Sukhomlinsky believed that conviction is only strengthened and polished through positive action.
Kairoff noted that patriotism, like other moral sentiments and beliefs, elevates a person, enabling them to understand and appreciate what is truly beautiful, deriving joy from the perception of beauty, and striving to embody beauty in action.
Samuel Johnson stated that great works are accomplished not only by strength but by unwavering conviction.
Balzac argued that a person capable of thought is truly a person of boundless power.
Hickson believed that only those with the conviction of victory can become victors on the battlefield.
An American proverb says: The height of a fountain does not exceed its source; A person's achievement does not exceed their conviction.
Winsett argued that if a person has sufficient conviction, they can perform miracles.
Tagore wrote: Belief is a bird that feels the light in the darkness before dawn and sings.
Churchill said: It is better to stand alone and proud, guarding one's belief, than to drift with the tide without discerning right from wrong.
A Mongolian proverb states: Better to break a bone than to abandon belief.
Lincoln once said: The height of a fountain does not exceed its source, and so it is with a person's career; their achievements will never exceed their conviction.
George Santayana argued that beliefs arising merely from the continuation of life are blind and empty.
Pascal pointed out: Faith is different from superstition. To maintain faith to the point of superstition is to destroy it.