Convictions Quotes

358 Convictions quotes by 263 unique authors

A man's sexual choice is the result and the sum of his fundamental convictions.... He will always be attracted to the woman who reflects his… — Ayn Rand
One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds. — Mahatma Gandhi
Everybody was talking about the religious man who committed suicide. While no one in the monastery approved of the man's action, some say they admired… — Anthony de Mello
My war - and I have yet to win a decisive battle - is with the modes of thought that and conditioned feelings that prevail… — James Hillman
It takes so little, so infinitely little, for a person to cross the border beyond which everything loses meaning: love, convictions, faith, history. Human life… — Milan Kundera
Our firmest convictions are apt to be the most suspect; they mark our limitations and our bounds. Life is a petty thing unless it is… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
People who harbor strong convictions without evidence belong at the margins of our societies, not in our halls of power. The only thing we should… — Sam Harris
I think the subject which will be of most importance politically is Mass Psychology... Its importance has been enormously increased by the growth of modern… — Bertrand Russell
Laila remembered Mammy telling Babi once that she had married a man who had no convictions. Mammy didn't understand. She didn't understand that if she… — Khaled Hosseini
Beware of being obsessed with consistency to your own convictions instead of being devoted to God. The important consistency in a saint is not to… — Oswald Chambers
Let the attitude of your life be a continual willingness to "go out" in dependence upon God, and your life will have a sacred and… — Oswald Chambers
Life is a test. It is only a test--meaning that's all it is. Nothing more, but nothing less. It is a test of our convictions… — Sheri L. Dew
What hinders me from hearing is that I am taken up with other things. It is not that I will not hear God, but I… — Oswald Chambers
Sometimes we make our alliances not by the shape and color of our flesh but by the convictions of our heart. — Neal Shusterman
This book is dedicated to the people of America--strong, outspoken, intense in their convictions, sometimes wrong-headed but always generous and brave, with a passion for… — Paul Johnson
A man must be prepared not only to be a martyr, but to be a fool. It is absurd to say that a man is… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Here is the point about myself and my co-thinkers. Our belief is not a belief. Our principles are not a faith. We do not hold… — Christopher Hitchens
This book is written for those who want more Jesus. It is for those who are bored with what American Christianity offers. It is for… — Francis Chan
The challenges in our lives are there to STRENGTHEN our CONVICTIONS. They are NOT there to run us over. — Nick Vujicic
It is not conflict of opinions that has made history so violent but conflict of belief in opinions, that is to say conflict of convictions. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Be hated. One does not have to be evil to be hated. In fact, it’s often the case that one is hated precisely because one… — Adrian Tan
In a way, literature is true than life,' he said to himself. 'On paper, you say exactly and completely what you feel. How easy it… — Simone de Beauvoir
I understand you, and I shall not attempt to make you change your mind. I am too old to want to improve the world. I… — Milan Kundera
We have convictions only if we have studied nothing thoroughly. — Emile M. Cioran
But then with me the horrid doubt always arises whether the convictions of man's mind, which has been developed from the mind of the lower… — Charles Darwin

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