Conviction Quotes

1326 Conviction quotes by 908 unique authors

What has the church gained if it is popular but there is no conviction, no repentance, no power? — Aiden Wilson Tozer
The central function of imaginative literature is to make you realize that other people act on moral convictions different from your own. — William Empson
How it infuriates a bigot, when he is forced to drag out his dark convictions! — Logan Pearsall Smith
We do want our fellow citizens to respect our deeply held conviction that the absence of an afterlife lends a greater, not a lesser, moral… — Susan Jacoby
We are not abandoning our convictions, our philosophy or traditions, nor do we urge anyone to abandon theirs — Mikhail Gorbachev
We see God and the devil making fools of each other, and we nurture in ourselves the absolutely unshakable conviction that both of them are… — Frank Wedekind
I am ready to defend my convictions even unto death. I have followed the Sacred Scriptures and the holy doctors. — John Wycliffe
I have withstood the power of convictions a long time; and therefore I fear I shall be finally left of God. — David Brainerd
We embark unhesitatingly on the path, in a direction that is absolutely right and urgent, supported by everyone, in the knowledge that this path is… — Yehudi Menuhin
The secret of success is conviction and persistence. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
The challenge is to lend conviction even to the voices which advocate views I find personally abhorrent, whether they are political Islamists or officers justifying… — Orhan Pamuk
St. Teresa of Avila wrote: 'All difficulties in prayer can be traced to one cause: praying as if God were absent.' This is the conviction… — Thomas Keating
A mind unwilling to believe or even undesirous to be instructed, our weightiest evidence must ever fail to impress. It will insist on taking that… — F. C. S. Schiller
The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; as a feather and a guinea fall with… — Charles Caleb Colton
The whole universe or the structure that perceives it is a worthy opponent, but try as I may I can not escape the sound of… — Julian Assange
After that [father's death] I never cried with any real conviction, nor expected much of anyone's God except indifference, nor loved deeply without fear that… — Russell Baker
One of the many burdens of the person professing Christianity has always been the odium likely to be heaped upon him by fellow Christians quick… — Russell Baker
Obeying instructions I should never dare to disregard, expressing, also, my own firm conviction, I rise in behalf of the State of New York to… — Roscoe Conkling
Everybody has their own path. I just believe that with conviction and discipline you can make anything happen. — Unknown Author
Faith is not knowledge of what the mystery of the universe is, but the conviction that there is a mystery, and that it is greater… — David Wolpe
As I lay down my pen, let me record my immovable conviction that His is the noblest service in which any human being can spend… — John Gibson Paton
Times have changed, and science has made great progress, and so has our work; but our principles have only been confirmed, and along with them… — Maria Montessori
Man has his being in truth--if he sacrifices truth he sacrifices himself. Whoever betrays truth betrays himself. It is not a question of lying--but of… — Novalis
Ultimately, leadership is about the strength of one's convictions, the ability to endure the punches, and the energy to promote an idea. And I have… — Benazir Bhutto
Listen to the advice of others, but follow only what you understand and can unite in your own feeling. Be firm, be meek, but follow… — Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

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