Those mortals who operate in the grey area between conviction and incredulity are in a position to choose most meaningfully, and with… — Terryl L. Givens Copy Share Image
The pressure of show business is on all the time and show business is a fickle business. Whatever is popular now -… — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
The truth is hidden from us. Even if a mere piece of luck brings us straight to it, we shall have no… — Lucian Copy Share Image
I wrote the Dickens book because I loved Dickens, not because I felt a kinship with him, but after writing the book… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
There is a direct relationship between how we feel about Jesus Christ and how we see ourselves. We cannot increase our devotion… — Sheri L. Dew Copy Share Image
The belief may be too often mistaken, but the illusion of coming into direct contact with the past is intoxicating and persuasive,… — Charles Rosen Copy Share Image
I have come to the conviction that once one embarks on a concept for a building, this concept has to be exaggerated… — Eero Saarinen Copy Share Image
...yet, even before he left the room, - and certainly, not five minutes after, the clear conviction dawned upon her, shined bright… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
To declare that in the administration of criminal law the end justifies the means to declare that the Government may commit crimes… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
Democracy rests upon two pillars: one, the principle that all men are equally entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness;… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
In order to have real prayer and action to change things, we must have conviction as to the need of prayer and… — John Mott Copy Share Image
When a man is not deeply convicted of sin, it is a pretty sure sign that he has not truly repented. Experience… — Dwight L. Moody Copy Share Image
When the principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then the battle is your calling, and peace… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share Image
Speak your truth, even if your voice shakes, your knees buckle, and the earth tremble beneath you; you will be okay. In… — Kemmy Nola Copy Share Image
It is a fundamental human right, a privilege of nature, that every man should worship according to his own convictions. One man's… — Tertullian Copy Share Image
When Holy God draws near in true revival, people come under terrible conviction of sin. The outstanding feature of spiritual awakening has… — Henry Blackaby 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
“The great safeguard of society and of domestic life was, that opinions were not acted on. Sane people did what their neighbors… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
He allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human beings are not born once and for all on the day… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
I want to show to those who deprive people the right to love of country, that when we know how to sacrifice… — Jose Rizal Copy Share Image
A child with an intense capacity for feeling can suffer to a degree that is beyond any degree of adult suffering, because… — E. M. Delafield Copy Share Image
A candidate who tries to steer a path down the middle in an effort to 'win independents' runs the risk of convincing… — John Sununu Copy Share Image
Sometimes the facts of the crime are so distracting - there's been some tragic murder or horrific incident, and people aren't required… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
Inquire, investigate, doubt yourself and others. To find truth, you must not cling to your convictions; if you are sure of the… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
Our conviction that green cheese makes up a negligible fraction of the Moon's interior comes not from direct observation but from the… — Sean M. Carroll Copy Share Image
As a state, as a government, in 2001 we proposed to the United Nations to empty or to get rid of every… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Globalization - and I think we share this conviction - is that globalization needs to be shaped politically, it needs to be… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
Life has taught me one supreme lesson. This is that we must—if we are really to live at all, if we are… — Margaret Sanger Copy Share Image
A revival does two things. First, it returns the Church from her backsliding and second, it causes the conversion of men and… — Billy Sunday Copy Share Image
The peace of mind, is very essential for our health. So in that level, I think scientific finding, immense benefit to get… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“How often have you and I helped to keep sinners easy in their sin, by our inconsistency! Had we been true Christians,… — Charles H. Spurgeon Copy Share Image
These are the times for real choices and not false ones. We are at the moment when our lives must be placed… — Martin Luther King, Jr 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
We recently had a referendum in New York about extending the forest preserve. The city voted for it by a large majority;… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
“There was this tendency to drift. And yet when she thought about it, what did she really want to do? Or be?… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
In a capitalist society, all human relationships are voluntary. Men are free to cooperate or not, to deal with one another or… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The only rationale that the states put forth with any conviction-that same-sex couples and their children don't need marriage because same-sex couples… — Richard Posner Copy Share Image
Your pursuit of personal greatness challenges others to fear for their own causes, their own battles and pursuits. Your freedom is a… — James Victore Copy Share Image
God will never plant the seed of his life upon the soil of a hard, unbroken spirit. He will only plant that… — Alan Redpath Copy Share Image
People think I'm cool - it's a virtue of my job! In real life I'm absolutely not cool, but I think if… — Shura Copy Share Image
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