Too often our convictions are based on what is convenient. For if convictions are convenient, they are neither.

If I possess a conviction that is not firmly grounded in an immovable sense of ethics, morals and values, what I have is a rogue agenda dressed in the finery of a conviction.

I would rather die by my convictions than die by the culture that defies them.

It has been said that my convictions served a generation that lived out its days in the backwaters of an ignorance fed comatose by intellectual stupor. And although I find it painful to say, I would contend that this is in fact an apt description of today’s generation.

The greatest men stand on their values and pray on their knees.

If I have not chosen to stand for something bigger than myself, I will have lived out my life being smaller than myself.

It's not about taking a stand, for anyone can do that.  Rather, it's about taking a stand for the right reasons, and taking a stand against taking a stand when they're not. And that’s where more of us need to learn to stand.

I want to stand on the belief that great things are the product of ordinary people who are made great when they stand.