Conviction Quotes

1326 Conviction quotes by 908 unique authors

That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God. — Albert Einstein
It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder. — Albert Einstein
I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence. — George Eliot
It's my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best that we can. — R. Lee Ermey
At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
The compensation of a very early success is a conviction that life is a romantic matter. In the best sense one stays young. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
I have come to have the firm conviction that vanity is the basis of everything, and finally that what one calls conscience is only inner… — Gustave Flaubert
Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people. — Harry Emerson Fosdick
I'm a capitalist by conviction and profession. I believe the best economic system is one that rewards entrepreneurship and risk-taking, maximizes customer choice, uses markets… — Gary Hamel
If you don't love what you do, you won't do it with much conviction or passion. — Mia Hamm
Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions. — Dag Hammarskjold
Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something… — Vaclav Havel
I have arrived at the conviction that the neglect by economists to discuss seriously what is really the crucial problem of our time is due… — Friedrich August von Hayek
The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. — Victor Hugo
We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convictions, even to the very death. — Robert Green Ingersoll
It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions. — Robert Green Ingersoll
Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide. — Andrew Johnson
What convinces is conviction. Believe in the argument you're advancing. If you don't you're as good as dead. The other person will sense that something… — Lyndon B. Johnson
No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library. — Samuel Johnson
I was induced to establish several orders of merit, from conviction that emulation, well directed, becomes a useful servant; and, that the latent genius of… — Joseph Lancaster
Liberals subscribe to the new flexible, pluralistic definition of the family; their defense of families carries no conviction. — Christopher Lasch
The trite saying that honesty is the best policy has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The real honest man is… — Robert E. Lee
To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities; that is not to be taken seriously in politics. — Vladimir Lenin
I have never known so much naive conviction allied to greater intellectual poverty. — Claude Levi-Strauss
People should be respected for the strength of their convictions, and I also believe in freedom of expression. — Joe Lhota

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