Convictions Quotes

358 Convictions quotes by 263 unique authors

Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies. — Friedrich Nietzsche
The records are black boxes for me. Like, if you want to know who I am, my views, my perspective, things I love, things I… — Katy Perry
My politics were pretty anarchistic until 1969 when the Montreal police went on strike. Within hours, mayhem and rioting broke out and the Mounties had… — Steven Pinker
People of different faiths, like yours and mine, sometimes wonder where we can meet in common purpose, when there are so many differences in creed… — Mitt Romney
Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do. — Eleanor Roosevelt
The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions. — Jean Rostand
Of what worth are convictions that bring not suffering? — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Political activists of all stripes are usually a wacky bunch, and never more so than in a system like Britain's, where power is effected via… — Will Self
Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions. — Isaac Bashevis Singer
Doubt is to certainty as neurosis is to psychosis. The neurotic is in doubt and has fears about persons and things; the psychotic has convictions… — Thomas Szasz
Follow your honest convictions and be strong. — William Makepeace Thackeray
Customs and convictions change; respectable people are the last to know, or to admit, the change, and the ones most offended by fresh reflections of… — John Updike
We shall not yield to violence. We shall not be deprived of union freedoms. We shall never agree with sending people to prison for their… — Lech Walesa
The modern believer is not suspicious enough, which is perhaps why, when they try to construct arguments in their defence, the convictions are left doing… — Julian Baggini
If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war. — Leo Tolstoy
In religion and politics people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves… — Mark Twain
When an individual is motivated by great and powerful convictions of truth, then he disciplines himself, not because of the demands of the church, but… — Gordon B. Hinckley
But then books, as I'm sure you know, seldom prompt a course of action. Books generally just confirm you in what you have, perhaps unwittingly,… — Alan Bennett
You...you lost your faith?" "No...just my convictions. I still very much believe in God- just not a god who condones human tithing." Lev begins to… — Neal Shusterman
The aim of totalitarian education has never been to instill convictions but to destroy the capacity to form any. — Hannah Arendt
Live up to your convictions. You walk in grace or you walk in fear. You can't have it both ways. — Carlos Santana
I should have the courage of my lack of convictions. — Tom Stoppard
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
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

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