I take it that the judgment is an essential point in every conviction, let the punishment be fixed or not. — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Every strong conviction ends by taking possession of us; it overcomes and absorbs us, and tears us ruthlessly from everything else. Has… — L. E. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Me, I have a science fiction writer's conviction that the damn robot is supposed to speak human, not the other way around. — Spider Robinson Copy Share Image
We stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves; that is our only commitment to others. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Quotations in my work are like wayside robbers who leap out armed and relieve the stroller of his conviction. — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
Freedom doesn't mean the absence of all restrictions. It means possessing unshakable conviction in the face of any obstacle. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
The uncompromising attitude is more indicative of an inner uncertainty than a deep conviction. The implacable stand is directed more against the… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Without a notion of the transcendental, human beings would, indeed, be animals; however, only fools can be convinced of it, and only… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
We begin the path toward defeating Mexico's real adversary, who represents authoritarianism and the worst antidemocratic practice, who represents a return to… — Josefina Vazquez Mota Copy Share Image
Public opinion, - a tyrant, sitting in the dark, wrapt up in mystification and vague terrors of obscurity; deriving power no one… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
Moreover, broad plans commensurate with our national purpose and resources would bring conviction of our power to every soldier in the front… — Kelly Miller Copy Share Image
This book's title, Rough Beauty , conveys Anderson's conviction that the hard scrabble lives of most of the residents of Vidor, Texas,… — Anne Wilkes Tucker Copy Share Image
God is never a God of discouragement. When you have a discouraging spirit or train of thought in your mind, you can… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
“To be a great achiever, you must first discover your main purpose of existing through feasible communication mode with your maker, the… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
If you're willing to give convicts time served and let them walk, why do you want to give them a criminal record?… — Peter Moskos Copy Share Image
We all have our convictions formed by different things, and mine are informed by my faith, they're informed by the Word of… — Kirk Cameron Copy Share Image
In those who rest on their unshakable faith, pharisaism and fanaticism are the unmistakable symptoms of doubt which has been repressed. Doubt… — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
One of the dangers about net-net investing is that if you buy a net-net that begins to lose money your net-net goes… — Peter Cundill Copy Share Image
This self now as I leant over the gate looking down over fields rolling in waves of colour beneath me made no… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Freedom is like holding a small bird. If you squeeze it too hard, you will kill it. But if you don't hold… — Alex Kotlowitz Copy Share Image
John Kerry presented his confidence and his convictions. It's not about confidence, it's about evidence. The Russians have completely opposite evidence that… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
The conduct of a man, who studies philosophy in this careless manner, is more truly sceptical than that of any one, who… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Be hated. One does not have to be evil to be hated. In fact, it’s often the case that one is hated… — Adrian Tan Copy Share Image
“A whole lot of us go through life assuming that we are basically right, basically all the time, about basically everything: about… — Kathryn Schulz Copy Share Image
Hits and flops happen in everyone's careers. Be it an actor or a filmmaker, you can't let that affect your conviction. — Sajid Nadiadwala Copy Share Image
Our comforting conviction that the world makes sense rests on a secure foundation: our almost unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
Ah, that we lack the courage of our romantic convictions; and thereby miss the wine of life, forgoing the very thing that… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
The human mind inherently seeks intelligible order. Thus the conviction that such an order exists to be found is a crucial assumption. — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
If you're writing anything decent, it's in you, it's your spirit coming out. If it's not an expression of how a person… — Alex Chilton Copy Share Image
Never underestimate the power of prayer! Constant prayer, with full conviction, without loss of hope, really does create miracles. — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
I wrote almost all of it in the deepest hope and conviction. Sifting my thoughts and choosing my words. Trying to say… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
“Youth can only assert itself through the conviction that its ventures surpass all others and resemble nothing.” — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
There can be no proof that Blake's lyric is composed of the best words in the best order; only a conviction, accepted… — John Drinkwater Copy Share Image
He who has nothing to assert has no style and can have none: he who has something to assert will go as… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“When the moral and ethical failure of others becomes your defense, that will be your conviction.” — Wyatt Pringle Jr Copy Share Image
Christianity is not consistency to conscience or to convictions; Christianity is being true to Jesus Christ. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Teach me to treat all that comes to me with peace of soul and with firm conviction that Your will governs all. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you're afraid to defend your convictions because you might get your ass kicked for it, you're not really fit to advocate… — James Carlos Blake Copy Share Image
Despite popular conviction, a writer needn't wear black, be unshaven, sickly and parade around New York's East Village spewing aphorisms and scaring… — Noah Lukeman Copy Share Image
