Quotes About Having The Courage Of Your Convictions

#1. Ah, that we lack the courage of our romantic convictions; and thereby miss the wine of life, forgoing the very thing that makes living worthwhile.

Hunter S. Thompson

#2. Wanted, a man who will not lose his individuality in a crowd, a man who has the courage of his convictions, who is not afraid to say "No," though all the world say "Yes.

Orison Swett Marden

#3. I know that if i could imbue her with a superpower, it would be the ability to withstand the pressures of the cultures around her, to be her own woman despite the potential costs: i would give her the courage of her convictions

Peggy Orenstein

#4. Have remained true to my deepest convictions, I mean to the courage of those who are born to be defeated, the weaknesses of the strong, and the tragedy of misunderstandings and missed opportunities, which I have done my best to

Penelope Fitzgerald

#5. We don't do ambivalence well in America. We do courage of our convictions. We do might makes right. Ambivalence is French. Certainty is American.

Anna Quindlen

#6. I have remained true to my deepest convictions. I mean the courage of those who are born to be defeated, the weaknesses of the strong, and the tragedy of misunderstandings and missed opportunities, which I have done my best to treat as comedy - for otherwise how can we manage to bear it?

Penelope Fitzgerald

#7. We have the satisfaction of knowing that whatever we did, we did at the time in the best of faith. Of course, we took some bold steps and often did things with much single-mindedness; but this is surely preferable to never putting one's convictions to the test, for lack of will or courage.

Kazuo Ishiguro

#8. I have the courage of my convictions.

Brigitte Bardot

#9. I wish for you a more difficult life, somewhere in the complicated center, where the courage of your convictions blends with humility and respect for others.

Kenneth Patrick Ruscio

#10. It is not enough to have the courage of your convictions, you must also have the courage to have your convictions challenged.

Christopher Phillips

#11. The American Revolution represented the informed and mature convictions of a great mass of independent, liberty-loving, God-fearing people who knew their rights, and possessed the courage to dare to maintain them.

Calvin Coolidge

#12. Now that I've got some films under my belt, I have the courage of my convictions regarding acting. It gives me a leg to stand on.

Mira Sorvino

#13. To me, empathy and compassion are among the bravest of emotions ... and faith, the bravest of convictions.

Gerard De Marigny

#14. I have convictions, and the courage of my convictions allows me to overcome my fears and act in a courageous manner ...

Jay Kopelman

#15. Few of us, however, have Alice's courage, at the end of the book, to stand up (literally)for our convictions and refuse to hold our tongue.

Alberto Manguel

#16. What we need is some people to stand up with the courage of their convictions, to do what they promised when they ran for election, and fight to stop Obamacare.

Jim DeMint

#17. It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions.

Robert Green Ingersoll

#18. Authentic Christians are persons who stand apart from others. Their character seems deeper, their ideas fresher, their spirit softer, their courage greater, their leadership stronger, their concerns wider, their compassion more genuine and their convictions more concrete.

Bill Hybels

#19. People who want to improve should take their defeats as lessons, and endeavor to learn what to avoid in the future. You must also have the courage of your convictions. If you think your move is good, make it.

Jose Raul Capablanca

#20. I think that people need to have the courage of their convictions and not be trying to fool people into thinking that they've changed overnight.

Chris Bell

#21. Traditionally the investor has been the man with patience and the courage of his convictions who would buy when the harried or disheartened speculator was selling.

Benjamin Graham

#22. We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convictions, even to the very death.

Robert Green Ingersoll

#23. The people who are opposing the policy of apartheid have not the courage of their convictions. They do not marry non-Europeans.

P. W. Botha

#24. We need people who influence their peers and who cannot be detoured from their convictions by peers who do not have the courage to have any convictions.

Joe Paterno

#25. Who cares, who cares. The perennial adolescent riposte. I cared, of course. I cared what people thought. I always did care. Unlike Laura, I have never had the courage of my convictions.

Margaret Atwood

#26. The very ones whose social pressure cause you to compromise will despise you for it. They probably respect your convictions,
and many of them wish they had the moral stamina to stand alone.
May the Lord give you added courage to be a witness for Him,
even in a hard place.

Billy Graham

#27. I need a suit of armor and the courage to stand behind my convictions to fight for what I want.

Ella Frank

#28. I think, irrespective of your race, everybody has moments in life where they don't fit in, or where they try to puzzle through who they really are or to find the courage of their convictions.

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

#29. Solitude is one of our great superpowers ... Solitude is the key to being able to make effective decisions and then having the courage of convictions to stand behind those decisions.

Susan Cain

#30. I've always thought an agnostic is an atheist without the courage of his convictions.

Carl Sagan