However, it must always remain a dialogue, and never an imposition of the church's own convictions and methods. Propose, not impose. To… — Claudio Hummes Copy Share Image
The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Personal convictions are not politics. Personal convictions, if they become the subject of a group conviction, they become a cult. — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share Image
I have a conviction that a few weeks spent in a well organized summer camp may be of more value educationally than… — Charles William Eliot Copy Share Image
The conviction that everything that happens on earth must be comprehensible to man can lead to interpreting history by commonplaces. — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
Just speak very loudly and quickly, and state your position with utter conviction, as the French do, and you'll have a marvelous… — Julia Child Copy Share Image
Have FAITH in what you know is right, TRUST your instincts, listen to YOUR voice, and keep a POSITIVE attitude no matter… — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
Our conviction is that human life and limb are a very special possession given by God to man and that no one… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
I loved our music discussion. I live for discussions like that. It's my favorite thing because it means that people care about… — Fred Armisen Copy Share Image
It is my personal conviction that almost any one of the newborn states of the world would far rather embrace Communism or… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
“It came with a stirring of the conviction that was never to leave her: that human being, whatever his color or creed… — Margaret Landon Copy Share Image
In less than eight years "The Origin of Species" has produced conviction in the minds of a majority of the most eminent… — Alfred Russel Wallace Copy Share Image
The fanatic has the courage of his conviction and the intolerance of his courage. He is opposed to the death penalty for… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich Copy Share Image
If George W. Bush really has the courage of his convictions the United States very soon will either wind up dominating the… — Lyn Nofziger Copy Share Image
Penance is the willingness to undergo hardships for the achievement of a good purpose. I was willing. But when hardships came I… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
The gospel of Jesus Christ must be the bad news of the conviction of sin before it can be the Good News… — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
“In some cases, I am able to respect what so many call bigots. Such people have a more solid foundation for drawing… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
It is hard to see how a great man can be an atheist. Without the sustaining influence of faith in a divine… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
The best people in a dying culture are the outcasts considered crazy by the leaders; the ones most disillusioned with their own… — Brad Blanton Copy Share Image
It is impossible not to recognise the Long March as one of the great triumphs of men against odds and men against… — Edgar Snow Copy Share Image
It is never to be expected in a revolution that every man is to change his opinion at the same moment. There… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The human mind feels restless and dissatisfied under the anxieties of ignorance. It longs for the repose of conviction; and to gain… — Thomas Chalmers Copy Share Image
I demand that the world be good, and lo, it obeys. I proclaim the world good, and facts range themselves to prove… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
All rituals are paradoxical and dangerous enterprises, the traditional and improvised, the sacred and the secular. Paradoxical because rituals are conspicuously artificial… — Barbara Myerhoff Copy Share Image
I try to help people see they're going to have these times in which they turn away, in which they deny Christ… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
“Never, give in! Never give in! Never, never, never... In nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The big lock-up is about drugs. Here's the real scam. The drug war is one of the games to get more convictions… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
Real revival does not begin with joyous singing. It begins with conviction and repentance on the part of Christians. — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
Now that I've got some films under my belt, I have the courage of my convictions regarding acting. It gives me a… — Mira Sorvino Copy Share Image
To yield readily--easily--to the persuasion of a friend is no merit… To yield without conviction is no compliment to the understanding of… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Nature protects us in our uttermost losses by a density through which conviction is slow to penetrate. — Mary Catherwood Copy Share Image
I hate what you represent." ... "Power without conviction." Isana replied, her tone lifeless, matter of fact. "Ambition without conscience. Decent folk… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
As an actor I can sort of smell a duff note, that isn't full of that much conviction. My worst thing with… — Matt Smith Copy Share Image
The hallmark of courage in our age of conformity is the capacity to stand on one's own convictions - not obstinately or… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
[Ronald] Reagan seems to be a man of some basic convictions and on the other hand willing to let others do the… — Helmut Schmidt Copy Share Image
No human power can force the intrenchments of the human mind: compulsion never persuades; it only makes hypocrites. — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
[T]he one indispensable ingredient of science fiction [is] a belief in a world being changed by man's intellect, a conviction that what… — James Gunn Copy Share Image
Holding on is like believing that there's only a past, letting go and moving on is knowing in your heart that there's… — Rashida Rowe Copy Share Image
My parents were always clear with my brothers and I when we were growing up that you have to have the courage… — David Pocock Copy Share Image
...there ought to exist the fullest liberty of professing and discussing, as a matter of ethical conviction, any doctrine, however immoral it… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image