of firm persuasion of anything.

Never give up! People don't understand how persistent you have to be. You come up against an obstacle and you have to find a way of moving forward. You take detours, navigate between the obstacles and make it happen. Unless you are very strong and convinced you can succeed, you will be swept away.

If the West believed in something, it would prevail overnight. The problem is you can't beat bad faith with no faith.

I'm alive and I'm going to keep standing up for what I believe in. Once you get to that point, boy you are dangerous.

I use the word power broadly. Even more important than military and economic power is the power of ideas, the power of compassion, and the power of hope.

Fervor outweighs numbers.

One voice speaking truth is a greater force than fleets and armies.

All the strength and force of man comes from his faith in things unseen. He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions. The man strongly possessed of an idea is the master of all who are uncertain or wavering. Clear, deep, living convictions rule the world.