Conviction Quotes

1326 Conviction quotes by 908 unique authors

[Microscopic] evidence cannot be presented ad populum. What is seen with the microscope depends not only upon the instrument and the rock-section, but also upon… — Thomas George Bonney
And now I am eking out my days in my corner, taunting myself with the bitter and entirely useless consolations that an intelligent man cannot… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
However, it must always remain a dialogue, and never an imposition of the church's own convictions and methods. Propose, not impose. To serve, and not… — Claudio Hummes
What will become compellingly important is absolute clarity of shared purpose and set of principles of conduct sort of institutional genetic code that every member… — Dee Hock
In this nation, the greatest of all nations, there are no second-class families. That is our great American conviction. — Benjamin Jealous
The Martha Stewart trial makes clear how far women have risen in the business world. America can be proud of our equal-opportunity prosecution and conviction. — Rosabeth Moss Kanter
I don’t know any other way to live but to wake up everyday armed with my convictions, not yielding them to the threat of danger… — Wole Soyinka
I have a conviction that a few weeks spent in a well organized summer camp may be of more value educationally than a whole year… — Charles William Eliot
Pride is an established conviction of one’s own paramount worth in some particular respect, while vanity is the desire of rousing such a conviction in… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Lower the Law and you dim the light by which man perceives his guilt; this is a very serious loss to the sinner rather than… — Charles Spurgeon
That’s the secret to performance: conviction. The right note played tentatively still misses its mark, but play boldly and no one will question you. If… — Rachel Hartman
A person is strong only when he stands upon his own truth, when he speaks and acts with his deepest convictions. Then, whatever the situation… — Mikhail Bakunin
The decision as to when to photograph, the actual click of the shutter, is partly controlled from the outside, by the flow of life, but… — Paul Strand
My mother always taught us that if people don't agree with you, the important thing is to listen to them. But if you've listened to… — Jane Goodall
My problem is I'm a man of no convictions - at least, I think I am. — Christopher Hampton
Today enormous effort goes into convincing the American public that we're just consumers of media manipulation and sound-bites and spin doctors. That we care only… — Bernardine Dohrn
My dad always, he helped me by not helping me. He always said, being a producer, it was all about conviction. — Thomas Langmann
Democracy has no convictions for which people would be willing to stake their lives. — Ernst Hanfstaengl
I have an unshaken conviction that democracy can never be undermined if we maintain our library resources and a national intelligence capable of utilizing them. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Truth is not a matter of argumentation and conviction; it is not the outcome of opinion. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Every mission constitutes a pledge of duty. Every man is bound to consecrate his every faculty to its fulfilment. He will derive his rule of… — Giuseppe Mazzini
Healing and positive life change comes from having the courage and spiritual conviction to look squarely at life's impermanence. — Meredith L. Young-Sowers
I wish to preface my reflections by saying that I am conducting this prayer service and am speaking to you now with great reluctance. I… — Thomas J. Paprocki
The scientist has to take 95 per cent of his subject on trust. He has to because he can't possibly do all the experiments, therefore… — Christopher Zeeman
Conviction is possible only in a world more primitive than ours can be perceived to be. A man can achieve a simply gnomic conviction only… — John Ciardi

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