Conviction Quotes

1326 Conviction quotes by 908 unique authors

I cleanse the windows of my mind, that it may become a mirror reflecting inspiration from the most High. I do this, not with strenuous… — Ernest Holmes
What are the moral convictions most fondly held by barbarous and semi-barbarous people? They are the convictions that authority is the soundest basis of belief;… — Thomas Huxley
In our country are evangelists and zealots of many different political, economic and religious persuasions whose fanatical conviction is that all thought is divinely classified… — Robert H. Jackson
I cannot say that our country could have no secret police without becoming totalitarian, but I can say with great conviction that it cannot become… — Robert H. Jackson
This idea, as you know, that I have firm convictions that the idea of issues being a big deal where our mutual friend went back… — James Stockdale
The belief may be too often mistaken, but the illusion of coming into direct contact with the past is intoxicating and persuasive, and can result… — Charles Rosen
I tried to instill a different motivation, to give them the security and the conviction that they were doing something good, something necessary, something useful… — Markus Wolf
Moreover, broad plans commensurate with our national purpose and resources would bring conviction of our power to every soldier in the front line, to the… — Kelly Miller
And indeed this theme has been at the centre of all my research since 1943, both because of its intrinsic fascination and my conviction that… — Frederick Sanger
The former conviction that these two kingdoms were wholly different in structure, in function, and in kind of life, was not seriously disturbed by the… — Asa Gray
Tony Rezko and Bill Ayers should lead the Democratic Party. They are the only Democrats with any convictions. — Evan Sayet
Hope? Hope is not the absence of tragedy, my friend. It is the conviction that tragedy can be endured. Hope is the spark in you… — Travis Beacham
For the far higher task of teaching fortitude and patience I was never fool enough to suppose myself qualified, nor have I anything to offer… — D. A. Carson
He who has nothing to assert has no style and can have none: he who has something to assert will go as far in power… — George Bernard Shaw
Toleration of people who differ in convictions and habits requires a residual awareness of the complexity of truth and the possibility of opposing view having… — Reinhold Niebuhr
The American's conviction that he must be able to look any man in the eye and tell him to go to hell is the very… — Walter Lippmann
The President of the United States would be liable to be impeached, tried, and upon conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors,… — Alexander Hamilton
Coaching is salesmanship. Coaching is winning players over and convincing them they have to play together. It takes a team conviction to play together to… — Phil Jackson
I am coming more and more to the conviction that the necessity of our geometry cannot be demonstrated, at least neither by, nor for, the… — Carl Friedrich Gauss
... my convictions led me to adhere to the sufficiency of the light within us, resting on truth as authority, rather than 'taking authority for… — Lucretia Mott
This was the feeling that Ms. Hempel couldn't shake: a conviction that she spent her days among people at the age when they are most… — Sarah Shun-lien Bynum
I am a teacher... The life I lead is the most agreeable I can imagine. [In the] classroom ... there await me a group of… — Moses Hadas
We need people who influence their peers and who cannot be detoured from their convictions by peers who do not have the courage to have… — Joe Paterno
I call upon both Republicans and Democrats to work with us to have a national ID card that is free and accessible. President Lyndon Johnson… — Andrew Young
I firmly believe that if you follow a path that interests you, not to the exclusion of love, sensitivity, and cooperation with others, but with… — Neil Simon

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