Conviction Quotes

1326 Conviction quotes by 908 unique authors

A revival does two things. First, it returns the Church from her backsliding and second, it causes the conversion of men and women; and it… — Billy Sunday
A candidate who tries to steer a path down the middle in an effort to 'win independents' runs the risk of convincing everyone that they… — John Sununu
Doubt is to certainty as neurosis is to psychosis. The neurotic is in doubt and has fears about persons and things; the psychotic has convictions… — Thomas Szasz
Follow your honest convictions and be strong. — William Makepeace Thackeray
Don't be too harsh to these poems until they're typed. I always think typescript lends some sort of certainty: at least, if the things are… — Dylan Thomas
If you can't convince them, confuse them. — Harry S. Truman
Customs and convictions change; respectable people are the last to know, or to admit, the change, and the ones most offended by fresh reflections of… — John Updike
There was an implicit conviction that the UN would be stronger than the sum of its constituent member-states. — Atal Bihari Vajpayee
We shall not yield to violence. We shall not be deprived of union freedoms. We shall never agree with sending people to prison for their… — Lech Walesa
This conviction brought me, in the summer of 1978, to the Free Trade Unions - formed by a group of courageous and dedicated people who… — Lech Walesa
A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures. — Daniel Webster
It was the full conviction of this, and of what could be done, if every man were placed in the office for which he was… — Adam Weishaupt
The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious phenomenon, peculiar to myself and… — Tom Wolfe
The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity. — William Butler Yeats
The modern believer is not suspicious enough, which is perhaps why, when they try to construct arguments in their defence, the convictions are left doing… — Julian Baggini
The knowledge and spiritual conviction we receive from the Holy Ghost are the result of revelation. — David A. Bednar
Sometimes we may ask God for success, and He gives us physical and mental stamina. We might plead for prosperity, and we receive enlarged perspective… — David A. Bednar
Each life is unique. But for all, repentance will surely include passing through the portal of humble prayer. Our Father in Heaven can allow us… — Henry B. Eyring
I lost the conviction that lights would always turn green for me, the pleasant certainty that those rather passive virtues which had won me approval… — Joan Didion
There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war. — Leo Tolstoy
I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward… — Nelson Mandela
The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious phenomenon, is the central and… — Thomas Wolfe
In religion and politics people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves… — Mark Twain
and he would probably not agree with my conviction that a sense of humor is the main measure of sanity. But who can say for… — Hunter S. Thompson

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