“There is no greater power and support you can give someone than to look them in the eye, and with sincerity/conviction say,… — Ken Poirot Copy Share Image
Certainly within any decadent period, you would probably find the purest expressions of conviction, and I do not see that in many… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
There was an implicit conviction that the UN would be stronger than the sum of its constituent member-states. — Atal Bihari Vajpayee Copy Share Image
“Philosophy had supplied Socrates with convictions in which he had been able to have rational, as opposed to hysterical, confidence when faced… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities; that is not to be taken seriously in politics. — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
The Greek word for idiot, literally translated, means one who does not participate in politics. That sums up my conviction on the… — Gladys Pyle Copy Share Image
“Be sure of your conviction, but not so sure that it overwhelms your humanity. No conviction should be ultimate, except the conviction… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Hope is not a feeling. It is not the belief that things will turn out well, but the conviction that what you… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
I don't think I'm a risk-taker. I don't think any entrepreneur is. I think that's one of those myths of commerce. The… — Anita Roddick Copy Share Image
Beneath everything else, North and West, there ran a profound, unvoiced, almost subconscious conviction that the [American] nation was going to go… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
Now is the time to get serious about living your ideals. Once you have determined the spiritual principles you wish to exemplify,… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Porter Rockwell was that most terrible instrument that can be handled by fanaticism; a powerful physical nature welded to a mind of… — Fitz Hugh Ludlow Copy Share Image
Only a person with convictions has a genuine possibility to be tolerant. He who accepts no absolute values but clings to polite… — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn Copy Share Image
I believe that we are lost here in America, but I believe we shall be found. And this belief, which mounts now… — Thomas Wolfe Copy Share Image
Barack Obama strikes me as a man of strong principles and weak convictions - the kind of guy who would rather teach… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
I can prophecy that your grandchildren in America will live under socialism -- Our firm conviction is that sooner or later Capitalism… — Nikita Khrushchev Copy Share Image
I went to extreme measures to achieve my goals, from strapping heavy sandbags on my ankles, hopping on one leg, up and… — Li Cunxin Copy Share Image
The divide of race has been America's constant curse. Each new wave of immigrants gives new targets to old prejudices. Prejudice and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think Dr. Ben Carson is a unique political personality. He's what we call a conviction politician. He actually believes in what… — Daniel Henninger Copy Share Image
The Turkish judiciary has a very strong nationalist tradition, which is gradually changing, but only gradually. And since there was a nationalist… — Andrew Mango Copy Share Image
The most active people in the country know different things, and because each one tends to hear mostly and deal mostly with… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
Mere numbers cannot bring out ... the intimate essence of the experiment. This conviction comes naturally when one watches a subject at… — Alfred Binet Copy Share Image
I would... establish the conviction that Chemistry, as an independent science, offers one of the most powerful means towards the attainment of… — Justus von Liebig Copy Share Image
From my childhood it has been my conviction that men would reach the planets in my lifetime . . . this conviction… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
People who see no gray tend to convince others to follow them. If someone talks with great conviction and joy, people tend… — Julie White Copy Share Image
I have an unshaken conviction that democracy can never be undermined if we maintain our library resources and a national intelligence capable… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“When your real and congruent with your demeanor and your actions & you do everything with enough conviction: you can get away… — JP Rattie Copy Share Image
I am ready to defend my convictions even unto death. I have followed the Sacred Scriptures and the holy doctors. — John Wycliffe Copy Share Image
We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I am able to make a contribution... Let me repeat my convictions, I can make a contribution to American painting. — Morris Graves Copy Share Image
A man's moral worth is established only at the point where he is ready to give up his life in defense of… — Henning von Tresckow Copy Share Image
Confidentially, the type of male I find most enjoyable for a friend is one who has enough fire and assurance to speak… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
When I went to the starting line of the 1976 Olympic marathon in Montreal, it was with the unsettling conviction that some… — Don Kardong Copy Share Image
Always being sincere to the values you believe in gains not only the support of friends, but also the respect of critics... — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Change the overall conviction that you can't do anything, and you will be able to do everything. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I do not seek unpopularity as a badge of honour, but sometimes it is the price of leadership and the cost of… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
Conviction is not merely an opinion. It is something rooted so deeply in the conscience that to change a conviction would be… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
No democracy has ever long survived the failure of its adherents to be ready to die for it. My own conviction is… — David Lloyd George Copy Share Image
Men resort to talking only when they haven't the power to enforce their convictions upon others. — Lin Yutang Copy Share Image
Growth of consciousness does not depend on the might of the intellect but on the conviction of the heart. — Wayne Gerard Trotman Copy Share Image