Conviction Quotes · Page 60

I do not say that all lawyers are bad, but I do maintain that the general tendency is bad: standing up in…

— Patrick O'Brian

For thousands of years, we Jews have been nourished and sustained by a yearning for our historic land. I, like many others,…

— Ehud Olmert

Permafrost in the soil [is melting], in the boreal and arctic areas in the world, and, probably even more alarming in the…

— Bill McKibben

[Richard M. Nixon was] a foul caricature of himself, a man with no soul, no inner convictions, with the integrity of a…

— Hunter S. Thompson

He that is not open to conviction is not qualified for discussion.

— Richard Whately

The men of the past had convictions, while we moderns have only opinions.

— Heinrich Heine

Courage results when one's convictions are bigger than one's fears.

— Orrin Woodward

“It is my strong conviction that a realist conception of human nature should be made a servant of an ethic of progressive…

— Reinhold Niebuhr

The prosecution has an ethical duty to ensure not just that they get a conviction when the defendant is guilty, but also…

— Marcia Clark

So the journey is over and I am back again where I started, richer by much experience and poorer by many unexploded…

— Aldous Huxley

His suspicion that he was not going in the right direction tortmented him more and more. At last he had the conviction…

— Ismail Kadaré

There is always calm in the midst of chaos, love in the midst of hate, and hope in the midst of despair.…

— Bernajoy Vaal

If you are going to make a change, don't go halfway. Make it with conviction and stick with your new idea. Ignore…

— Gary McCord

Doubt requires more courage than conviction does, and more energy; because conviction is a resting place and doubt is infinite – it…

— John Patrick Shanley

“When spontaneous demoralizing thoughts seep into your conscience, don't trip...allowing them to fester. These are random tests of your conviction and determination.…

— T.F. Hodge

But man's eyes are blind through sin, and he can discern no part of God's truth till the Spirit opens them. Inner…

— J. I. Packer

The First Aphorism of Religion Cases: Only the religious convictions of other people are weird. Yours are perfectly rational.

— Dahlia Lithwick

I only record songs that I really like and believe in and can sing with conviction.

— Trace Adkins

Leader and followers are both following the invisible leader - the common purpose. The best executives put this common purpose clearly before…

— Mary Parker Follett

I'm often asked, Which is more important--attitude or skill? The answer is that it's somewhat like asking which leg of a three-legged…

— Zig Ziglar

I don't believe in greatness that is bestowed as a rare gift to a few lucky ones. Rather, I think all people…

— Ilchi Lee

Self-confidence is the degree of control,conviction and contention on your own character.

— Anuj Somany

I don't believe you outsource your convictions and principles to people.

— Jeb Bush

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

This self now as I leant over the gate looking down over fields rolling in waves of colour beneath me made no…

— Virginia Woolf