Conviction Quotes · Page 20

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

The one thing you can do for others is the manage your own life. And do it with conviction.

— Tony Robbins

He hated it when adults told him he only felt the way he did because he was young. As if being young…

— Cory Doctorow

I'm a man of convictions. If you press me about how I feel about an issue, you're going to see my convictions.

— Kirk Cameron

Enthusiasm begets enthusiasm, eloquence produces conviction for the moment; but it is only by truth to Nature and the everlasting institutions of…

— James Russell Lowell

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

My parents were always clear with my brothers and I when we were growing up that you have to have the courage…

— David Pocock

I learned [playing Chuck Berry] that there's something to be said for the courage of conviction, that sense of belief, being bold…

— Mos Def

Solitude is one of our great superpowers... Solitude is the key to being able to make effective decisions and then having the…

— Susan Cain

Stated in the simplest terms, the recognized solution to the problem of foodborne illness is a comprehensive prevention strategy that involves all…

— Anonymous

Once you have tasted conviction, you can’t bear to keep swallowing complacency.

— Ann Voskamp

A conventional valuation which is established as the outcome of the mass psychology of a large number of ignorant individuals is liable…

— John Maynard Keynes

And that's the mission of The Innocence Project in New York, is to exonerate people who have been wrongfully convicted, and also…

— John Grisham

A person with principle & character stands firm for his honest conviction.He never budges from his stand what ever dificulty he encounters…

— DrAnil Kr Sinha

This life of yours which you are living is not merely a piece of this entire existence, but in a certain sense…

— Erwin Schrodinger

History has repeatedly been changed by people who had the desire and the ability to transfer their convictions and emotions to their…

— Dale Carnegie

Parents who do not persevere in rearing their children according to their own convictions are not leaving them 'free' to develop on…

— William V. Shannon

So strong is the power of superstition that even though we know that we have been reverencing a sham, yet still we…

— Edgar Rice Burroughs

I felt strong around and always been around people who have very strong environmental convictions.

— Daryl Hannah

People always underestimate me. But if you stick around long enough, act out of conviction, and try to be honorable in everything…

— Salma Hayek

All the strength and force of man comes from his faith in things unseen. He who believes is strong; he who doubts…

— James Freeman Clarke

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

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

When a denomination begins to consider doctrine divisive, theology troublesome, and convictions inconvenient, consider that denomination on its way to a well-deserved…

— Albert Mohler

A man may lack everything but tact and conviction and still be a forcible speaker; but without these nothing will avail... Fluency,…

— Charles Horton Cooley