Conviction Quotes

1326 Conviction quotes by 908 unique authors

We canot become nonviolent on the basis of intellectual conviction. Commitment to nonviolence demands a very profound conversion of mind and heart. If we take… — Thomas Gumbleton
The Greek word for idiot, literally translated, means one who does not participate in politics. That sums up my conviction on the subject. — Unknown Author
If you have a faith, it is statistically overwhelmingly likely that it is the same faith as your parents and grandparents had. No doubt soaring… — Richard Dawkins
A religion that comes of thought, and study, and deliberate conviction, sticks best. The revivalized convert who is scared in the direction of heaven because… — Mark Twain
The strength of a country is the strength of its religious convictions. — Calvin Coolidge
Nearly all of our disasters come from a few fools having the courage of their convictions. — Coventry Patmore
It is never to be expected in a revolution that every man is to change his opinion at the same moment. There never yet was… — Thomas Paine
Fortunately for themselves and the world, nearly all men are cowards and dare not act on what they believe. Nearly all our disasters come of… — Coventry Patmore
The hallmark of courage in our age of conformity is the capacity to stand on one's own convictions - not obstinately or defiantly — Rollo May
That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction,… — Patrick Henry
The whole secret of the teacher's force lies in the conviction that men are convertible. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The depth of your belief and the strength of your conviction determines the power of your personality. — Brian Tracy
A grain of real knowledge, of genuine controllable conviction, will outweigh a bushel of adroitness; and to produce persuasion there is one golden principle of… — John Robert Seeley
We can walk through the darkest night with the radiant conviction that all things work together for the good. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they… — Robert Kennedy
With his trademark courage and conviction, President Reagan led us out of the Cold War, spreading his vision of freedom, resulting in the release of… — John Doolittle
We become human only in the company of other human beings. And this involves both opening our hearts and giving voice to our deepest convictions.… — Paul Rogat Loeb
Whatever you believe with emotion becomes reality. You always act in a manner consistent with your innermost beliefs and convictions. — Brian Tracy
We stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves; that is our only commitment to others. — John F. Kennedy
Sigmund Freud often remarked that great revolutions in the history of science have but one common, and ironic, feature: they knock human arrogance off one… — Stephen Jay Gould
A narrative voice with conviction is often hard to find. But not in baseball. The minors teach two lost American arts: how to chew tobacco… — Thomas Boswell
When we approach love and creativity with the level of conviction that the powers-that-be in the world today are approaching hatred and destruction, then and… — Marianne Williamson
George W. Bush is not preoccupied with his legacy - nor with his popularity. He never has been. He has always led based on core… — Mark McKinnon
I deeply believe that marriage is by nature between a man and a woman, but that conviction does not prevent me from recognising that other… — Sebastian Pinera
I believe Barack Obama has shown a deep conviction to help those most in need, even if their voices are not always the ones heard… — Ricky Martin

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