Conversion Quotes
210 quotes by 149 authors
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I used to be a Catholic. I left because I object to conversion by concussion. If you don't agree with what they teach, you get…
— Alan Alda
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I wish there were more true conversion, and then there would not be so much backsliding, and, for fear of suffering, living at ease, when…
— Donald Cargill
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I prayed fifteen years for the conversion of my oldest brother. When he seemed to be getting further and further away from any hope of…
— Reuben Archer Torrey
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I held a conference in Harvard where Americans said they didn't believe in risk. They thought it was just European hysteria. Then the terrorist attacks…
— Ulrich Beck
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As coaches we talk about two things: offense and defense. There is a third phase we neglect, which is more important. It's conversion from offense…
— Bobby Knight
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The figure of the enthusiast who has just discovered jogging or a new way to fix tofu can be said to stand or, more accurately,…
— Lewis H. Lapham
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It is only in proportion as the Christian manifests the fruit of a genuine conversion that he is entitled to regard himself and be regarded…
— Arthur W. Pink
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An amino acid residue (other than glycine) has no symmetry elements. The general operation of conversion of one residue of a single chain into a…
— Linus Pauling
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It is impossible to introduce into society a greater change and a greater evil than this: the conversion of the law into an instrument of…
— Frederic Bastiat
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The most convincing proof of the conversion of heat into living force [vis viva] has been derived from my experiments with the electro-magnetic engine, a…
— James Prescott Joule
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The right procedure: You begin at the wrong end if you first dispute about your election. Prove your conversion, and then never doubt your election.…
— Joseph Alleine
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In these simple words, Lord, is it I? lies the beginning of wisdom and the pathway to personal conversion and lasting change.
— Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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Living a spiritual life requires a change of heart, a conversion. Such a conversion may be marked by a sudden inner change, or it can…
— Henri Nouwen
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We ask the Blessed Virgin for the gift of conversion for all Christians, so that they may announce and give a faithful and coherent witness…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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Should we not press it home upon our consciences that the sole object of our conversion was not the salvation of our own souls, but…
— Lottie Moon
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Conversion does not mean a change of outward appearance; rather it requires a change of mind and results in a transformed life.
— Bartholomaus Ziegenbalg
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When I pressed Jesus to my heart, I said to Him: 'I will be a priest. I promise You!' ...Oh, what graces Our Lord gave…
— Peter Julian Eymard
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The Bible applied to the heart by the Holy Ghost is the chief means by which men are built up and established in the faith,…
— J C Ryle
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We deal five minutes with a person and their conversion and then we spend the next fifty years trying to disciple a goat into a…
— Paul Washer
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Every story of conversion is the story of a blessed defeat.
— C.S. Lewis
Who Wrote These Conversion Quotes
149 authors contributed a total of 210 Conversion Quotes, led by these top contributors: