Convictions Quotes

358 Convictions quotes by 263 unique authors

We don't do ambivalence well in America. We do courage of our convictions. We do might makes right. Ambivalence is French. Certainty is American. — Anna Quindlen
It belongs among the refinements of totalitarian government in our century that they don't permit their opponents to die a great, dramatic martyr's death for… — Hannah Arendt
I have always defended my convictions and what I believed to be the truth. — Mikhail Khodorkovsky
It is clear that all verbal structures with meaning are verbal imitations of that elusive psychological and physiological process known as thought, a process stumbling… — Northrop Frye
I am a person with leftist convictions, and always have been. — Jose Saramago
In other days people chose a church on the basis of their doctrinal convictions. Now, lacking doctrinal convictions, they choose for social reasons. — Vance Havner
Protect your vision. Prevail over adversity. Persevere in the midst of turmoil. Passionately act upon your convictions. Purposely walk into the day. — Mary Anne Radmacher
Out of fear, out of the desire for approval, out of the misguided notions of duty, people surrender themselves-their convictions and their aspirations-every day. There… — Nathaniel Branden
How are we going to make painters by lecturing to them? We are going to make questioners, doubters, and talkers. We are going to make… — William Morris Hunt
For the liberal state to accommodate a diversity of beliefs while having few positive convictions is one of the more admirable achievements of civilization. — Terry Eagleton
The motion pictures I have made and the plays I have chosen to direct represent my convictions. — Elia Kazan
What is important is that one utilizes one's intellect and not to be 100 percent sure about one's convictions. One should always leave room for… — Shirin Ebadi
However, it must always remain a dialogue, and never an imposition of the church's own convictions and methods. Propose, not impose. To serve, and not… — Claudio Hummes
I don’t know any other way to live but to wake up everyday armed with my convictions, not yielding them to the threat of danger… — Wole Soyinka
A person is strong only when he stands upon his own truth, when he speaks and acts with his deepest convictions. Then, whatever the situation… — Mikhail Bakunin
The decision as to when to photograph, the actual click of the shutter, is partly controlled from the outside, by the flow of life, but… — Paul Strand
My mother always taught us that if people don't agree with you, the important thing is to listen to them. But if you've listened to… — Jane Goodall
My problem is I'm a man of no convictions - at least, I think I am. — Christopher Hampton
Democracy has no convictions for which people would be willing to stake their lives. — Ernst Hanfstaengl
Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.Courageous, untroubled, mocking and violent-that is what Wisdom wants us to be. Wisdom is a woman, and… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Cezanne is one of the most liberal artists I have ever seen... he grants that everyone may be as honest and as true to nature… — Mary Cassatt
A person is strong only when he stands upon his own truth, when he speaks and acts from his deepest convictions. — Mikhail Bakunin
The individual increasingly comes to know who he is through the stand he takes when he expresses his ideas, values, beliefs, and convictions, and through… — Clark Moustakas
I am able to make a contribution... Let me repeat my convictions, I can make a contribution to American painting. — Morris Graves
Humanitarian convictions are the linchpins of our salvation, and these an artist must champion. — Eric Maisel

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