Convictions Quotes

358 Convictions quotes by 263 unique authors

In a capitalist society, all human relationships are voluntary. Men are free to cooperate or not, to deal with one another or not, as their… — Ayn Rand
Convictions are the mainsprings of action, the driving powers of life. What a man lives are his convictions. — Unknown Author
I would replace the quality of sincerity with honesty, since one can hold a conviction sincerely without examining it, while honesty would require that one… — Unknown Author
No important change in ethics was ever accomplished without an internal chage in our intellectual emphasis, loyalties, affections, and convictions. — Aldo Leopold
Few of us take the pains to study the origin of our cherished convictions. — James Harvey Robinson
He who floats with the current, who does not guide himself according to higher principles, who has no ideal, no convictions-such a man is .… — Henri Frederic Amiel
Though anti-Semitism had been only one of several sources of Nazi voting strength, after 1933 Hitler placed anti-Semitic ideologues, the most important of whom were… — Unknown Author
From the days of the Founding Fathers, right to this (2008) election, how and where America fights to defend its freedom, has been the ultimate… — Simon Schama
People who want to improve should take their defeats as lessons, and endeavor to learn what to avoid in the future. You must also have… — Jose Raul Capablanca
"Simply look with perceptive eyes at the world about you, and trust to your own reactions and convictions. Ask yourself: "Does this subject move me… — Ansel Adams
In the ranks of the movement [National Socialist movement], the most devout Protestant could sit beside the most devout Catholic, without coming into the slightest… — Adolf Hitler
And so it is that I carry with me from this State to that high and lonely office to which I now succeed more than… — John F. Kennedy
The construction of life is at present in the power of facts far more than convictions. — Walter Benjamin
Convictions can best be supported with experience and clear thinking. — Albert Einstein
If writing with a goal - whether it be evangelistic, apologetic, or didactic - implies propaganda, then all recorded history is propaganda. . . a… — Paul Copan
I'm not a caterer. I just have to stay with my creative convictions. At some point, you have to just get past the special-interest groups… — Ron Howard
Republicans stand by their convictions. Stupid, ignorant, world-destroying convictions based on disproven economic fantasies and ancient books full of primitive morality and magic people. But… — Bill Maher
When a denomination begins to consider doctrine divisive, theology troublesome, and convictions inconvenient, consider that denomination on its way to a well-deserved death. — Albert Mohler
Co-opted convictions will always betray you. — Charles M. Blow
Let our lives be in accordiance with our convictions of right, each striving to carry out our principles — Lucretia Mott
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
The advice nearest to my heart and deepest in my convictions is that the Union of the States be cherished and perpetuated. — 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
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

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