Convictions Quotes

358 Convictions quotes by 263 unique authors

The dangers which threaten us are twofold: First, from the Confederate forces, composed of men whose earnest convictions and reckless bravery it is idle to… — Robert Dale Owen
My personal political convictions are rooted in the populist political traditions of western Canada. — Preston Manning
What are the moral convictions most fondly held by barbarous and semi-barbarous people? They are the convictions that authority is the soundest basis of belief;… — Thomas Huxley
This idea, as you know, that I have firm convictions that the idea of issues being a big deal where our mutual friend went back… — James Stockdale
Tony Rezko and Bill Ayers should lead the Democratic Party. They are the only Democrats with any convictions. — Evan Sayet
Toleration of people who differ in convictions and habits requires a residual awareness of the complexity of truth and the possibility of opposing view having… — Reinhold Niebuhr
... my convictions led me to adhere to the sufficiency of the light within us, resting on truth as authority, rather than 'taking authority for… — Lucretia Mott
We need people who influence their peers and who cannot be detoured from their convictions by peers who do not have the courage to have… — Joe Paterno
Be strong and follow your own convictions. You can't assume there is a lot of time to do what you like. This is what David… — Marc Bolan
One of the most productive things that we ever do in our lives is to think. To be able to think is to be able… — Sterling W Sill
A great designer does not seek acceptance. He challenges popularity, and by the force of his convictions renders popular in the end what the public… — Charles James
You don't have to compromise convictions to be compassionate. — Rick Warren
For the multiculturist/diversity crowd, culture, ideas, customs, arts and skills are a matter of racial membership where one has no more control over his culture… — Walter E. Williams
I do have strong convictions and political opinions, but I don't think it's necessary to imbue my photographic work with them. I use photography as… — Michael Kenna
Usually naive interviewers hover between two mutually contradictory convictions: one, that a text we call creative develops almost instantaneously in the mystic heat of inspirational… — Umberto Eco
In every life there is one particular event that is decisive for the entire person-for his fate, his convictions, his passions. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
... some kind of clean, pure feeling does live within us, existing apart from all our convictions. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
It was not the violence of our enemies [in World War I] that would undo us, I thought, but our own spiritual weakness, the shallowness… — Learned Hand
The miracles of genius always rest on profound convictions which refuse to be analyzed. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Rich men without convictions are more dangerous in modern society than poor women without chastity. — George Bernard Shaw
A lot of people forget how important it is to be creative. We get caught up in getting ahead and in day-to-day minutiae. But creativity… — Tabatha Coffey
Having faith, beliefs, and convictions is a great thing, but your life is measured by the actions you take based upon them. — Nick Vujicic
One has to see oneself through one's actions, works, and mind. Knowing the Self by the self is not as easy as writing that line.… — B.K.S. Iyengar
It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions, --… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Pain and disease awaken us to convictions which are necessary to our moral condition. — Samuel Johnson

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