All through my boyhood I had a profound conviction that I was no good, that I was wasting my time, wrecking my… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Even in merely reading a fairytale, we must let go our daylight convictions and trust ourselves to be guided by dark figures,… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
There is no incompatibility between moral clarity and intellectual firepower, between faith in God and humility -- in fact, they're mutually dependent,… — David Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Political activists of all stripes are usually a wacky bunch, and never more so than in a system like Britain's, where power… — Will Self Copy Share Image
Let our voices be heard. I hope they will not be shrill voices, but, I hope we shall speak with such conviction… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
Unhappiness, I saw then, comes to each of us because we think ourselves at the center of the world, because we have… — Jacques Lusseyran Copy Share Image
My only fixed truth is a belief in people, a conviction that if people have the opportunity to act freely and the… — Saul Alinsky Copy Share Image
The [Israelis] believed - they were possessed of an absolute certainty and conviction - that 'terrorists' were in Chatila. How could I… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
“A whole lot of us go through life assuming that we are basically right, basically all the time, about basically everything: about… — Kathryn Schulz Copy Share Image
However unapproachable these problems may seem to us and however helpless we stand before them, we have, nevertheless, the firm conviction that… — David Hilbert Copy Share Image
You have to have conviction and completely question everything and anything you do. No matter how much you study, no matter how… — Maya Lin Copy Share Image
Pacifism is a wonderful conviction in theory, but only in theory. Real life has a way of eventually rubbing even the most… — Anthony Beal Copy Share Image
The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe, with a conviction based on experience, that you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I had the patriotic conviction that, given great leadership of the sort I heard from Winston Churchill in the radio broadcasts to… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
People who prepare false or fraudulent tax returns risk criminal prosecution and, upon conviction, substantial time in jail. — Dana Boente Copy Share Image
Vaccination is a barbarous practice and one of the most fatal of all the delusions current in our time. Conscientious objectors to… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The trite saying that 'honesty is the best policy' has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The seems… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
The more readily we admit the possibility of our own cherished convictions being mixed with error, the more vital and helpful whatever… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
It is my firm conviction that man has nothing to gain, emotionally or otherwise, by adhering to a falsehood, regardless of how… — George H. Smith Copy Share Image
If you're afraid to defend your convictions because you might get your ass kicked for it, you're not really fit to advocate… — James Carlos Blake Copy Share Image
In the first couple of years when you're transitioning you don't really fit into any gender, because you're changing over. You have… — Candis Cayne Copy Share Image
In everybody's career there comes a moment when there is slowdown but one has to have that conviction and belief in themselves. — Satish Kaushik Copy Share Image
As minister of finance, Mr. Flaherty served his country with dedication and conviction, even as he faced mounting health challenges. As both… — Thomas Mulcair Copy Share Image
[Pope Francis] comes to that conviction [of family crisis] as a pastor, not as Brad Wilcox or Charles Murray. So he wants… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
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