Conviction Quotes

1326 Conviction quotes by 908 unique authors

There aren’t many honest men or women in Washington anymore. Politicians get where they are by the sheer force of their egos, not their convictions.… — Brad Thor
To allow only the kind of art that the average man understands is the worst small-mindedness and the murder of mind and spirit. It is… — Thomas Mann
Place the lives of children in their formative years, despite the convictions of their parents, under the intimate control of experts appointed by the state,… — John Gresham Machen
But what really matters is not what you believe but the faith and conviction with which you believe… — Knut Hamsun
Truth is stranger than fiction," as the old saying goes. When I watch a documentary, I can't help crying and then I think to myself,… — Hiromu Arakawa
The anger. The terror. The feeling of entrapment. the profound distrust of people.The wistful, plaintive conviction that a window, a thing, was more important than… — Flora Rheta Schreiber
The refusal to take sides on great moral issues is itself a decision. It is a silent acquiescence to evil. The Tragedy of our time… — Fulton J. Sheen
It is agreed that little girls should have a different physical education than little boys, but it is not admitted how much of the difference… — Germaine Greer
The word God has become empty of meaning through thousands of years of misuse... By misuse, I mean that people who have never glimpsed the… — Eckhart Tolle
Some of the most unkind,judgmental people I've ever known go to church every Sunday and read the Bible. I don't know how some people are… — Judith McNaught
Every fool stands convinced; and everyone convinced is a fool. The faultier a person's judgement the firmer their convictions. — Baltasar Gracian
Those mortals who operate in the grey area between conviction and incredulity are in a position to choose most meaningfully, and with most meaningful consequences… — Terryl L. Givens
Once a person is determined to help themselves, there is nothing that can stop them. — Nelson Mandela
There’s no basis or anything. I just have this conviction that appeared inside of me which I have to follow. — Jun Mochizuki
Our comforting conviction that the world makes sense rests on a secure foundation: our almost unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance. — Daniel Kahneman
Hope that justice will be done to those brave men who stood up for their convictions. — Albert Einstein
I am left with the conviction that an avalanche would be easier to dissuade than that man. — R.L. LaFevers
If Mr. Thornton was a fool in the morning, as he assured himself at least twenty times he was, he did not grow much wiser… — Elizabeth Gaskell
What other people may think of the rightness or wrongness is nothing in comparison to my own deep knowledge, my innate conviction that it was… — Elizabeth Gaskell
Citizenship is an attitude, a state of mind, an emotional conviction that the whole is greater than the part...and that the part should be humbly… — Robert A. Heinlein
The world cries for men who are strong; strong in conviction, strong to lead, to stand, to suffer. — Elisabeth Elliot
She had all her life long been accustomed to harbor thoughts and emotions which never voiced themselves… They belonged to her her and were her… — Kate Chopin
There were people thrice her size on the Trenton platform and she looked admiringly at one of them, a woman in a very short skirt.… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
I was deeply interested in conveying what is a deeply felt conviction of my own. This is simply to suggest that human beings must involve… — Rod Serling
I want to help you," Oliver said. "Why?" Galen looked up at him. "Because of Petunia?" Oliver was relieved that the prince didn't seem to… — Jessica Day George

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