Conviction Quotes

1326 Conviction quotes by 908 unique authors

The income tax is the biggest single intrusion suffered by the American people. It forces every worker to be a bookkeeper, to open his records… — Harry Browne
Be strong and follow your own convictions. You can't assume there is a lot of time to do what you like. This is what David… — Marc Bolan
Genuine contempt, on the other hand, is the unsullied conviction of the worthlessness of another. — Arthur Schopenhauer
PRESBYTERIAN, n. One who holds the conviction that the government authorities of the Church should be called presbyters. — Ambrose Bierce
Che Guevara taught us we could dare to have confidence in ourselves; confidence in our abilities. He instilled in us the conviction that struggle is… — Thomas Sankara
I am not a consensus politician. Im a conviction politician. — Margaret Thatcher
When the mind has once begun to yield to the weakness of superstition, trifles impress it with the force of conviction. — Ann Radcliffe
One of the most productive things that we ever do in our lives is to think. To be able to think is to be able… — Sterling W Sill
I think I have fallen in love and I believe the woman in question, though she has not said so, returns my feelings. How can… — Sebastian Faulks
Legislators in Kansas, Arizona and 23 other states who are properly determined to protect religious freedom can begin by asking themselves: Does any religious conviction… — David Blankenhorn
No man must encroach upon my province, nor I upon his. He may advise me, moderately and without pertinaciousness, but he must not expect to… — William Godwin
A great designer does not seek acceptance. He challenges popularity, and by the force of his convictions renders popular in the end what the public… — Charles James
How often have I been guilty of being the Holy Spirit in their lives? It is my job along with my husbands to impart truth… — Carolyn Mahaney
From my childhood it has been my conviction that men would reach the planets in my lifetime . . . this conviction . . .… — Freeman Dyson
Thoughtful men must feel that the fate of civilization upon this continent is involved in the issue of our contest. Among the most satisfying proofs… — Abraham Lincoln
Christianity doesn’t deny the reality of suffering and evil… Our hope… is not based on the idea that we are going to be free of… — Brennan Manning
You can't remember sex. You can remember the fact of it, and recall the setting, and even the details, but the sex of the sex… — E L Doctorow
You don't have to compromise convictions to be compassionate. — Rick Warren
Clearly, a civilization that feels guilty for everything it is and does will lack the energy and conviction to defend itself. — Jean Francois Revel
Without a notion of the transcendental, human beings would, indeed, be animals; however, only fools can be convinced of it, and only degenerates need such… — Franz Grillparzer
We define religion as the assumption that life has meaning. Religion, or lack of it, is shown not in some intellectual or verbal formulations but… — Rollo May
I believe I and all the Chinese people have such a conviction that China will make continuous progress and the people's wishes for and needs… — Wen Jiabao
Black Power is a nihilistic philosophy born out of the conviction that the Negro can't win... the view that American society is so hopelessly corrupt… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ordinarily, a person leaving a courtroom with a conviction behind him would wear a somber face. But I left with a smile. I knew that… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
It is safer to quote what is written than what is spoken. What a man writes it is fair to presume he believes as a… — Christian Nestell Bovee

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