Conviction Quotes

1326 Conviction quotes by 908 unique authors

Those of you who have spent time with Australians know that we are not given to overstatement. By nature we are laconic speakers and by… — Julia Gillard
I have come to the conviction that once one embarks on a concept for a building, this concept has to be exaggerated and overstated and… — Eero Saarinen
I begin with the basic conviction that Jews and Arabs can live together. I have repeated that at every opportunity, not for journalists and not… — Ariel Sharon
Let our lives be in accordiance with our convictions of right, each striving to carry out our principles — Lucretia Mott
It is hard to describe the thrill of creative joy which the artist feels when the conviction seizes her that at last she has caught… — Maria Jeritza
I think it is not only important that people go to the Anne Frank House to see the secret annex, but also that they are… — Otto Frank
Lust was a positive high-tension cable, plugged into my core, activating a near-epileptic seizure of conviction that this was the one thing I had to… — Will Self
Then it would not be so strong a sense. If it failed to produce equal exertion, it could not be an equal conviction. — Jane Austen
The advice nearest to my heart and deepest in my convictions is that the Union of the States be cherished and perpetuated. — James Madison
Because we hold it for 'a fundamental and undeniable truth', that religion or 'the duty which we owe to our Creator' and the manner of… — James Madison
Life has taught me one supreme lesson. This is that we must—if we are really to live at all, if we are to enjoy the… — Margaret Sanger
He that is warm for truth, and fearless in its defense, performs one of the duties of a good man; he strenghtens his own conviction,… — Samuel Johnson
The utter failure came at the Crucifixion in the tragic words, 'My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?' If you want to understand… — Carl Jung
And that's the mission of The Innocence Project in New York, is to exonerate people who have been wrongfully convicted, and also work from a… — John Grisham
The ideals of the party were close to me, and I have tried to adhere to those principles all my life. In essence, they are… — Valentina Tereshkova
There is no form of conviction more intimate and irresistible than that which arises from the inward teaching of the Spirit. — Charles Hodge
Faith is not a blind, irrational conviction. In order to believe, we must know what we believe, and the grounds on which our faith rests. — Charles Hodge
When we are children, we have a tranquil acceptance of mystery which is driven out of us later on, by curiosity and education and experience.… — Susan Cooper
Besides what has been said, people are fickle by nature; and it is a simple to convince them of something but difficult to hold them… — Niccolo Machiavelli
The phrases that men hear or repeat continually, end by becoming convictions and ossify the organs of intelligence. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
History has repeatedly been changed by people who had the desire and the ability to transfer their convictions and emotions to their listeners. — Dale Carnegie
Vaccination is a barbarous practice and one of the most fatal of all the delusions current in our time. Conscientious objectors to vaccination should stand… — Mahatma Gandhi
When Christ comes with regenerating grace, he finds no man sitting still, but all posting to eternal ruin, and making haste toward hell; till, by… — Richard Baxter
It is one thing to have sin alarmed only by convictions, and another to have it crucified by converting grace. Many, because they have been… — Joseph Alleine
My own convictions as to negro slavery are strong. It has its evils and abuses...We recognize the negro as God and God's Book and God's… — Jefferson Davis

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