Don’t follow the path. Go where there is no path and begin the trail. When you start a new trail equipped with courage, strength and conviction, the only thing that can stop you is you!

We stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves; that is our only commitment to others.

The citizens of America have too much discernment to be argued into anarchy. And I am much mistaken, if experience has not wrought a deep and solemn conviction in the public mind, that greater energy of government is essential to the welfare and prosperity of the community

Certainly within any decadent period, you would probably find the purest expressions of conviction, and I do not see that in many of the people I know.

If, however, there is to be a war of nerves let us make sure our nerves are strong and are fortified by the deepest convictions of our hearts.

Strong convictions are the secret of surviving deprivation; your spirit can be full even when your stomach is empty.