Conviction Quotes

1326 Conviction quotes by 908 unique authors

A conviction akin to religious feeling of the rationality or intelligibility of the world lies behind all scientific work of a high order. — Albert Einstein
I should have the courage of my lack of convictions. — Tom Stoppard
I refuse to turn to theology to justify the life or redeem it. There is a question always of the connection to the eternal. I… — Stanley Kunitz
It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs. — Albert Einstein
It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in… — Albert Einstein
It is my faith and conviction that the Constitution came not alone of the brain and purpose of man, but of the inspiration of God. — Gordon B. Hinckley
When we lock things away," he said with conviction, "we're really imprisoning ourselves. — Gordon Korman
One of the greatest feelings in life is the conviction that you have lived the life you wanted to live-with the rough and the smooth,… — Michael Ignatieff
That is what I have always understood to be the essence of anarchism: the conviction that the burden of proof has to be placed on… — Noam Chomsky
I entered the classroom with the conviction that it was crucial for me and every other student to be an active participant, not a passive… — Bell Hooks
Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day. — Bertrand Russell
His suspicion that he was not going in the right direction tortmented him more and more. At last he had the conviction that he would… — Ismail KadarÃ©
If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have… — Mahatma Gandhi
If you deliver an opinion at all, it is mere stupidity not to do it with an air of conviction and well-founded knowledge. You make… — George Eliot
Doubt requires more courage than conviction does, and more energy; because conviction is a resting place and doubt is infinite – it is a passionate… — John Patrick Shanley
A man's sexual choice is the result and the sum of his fundamental convictions.... He will always be attracted to the woman who reflects his… — Ayn Rand
It would have been impossible for me to have told anyone what I derived from these novels, for it was nothing less than a sense… — Richard Wright
One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds. — Mahatma Gandhi
Belief, in one of its accepted senses, may consist in a merely intellectual assent, while faith implies such confidence and conviction as will impel to… — James E. Talmage
Perhaps the immobility of the things that surround us is forced upon them by our conviction that they are themselves, and not anything else, and… — Marcel Proust
To yield readily--easily--to the persuasion of a friend is no merit.... To yield without conviction is no compliment to the understanding of either. — Jane Austen
Everybody was talking about the religious man who committed suicide. While no one in the monastery approved of the man's action, some say they admired… — Anthony de Mello
rush of pine scent (once upon a time), the unlicensed conviction there ought to be another way of saying this. — Paul Celan
I wish there could be an international peace conference of booksellers, for (you will smile at this) my own conviction is that the future happiness… — Christopher Morley
And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that… — F. Scott Fitzgerald

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