Conviction Quotes · Page 17

Socialist: A man suffering from an overwhelming conviction to believe what is not true.

— H. L. Mencken

There's nothing so passionate as a vested interest disguised as an intellectual conviction.

— Sean O'Casey

Ninety percent of selling is conviction and 10 percent is persuasion.

— Shiv Khera

To me, the difference between a good marriage and a great marriage is conviction.

— Diane Greene

The deepest thing in any one is the conviction of the bad luck that follows boasting.

— Gertrude Stein

Mix a conviction with a man and something happens.

— Powell Clayton

“Be the first when no one comes, be the last when all are gone.”

— Abhijit Naskar

That familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

How can we help students to understand that the tragedy of life is not death; the tragedy is to die with commitments…

— Vachel Lindsay

It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs.

— Albert Einstein

To yield to the threat or actual use of violence is a surrender of one's self respect and religious conviction.

— Mahatma Gandhi

The worst story I ever wrote was after the conviction of Jeff Skilling and Ken Lay. My co-author and I wrote a…

— Bethany McLean

I share Alfred Nobel's conviction that war is the greatest of all human disasters. Infectious disease runs a good second.

— Peter C. Doherty

In other days people chose a church on the basis of their doctrinal convictions. Now, lacking doctrinal convictions, they choose for social…

— Vance Havner

It has long been my conviction that a masked man with a gun is a target. I see no reason to change…

— Jeff Cooper

One difference between a conviction and a prejudice is that a conviction can be explained without getting angry.

— Dorothy Sarnoff

A candidate who tries to steer a path down the middle in an effort to 'win independents' runs the risk of convincing…

— John Sununu

I want to show to those who deprive people the right to love of country, that when we know how to sacrifice…

— Jose Rizal

Those mortals who operate in the grey area between conviction and incredulity are in a position to choose most meaningfully, and with…

— Terryl L. Givens

A philosophy of the history of the human race, worthy of its name, must begin with the heavens and descend to the…

— Friedrich Ratzel

To declare that in the administration of criminal law the end justifies the means to declare that the Government may commit crimes…

— Louis D. Brandeis

Democracy rests upon two pillars: one, the principle that all men are equally entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness;…

— Louis D. Brandeis

The belief may be too often mistaken, but the illusion of coming into direct contact with the past is intoxicating and persuasive,…

— Charles Rosen

I have come to the conviction that once one embarks on a concept for a building, this concept has to be exaggerated…

— Eero Saarinen

“Roache's statement after his acquittal was dignified but his supporters were angry. They demanded to know why the case was ever brought,…

— Joan Smith

Wind, weather, power, load - gradually these elements stop churning in my mind. It's less a decision of logic than a feeling,…

— Charles Lindbergh

The income tax is the biggest single intrusion suffered by the American people. It forces every worker to be a bookkeeper, to…

— Harry Browne

I had to make a decision about whether it would impact how I felt about trusting people, and I decided I wasn't…

— Boris Kodjoe

That community is already in the process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where…

— Learned Hand

Whether a law be void for its repugnancy to the Constitution, is, at all times, a question of much delicacy, which out…

— John Marshall

Lonesome Dove is a great book that had the rare fortune of being made into a great movie. And now, through Bill…

— Stephen Harrigan

The poor lady must have dropped that", she said, and undid the gate stepping out to get it. Jared put his hand…

— Sarah Rees Brennan

Always stand for what you believe in because it might just be the change the world needs.

— Ashley Renshaw

Convictions in a politician are an infirmity, and may prove a very serious injury.

— J H Wallis

“Acting on your convictions is the ultimate test of your faith in your convictions.”

— Murad S. Shah

In politics, there's a fine line between too much conviction and too little.

— Robert J. Samuelson

Never be ashamed of doing what feels right. Decide what you think is right and stick to it.

— Melchor Lim

My aesthetic is probably closer to a 15-year-old's than my dad's, but I get his conviction.

— Zack Snyder

I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence.

— George Eliot

Pink is the color of strength, a color of conviction, a color of decision making.

— Angad Bedi