--- title: "13 Conviction Man Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 13 Conviction Man quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Conviction Man sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a3/martin-luther-king-jr-127_be-a-man_i-would-rather-be-a-man-of-conviction-th_2230507.png" --- > [I would rather be a man of conviction than a man of conformity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-would-rather-be-a-man-of-conviction-than-a-man-of-conformity/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a3/martin-luther-king-jr-127_be-a-man_i-would-rather-be-a-man-of-conviction-th_2230507.png) > [Mix a conviction with a man and...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-clayton-powell-jr/mix-a-conviction-with-a-man-and/) [Adam Clayton Powell, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-clayton-powell-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28f/adam-clayton-powell-jr-46349_african-american_mix-a-conviction-with-a-man-and-2391053_2391053.png) > [I'm a man without conviction. I'm a man who doesn't know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/culture-club/i-m-a-man-without-conviction-i-m-a-man-who-doesn-t-know/) [Culture Club](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/culture-club/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f8/culture-club-20609_conviction_i-m-a-man-without-conviction-i-m-a-man-w_1627430.jpg) > [Mix a conviction with a man and something happens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/powell-clayton/mix-a-conviction-with-a-man-and-something-happens/) [Powell Clayton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/powell-clayton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfc/powell-clayton-65905_conviction_mix-a-conviction-with-a-man-and-somethin_2222432.png) > [I'm a man without conviction. I'm a man who doesn't know how to sell a contradiction. You come and go, you come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/culture-club/i-m-a-man-without-conviction-i-m-a-man-who-doesn-t-know-how-to-sell-a/) [Culture Club](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/culture-club/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74d/culture-club-20609_contradiction_i-m-a-man-without-conviction-i-m-a-man-w_2530467.jpg) > [It has always been my private conviction that any man who puts his intelligence up against a fish and loses had it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/it-has-always-been-my-private-conviction-that-any-man-who-puts-his/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/526/john-steinbeck-71_conviction_it-has-always-been-my-private-conviction_334791.jpg) > [The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/the-one-serious-conviction-that-a-man-should-have-is-that-nothing-is/) [Samuel Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-butler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07e/samuel-butler-823_conviction_the-one-serious-conviction-that-a-man-sh_1496417.jpg) > [“By dying for a conviction a man proves only that he is sincere, not that he is right.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roland-h-bainton/by-dying-for-a-conviction-a-man-proves-only-that-he-is-sincere-not/) [Roland H. Bainton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roland-h-bainton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfe/roland-h-bainton-29133_conviction_by-dying-for-a-conviction-a-man-proves-o_2817780.jpg) > [The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing should be taken too seriously](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/the-one-serious-conviction-that-a-man-should-have-is-that-nothing/) [Samuel Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-butler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2a/samuel-butler-823_conviction_the-one-serious-conviction-that-a-man-sh_2746921.jpg) > [It is my firm conviction that man has nothing to gain, emotionally or otherwise, by adhering to a falsehood, regardless of how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-h-smith/it-is-my-firm-conviction-that-man-has-nothing-to-gain-emotionally-or-2/) [George H. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-h-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/089/george-h-smith-20207_atheism_it-is-my-firm-conviction-that-man-has-no_1486220.jpg) > [We can state with conviction, therefore, that a man's support for absolute government is in direct proportion to the contempt he feels…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexis-de-tocqueville/we-can-state-with-conviction-therefore-that-a-man-s-support-for/) [Alexis de Tocqueville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexis-de-tocqueville/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fd/alexis-de-tocqueville-625_contempt_we-can-state-with-conviction-therefore-t_477048.png) > [It was the full conviction of this, and of what could be done, if every man were placed in the office for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-weishaupt/it-was-the-full-conviction-of-this-and-of-what-could-be-done-if-every/) [Adam Weishaupt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-weishaupt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/042/adam-weishaupt-16769_conviction_it-was-the-full-conviction-of-this-and-o_2510333.png) > [“...a person who thinks should not try to persuade others to his belief; that is what puts him on the road to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/a-person-who-thinks-should-not-try-to-persuade-others-to-his-belief/) [Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad1/milan-kundera-120_faith_a-person-who-thinks-should-not-try-to-pe_535741.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conviction-man/#itemlist", "name": "Conviction Man Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I would rather be a man of conviction than a man of conformity", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Luther King, Jr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-would-rather-be-a-man-of-conviction-than-a-man-of-conformity/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a3/martin-luther-king-jr-127_be-a-man_i-would-rather-be-a-man-of-conviction-th_2230507.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a3/martin-luther-king-jr-127_be-a-man_i-would-rather-be-a-man-of-conviction-th_2230507.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a3/martin-luther-king-jr-127_be-a-man_i-would-rather-be-a-man-of-conviction-th_2230507.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I would rather be a man of conviction than a man of conformity” — Martin Luther King, Jr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Mix a conviction with a man and...", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Adam Clayton Powell, Jr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-clayton-powell-jr/mix-a-conviction-with-a-man-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28f/adam-clayton-powell-jr-46349_african-american_mix-a-conviction-with-a-man-and-2391053_2391053.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28f/adam-clayton-powell-jr-46349_african-american_mix-a-conviction-with-a-man-and-2391053_2391053.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28f/adam-clayton-powell-jr-46349_african-american_mix-a-conviction-with-a-man-and-2391053_2391053.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Mix a conviction with a man and...” — Adam Clayton Powell, Jr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm a man without conviction. 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