The patient typically finds himself impelled by some deep, inner conviction that something is true, or right, or virtuous: a conviction that… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
People of different faiths, like yours and mine, sometimes wonder where we can meet in common purpose, when there are so many… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
Most advice on child-rearing is sought in the hope that it will confirm our prior convictions. If the parent had wished to… — Bruno Bettelheim Copy Share Image
Indigestion: A disease which the patient and his friends frequently mistake for deep religious conviction and concern for the salvation of mankind.… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Convictions that outcomes are determined by one's own actions can be either demoralizing or heartening, depending on the level of self-judged efficacy.… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
Three characteristics a work of fiction must possess in order to be successful: 1. It must have a precise and suspenseful plot.… — Isaac Bashevis Singer Copy Share Image
This life of yours which you are living is not merely a piece of this entire existence, but in a certain sense… — Erwin Schrodinger Copy Share Image
The author's conviction on this day of New Year is that music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
Passion is a product of the heart. Passion is what helps you when you have a great dream. Passion breeds conviction and… — Andy Andrews Copy Share Image
I think the subject which will be of most importance politically is Mass Psychology... Its importance has been enormously increased by the… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
There are few of us so blind as not to realize that unless the moral force of religious conviction impels, the goal… — Sumner Welles Copy Share Image
In spite of my conviction that a group of deliberately assembled relatives can be one of the dullest, if not most dangerous,… — M. F. K. Fisher Copy Share Image
So many people grew up in the church, and you can have an awesome upbringing, but I made a personal conviction; I… — AJ Michalka Copy Share Image
And in cases where profound conviction has been wrought, the eloquent man is he who is no beautiful speaker, but who is… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Conservatism is, among many other things, a culture. The most important glue binding it together is a shared sense of cultural grievance… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
It is a high Christian privilege to pray for one another within each local church body and then for other believers throughout… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
Life is a test. It is only a test--meaning that's all it is. Nothing more, but nothing less. It is a test… — Sheri L. Dew Copy Share Image
One of my pet theories is that readers have built-in BS detectors that enable them to recognize insincerity in writers. David [Halberstam]… — Jonathan Yardley Copy Share Image
I wish there could be an international peace conference of booksellers, for (you will smile at this) my own conviction is that… — Christopher Morley Copy Share Image
Che Guevara taught us we could dare to have confidence in ourselves, confidence in our abilities. He instilled in us the conviction… — Thomas Sankara Copy Share Image
The decision as to when to photograph, the actual click of the shutter, is partly controlled from the outside, by the flow… — Paul Strand Copy Share Image
Cezanne is one of the most liberal artists I have ever seen... he grants that everyone may be as honest and as… — Mary Cassatt Copy Share Image
The blind conviction that we have to do something about other people's reproductive behavior, and that we may have to do it… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
I'm no use to anybody,' I say. 'I'm a cérébrale, can't you see that?' Thinking how funny a book would be, called… — Jean Rhys Copy Share Image
When we are convinced of some great truths, and feel our convictions keenly, we must not fear to express it, although others… — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
People are drawn to preaching that is passionate and offered with conviction. Passion comes when the preacher has spent significant time with… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
To be in love involves the most irresistible conviction that one will go on being in love until one dies, and that… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The mission of the playwright is to look in his heart and write, to write whatever concerns him at the moment; to… — Robert Anderson Copy Share Image
Having the courage to speak your truth is sometimes difficult and scary. Don't be afraid to take a stand and defend yourself.… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
I would replace the quality of sincerity with honesty, since one can hold a conviction sincerely without examining it, while honesty would… — Christopher Phillips Copy Share Image
I expect that you must receive top marks at school, young lady." Madeleine smiled as she stirred her tea. "There are always… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
We seldom realize fully that we are sent to fulfill God-given tasks. We act as if we were simply dropped down in… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
There's still plenty of people who have this deep conviction that America is a Christian country and ought to say so in… — Diana L. Eck Copy Share Image
It is astonishing that so simple a truth should ever have had an adversary; and it is one among a multitude of… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The feeling for what ought and ought not to be grows and dies like a tree, and no fertilizer of any kind… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Many hard comments have been made on my efforts in India from the side of the Congress party, yet I feel content… — Stafford Cripps Copy Share Image
To make sure our convictions, views, and assumptions about our Creator stay based on biblical truth and not on popular consensus, we… — Erwin W. Lutzer Copy Share Image
I directed and produced Conviction, a movie about a man who spent 18 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit.… — Tony Goldwyn Copy Share Image
I have led an unusual life. I have buried a father killed at age 50 and two brothers killed in the prime… — Benazir Bhutto Copy Share Image
I rejected the God that was portrayed as masculine and judgmental and cruel at times. The concept of us bring not worthy… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
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