Conviction Quotes

1326 Conviction quotes by 908 unique authors

As the Roman Empire came to its close, all the old gods of the pagan world were seen as demons by the Christians who rose.… — Anne Rice
It was her brother,' said Mr. Thornton to himself. 'I am glad.I may never see her again; but it is comfort-a relief-to know that much.… — Elizabeth Gaskell
Misery colored by the greens and blues in my mother's voice took away all the grief out of the words and left me with a… — Toni Morrison
The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holders… — Bertrand Russell
The common bond of humanity and decency that we share is stronger than any conflict, any adversity. Fighting for your convictions is important. But finding… — Wes Moore
Teach me to treat all that comes to me with peace of soul and with firm conviction that Your will governs all. — Elisabeth Elliot
My own experience and development deepen every day my conviction that our moral progress may be measured by the degree in which we sympathize with… — George Eliot
No, I'm not mistaken. I know you don't love me. But I'm going to fight for your love. There are some things in life that… — Paulo Coelho
You can't be neutral on a moving train. — Howard Zinn
Nor would anybody suspect. If was one thing all people took for granted, was conviction that if you feed honest figures into a computer, honest… — Robert A. Heinlein
I'm an incurable romantic. The essence of romance is an unshakable conviction that next time will be different. — Glen Cook
The real trouble is that 'kindness' is a quality fatally easy to attribute to ourselves on quite inadequate grounds. Everyone feels benevolent if nothing happens… — C.S. Lewis
Being a practiced liar doesn't mean you have a powerful imagination. Many good liars have no imagination at all; it's that which gives their lies… — Philip Pullman
It would be erroneous to say Sohrab was quiet. Quiet is peace. Tranquility. Quiet is turning down the volume knob on life. Silence is pushing… — Khaled Hosseini
We should know what our convictions are, and stand for them. Upon one's own philosophy, conscious or unconscious, depends one's ultimate interpretation of facts. Therefore… — Carl Jung
Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives… — Timothy Keller
Life is savagely unfair. It ignores our deep-seated convictions and places a disproportionate emphasis on the decisions we make in split seconds. — Chris Cleave
How far does a pretence of feeling, maintained with absolute conviction, become authentic? — Angela Carter
There's that horrible-beautiful moment, that bitter-sweet impasse where you know that somebody is bullshitting you but they're doing it with such panache and conviction...no, it's… — Irvine Welsh
Convictions are prisons. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Wanted, a man who will not lose his individuality in a crowd, a man who has the courage of his convictions, who is not afraid… — Orison Swett Marden
Eighteen is a terrible age, and while I walked around with the conviction that I was somehow more grown-up than my classmates, the truth was… — Paul Auster
His conviction that everything happened for a reason, and would come to good, gave him laughing equanimity even in hard times. — Laura Hillenbrand
Conviction is a good motive, but a bad judge. — Albert Einstein
Our culture has accepted two huge lies. The first is that if you disagree with someone’s lifestyle, you must fear or hate them. The second… — Rick Warren

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