Quotes about Conviction

Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct. Votes: 6

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen. Votes: 5

Conviction is the conscience of the mind. Votes: 4

Conviction's contagious as virus spreads. Votes: 3

Courage and conviction are powerful weapons... Votes: 3

Conviction without experience makes for harshness. Votes: 3

Conviction is the conscience of intellect. Votes: 3

Conviction affects all substances in the vicinity. Votes: 3

Conviction is the conscience of the mind. Votes: 3

Conviction is a good motive, but a bad judge. Votes: 3

If you would convince others, seem open to conviction yourself. Votes: 3

Conviction is having the mindset to never doubt your self-understanding Votes: 3

Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. Votes: 3

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved. Votes: 3

That familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer. Votes: 3

Conviction never so excellent, is worthless until it coverts itself into conduct. Votes: 3

Belief is knowing what you believe. Conviction is knowing why you believe it. Votes: 3

Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions. Votes: 3

Conviction is not repentance; conviction leads to repentance. But you can be convicted without repentance. Votes: 3

He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions. Votes: 3

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. Votes: 3

If you don't love what you do, you won't do it with much conviction or passion. Votes: 3

It is absolutely my conviction, that Walter Salles will figure among the great directors of our time. Votes: 3

People should be respected for the strength of their convictions, and I also believe in freedom of expression. Votes: 3

The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously. Votes: 3

Words should be employed as the means, not the end; language is the instrument, conviction is the work. Votes: 3

It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder. Votes: 3

To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities; that is not to be taken seriously in politics. Votes: 3

I have lived most of my life with the conviction that I don't dream, because I never could retrieve a dream. Votes: 3

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. Votes: 3

Conviction is a force multiplier. If you want something, claim it in your gut. The universe itself responds to your inner certainty. Votes: 3

I am not a Christian because God changed my life; I am a Christian because of my convictions about who Jesus Christ is. Votes: 3

Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day. Votes: 3

I quitted my Seat in the House of Delegates, from a Conviction that I was no longer able to do any essential Service. Votes: 3

Conviction of sin draws me away from myself and toward GodSelf-condemnation, on the other hand, draws me down into myself and away from God. Votes: 3

Conviction says, 'My behavior was wrong.' Satan, on the other hand, floods our hearts with shame. Shame says, 'There is something wrong with me. Votes: 3

We are all wrong so often that it amazes me that we can have any conviction at all over the direction of things to come. But we must. Votes: 3

Courage and conviction are powerful weapons against an enemy who depends only on fists or guns. Animals know when you are afraid; a coward knows when you are not. Votes: 3

Where do you find the strength to brave a barrage of enemy fire and to bring your wounded friends to safety at great risk to your own life? Conviction. Votes: 3

To seek truth and to utter what one believes to be true can never be a crime. No one must be forced to accept a conviction. Conviction is free. Votes: 3

Conviction is not merely an opinion. It is something rooted so deeply in the conscience that to change a conviction would be to change the very essence of who you are. Votes: 3

The God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God? Votes: 3

Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense. Votes: 3

What to an outsider will be no more than the vigorous presentation of a conviction, to an employee may be the manifestation of a determination which it is not safe to thwart. Votes: 3

I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day. Votes: 3

You must stick to your conviction, but be ready to abandon your assumptions. Votes: 2

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. Votes: 2

The beauty is that through disappointment you can gain clarity, and with clarity comes conviction and true originality. Votes: 2

It's my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best that we can. Votes: 2

We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon. Votes: 2

That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God. Votes: 2

Once you have a felony conviction on your record, one of the most difficult things to do is to break the cycle of recidivism. Votes: 2

You will be a failure, until you impress the subconscious with the conviction you are a success. This is done by making an affirmation which 'clicks.' Votes: 2

Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression, because power, real power, comes from our conviction which produces action, uncompromising action. Votes: 2

For me, no ideological or political conviction would justify the sacrifice of a human life. For me, the value of life is absolute, with no concessions. It's not negotiable. Votes: 2

Rosa Parks was a woman of strength, conviction, and morality. Her action on December 1, 1955, to defy the law made her a leading figure in our nation's civil rights history. Votes: 2

People always underestimate me. But if you stick around long enough, act out of conviction, and try to be honorable in everything you do, good things will come to you. Votes: 2

A large part of the present anxiety to improve the education of girls and women is also due to the conviction that the political disabilities of women will not be maintained. Votes: 2

When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of reasoning will search for logical grounds in favour of the belief which he finds in himself. Votes: 2

The trite saying that honesty is the best policy has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy. Votes: 2

The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious phenomenon, peculiar to myself and to a few other solitary men, is the central and inevitable fact of human existence. Votes: 2

A conviction that you are a daughter of God gives you a feeling of comfort in your self-worth. It means that you can find strength in the balm of Christ. It will help you meet the heartaches and challenges with faith and serenity. Votes: 2

A revival does two things. First, it returns the Church from her backsliding and second, it causes the conversion of men and women; and it always includes the conviction of sin on the part of the Church. What a spell the devil seems to cast over the Church today! Votes: 2

Conservatism is, among many other things, a culture. The most important glue binding it together is a shared sense of cultural grievance - the conviction, uniting conservatives high and low, theocratic and plutocratic, neocon and paleocon, that someone, somewhere is looking down their noses at them with a condescending sneer. Votes: 2

I have led an unusual life. I have buried a father killed at age 50 and two brothers killed in the prime of their lives. I raised my children as a single mother when my husband was arrested and held for eight years without a conviction - a hostage to my political career. Votes: 2

Sometimes we may ask God for success, and He gives us physical and mental stamina. We might plead for prosperity, and we receive enlarged perspective and increased patience, or we petition for growth and are blessed with the gift of grace. He may bestow upon us conviction and confidence as we strive to achieve worthy goals. Votes: 2

So many people grew up in the church, and you can have an awesome upbringing, but I made a personal conviction; I made a personal decision when I was very young. I enjoy going to church without my parents. On Sunday mornings, I want to go. Bible studies on Wednesdays... I have a relationship - not just through my parents. Votes: 2

Internal conviction drives external action. Votes: 1

I'm not offended until you think I'm offended. Votes: 1

N'a de convictions que celui qui n'a rien approfondi. Votes: 1

Challenge authority; the authority of your own rational convictions. Votes: 1

N'a de convictions que celui qui n'a rien approfondi Votes: 1

Walk free from the long shadows cast by small people. Votes: 1

When sin becomes bitter, then Christ becomes sweet. Thomas Merton Votes: 1

I meant what I said and I said what I meant. Votes: 1

Being a star is not being in doubt of your conviction. Votes: 1

If you forget your lines, you had better mumble with conviction. Votes: 1

Beware: open-mindedness will often say, 'Everything is permissible except a sharp opinion. Votes: 1

Accept and express your underlying certitude, and it shall be worldwide sagacity. Votes: 1

Before the truth sets you free, it tends to make you miserable. Votes: 1

The first thing a man will do for his ideals is lie. Votes: 1

It is the fire of conviction in your purpose that keeps it going! Votes: 1

Redemption came as a wave of relief, but then it followed with a burden. Votes: 1

You are entitled to your opinion but you are not entitled to dictate mine. Votes: 1

If you lead me astray, then my wanderings will bring me to my destination. Votes: 1

Many people place facts above faith and that makes things seem impossible for them Votes: 1

Acting on your convictions is the ultimate test of your faith in your convictions. Votes: 1

Condemnation will defeat us but conviction unlocks our faith to face the challenge ahead. Votes: 1

We think we know.""Know? That's worse than an atom bomb, and always was. Votes: 1

People don't follow words; they follow conviction and without conviction the words are meaningless. Votes: 1

Ballot papers do not define leaders. Leadership is defined by conviction, vision, passion and inspiration. Votes: 1

Don't allow your mind to tell your heart what to do. The mind gives up easily Votes: 1

Your true conviction is tested not when everything goes your way but rather when things go wrong... Votes: 1

Who you are in public is a test of your conviction; who you are in private, integrity. Votes: 1

rush of pine scent (once upon a time),the unlicensed convictionthere ought to be another wayof sayingthis. Votes: 1

A lot of people are capable, Neelkanth. What makes a capable person truly dangerous is his conviction. Votes: 1

When your only regret is if anyone thinks you regret anything - that is the definition of conviction. Votes: 1

He that accuses all mankind of corruption ought to remember that he is sure to convict only one. Votes: 1

Do what you think is right. Don't let people make the decision of right or wrong for you. Votes: 1

See failure as an opportunity to try again with a relatively powerful approach, skill, knowledge and conviction. Redefine yourself. Votes: 1

I cannot recognize Christianity in his (Nietzsche's) rants against the church, but I do recognize too much of myself. Votes: 1

...definitely believe that, there's got to be a spark to a place...to make it feel like a home... Votes: 1

For fanaticism is the only form of willpower that even the weak and insecure can be brought to attain. Votes: 1

Great leadership has more to do with character, courage, and conviction than it does with specific skills or competencies. Votes: 1

Growth of consciousness does not depend on the might of the intellect but on the conviction of the heart. Votes: 1

A prophet is always underestimated, and part of what makes one a prophet is that he doesn't really mind it. Votes: 1

Knowing the truth is so minuscule compared to having the nerve to say it...and even more to live it. Votes: 1

Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse. Votes: 1

How convinced are you that man was created in the image of God when you can't see the image of God? Votes: 1

It made me in all matters a fundamentalist. I didn't go to 'take it in.' I went to be convicted. Votes: 1

If you are convinced about your choices, go with full hope that you will get there by the grace of God! Votes: 1

Too many young folk have addiction to superficial things and not enough conviction for substantial things like justice, truth and love. Votes: 1

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. Votes: 1

Trust is like a two-way mirror, transparent on one side, with a blind dimness unable to see through on the other side. Votes: 1

If we don't fight for what we 'stand for' with our passionate words and honest actions, do we really 'stand' for anything? Votes: 1

We live our thoughts and manifest them in our attitudes toward ourselves and others. We cannot live beyond our thoughts and convictions. Votes: 1

It is a noble responsibility to not back down when you know that you know that you know that you are right. Votes: 1

To yield readily--easily--to the persuasion of a friend is no merit.... To yield without conviction is no compliment to the understanding of either. Votes: 1

Keep testing your conviction from time to time, with your intellect as well as emotions to ensure you are on the right path! Votes: 1

The antagonism between life and conscience may be removed in two ways: by a change of life or by a change of conscience. Votes: 1

Little faith is enough to see the mountains of sin but not enough to see that Son of Righteousness that shall arise over them. Votes: 1

In light matters--matters of small consequence, like religion and politics and such things--he never acquired a conviction that could survive a disapproving remark from a cat. Votes: 1

You cannot build a dream on a foundation of sand. To weather the test of storms, it must be cemented in the heart with uncompromising conviction. Votes: 1

What other people may think of the rightness or wrongness is nothing in comparison to my own deep knowledge, my innate conviction that it was wrong. Votes: 1

There is no greater power and support you can give someone than to look them in the eye, and with sincerity/conviction say, 'I believe in you. Votes: 1

It's not about whether or not someone is a bigot, but whether or not the argument which that someone is arguing is worth being a bigot about. Votes: 1

Lust was a positive high-tension cable, plugged into my core, activating a near-epileptic seizure of conviction that this was the one thing I had to do in life. Votes: 1

A catalyst by definition creates a reaction, but itself remains unchanged. Be a positive catalyst for a cause you are passionate about. I dare you to remain unchanged! Votes: 1

Its all about perception, that is how you look at. Your own thoughts and outlook defines whether it is good or bad. And your definition determines your response. Votes: 1

The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it is not without doubt, but in spite of doubt. (p. 21) Votes: 1

Are we willing to shun vain repetition and keep our prayers out of an unchallenging rut by asking God to make us more sensitive to our own sin? Votes: 1

Yet none of these things gave him confidence. All they gave him was egotism, which is less the conviction of one's worth than the desire for that conviction. Votes: 1

If you stay true to your principles, you have confidence, conviction, purpose, values - in other words, you have a future. Why would anyone be happy with less? Votes: 1

Man has his being in truth--if he sacrifices truth he sacrifices himself. Whoever betrays truth betrays himself. It is not a question of lying--but of acting against one's conviction. Votes: 1

There are two circumstances that lead to arrogance: one is when you're wrong and you can't face it; the other is when you're right and nobody else can face it. Votes: 1

It wasn't until I found the courage to look inthe mirror and say, 'I Love You' with conviction that I felt truly amazing! If no one loves you, love yourself! Votes: 1

Power is defined as an ability to do qualitative work with a quantitative passion, backed by a compelling conviction, directed by a propelling purpose, fulfilling a divine destiny. That is power! Votes: 1

Peaceful disputes are maintained when men sincerely believe that they are morally, logically correct about the issues at hand. It is when neither side is really certain that wars are instigated. Votes: 1

When you are convinced that what you offer is yours, whether it be mediocre or of standard quality, your originality will make people love you in a way you did not expect. Votes: 1

I cannot give any scientist of any age better advice than this: the intensity of the conviction that a hypothesis is true has no bearing on whether it is true or not. Votes: 1

Keep at it. Persistence does pay dividends. But there is a catch; you gotta believe it before manifestation will validate conviction as [your] truth. And sacrifice is a required path to fulfillment. Votes: 1

How my emotions starred as I played! During one of this tug-of-war contest between knowing right and doing wrong, I wrote the words to a song on my own for the first time. Votes: 1

Its all about perspective, that is how you look at things. Your own thoughts and outlook defines whether an experience, event, situation whatever is good or bad. And your definition determines your response. Votes: 1

Her shift in thinking was clearly conflicted. It must have been difficult to disavow something for which she had a deep love and in which she had been immersed so much of her life. Votes: 1

To be a great achiever, you must first discover your main purpose of existing through feasible communication mode with your maker, the source of your destiny. This brings you a conviction to work with. Votes: 1

A 21st century poet is a woman who can speak her mind and stand upright like a mountain with her convictions, but can adapt like water in an ever changing season without losing her genuine elements. Votes: 1

The great safeguard of society and of domestic life was, that opinions were not acted on. Sane people did what their neighbors did, so that if any lunatics were at large, one might know and avoid them. Votes: 1

I have always tried to be obedient regarding important matters like not being scalded to death by burning oil, but when public opinion takes a route far from one's inner conviction, one cannot value disobedience too highly. Votes: 1

Dad scowls. "Phen." He says the name like it's a swear word. "Disgusting, cowardly creatures, the ambivalent. Worse than the fallen, in many ways." His eyes are so fierce it's a tad scary. "They have no conviction at all. Votes: 1

Character that is fruit-producing can be summed up in the mastery of these 5 qualities: morals, but a sense of humor; love, but respect for criticism; intelligence without pretense; humility without self-loathing; and a mind open, but with solid convictions. Votes: 1

Dreaming is the art of thinking deep about who you want to be, what you are moved by your God-guided passion to do and what you are convinced to be the passion that moves the machinery of your body Votes: 1

How often have you and I helped to keep sinners easy in their sin, by our inconsistency! Had we been true Christians, the wicked man would often have been pricked to the heart, and his conscience would have convicted him. Votes: 1

What do you think will be more effective when it comes to succeeding, believing you can or KNOWING you will? Let today be the last day you took timid steps of belief and start taking confident steps of purpose-driven knowing! Votes: 1

I don't purchase people with money, or hiss like a snake to attract their attention, all i do is to rest on my couch because i have the conviction that no human can progress with an exception without a power behind. Votes: 1

If you were destined to be a poet, then you won't brainstorm for lines that rhymes. If you were destined to be a celebrity, then you shouldn't start searching for fans. If you are truly a god, then let others worship you! Votes: 1

Let our voices be heard. I hope they will not be shrill voices, but, I hope we shall speak with such conviction that those to whom we speak shall know of the strength of our feeling and the sincerity of our efforts. Votes: 1

I am positive that much that passes for the gospel in our day is very little more than a very mild case of orthodox religion grafted on to a heart that is sold out to the world in its pleasures and tastes and ambitions. Votes: 1

If this conviction had not been a strongly emotional one and if those searching for knowledge had not been inspired by Spinoza's Amor Dei Intellectualis, they would hardly have been capable of that untiring devotion which alone enables man to attain his greatest achievements. Votes: 1

When spontaneous demoralizing thoughts seep into your conscience, don't trip...allowing them to fester. These are random tests of your conviction and determination. Large or small, your reaction to such intrusions is a defining moment for which no one else, but you, can mitigate. Votes: 1

Sometimes what you love to do could even make many people to hate you. You may go through non-formal torments, character assassinations, verbal assaults and societal rejections, but if you are convinced about your love for what you are doing, you will never give up. Votes: 1

I am blind and limited. I would be a fool think myself wise. And so, not knowing what the universe means, I can only try to be responsible with the knowledge, the strength, and the time given to me. I must be true to my heart. Votes: 1

Congress should make it so that all sex scenes in all films should be provided with a screaming baby sound track. That should help take away all the fun and may show a major decrease in unwanted pregnancies without having to provide birth control to anyone. Votes: 1

When principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then battle is your calling, and peace has become sin; you must, at the price of dearest peace, lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy, with all the fire of your faith. Votes: 1

What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated. Votes: 1

It is simply my way of saying that I would rather be a man of conviction than a man of conformity. Occasionally in life one develops a conviction so precious and meaningful that he will stand on it till the end. That is what I have found in nonviolence. Votes: 1

He may have as strong a sense of what would be right, as you can have, without being so equal under particular circumstances to act up to it.""Then, it would not be so strong a sense. If it failed to produce equal exertion, it could not be an equal conviction. Votes: 1

And now, Elric had told three lies. The first concerned his cousin Yyrkoon. The second concerned the Black Sword. The third concerned Cymoril. And upon those three lies was Elric's destiny to be built, for it is only about things which concern us most profoundly that we lie clearly and with profound conviction. Votes: 1

Indeed, compulsive and rigid moralism arises in given persons precisely as the result of a lack of sense of being. Rigid moralism is a compensatory mechanism by which the individual persuades himself to take over the external sanctions because he has no fundamental assurance that his own choices have any sanction of their own Votes: 1

What convinces is conviction. Votes: 0

Constant repetition carries conviction. Votes: 0

Speak out tirelessly with conviction. Votes: 0

An indictment is not a conviction. Votes: 0

The word "conviction" means to expose. Votes: 0

Faith creates the foundation for conviction. Votes: 0

Mix a conviction with a man and... Votes: 0

Whatever you say, say it with conviction Votes: 0

Don't give up, courage is my conviction. Votes: 0

When confidence is there, conviction is easy. Votes: 0

Doubt was much more energy efficient than conviction. Votes: 0

Men are joined by conviction, sundered by opinion. Votes: 0

Faith is holding onto uncertainties with passionate conviction. Votes: 0

The secret of success is conviction and persistence. Votes: 0

Hannah writes of love with compassion and conviction. Votes: 0

Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion. Votes: 0

With the power of conviction, there is no sacrifice. Votes: 0

There needs to be conviction and action behind rules. Votes: 0

Mix a conviction with a man and something happens. Votes: 0

Writing is a conviction before it is a craft. Votes: 0

Communicate your passion clearly, concisely and with genuine conviction. Votes: 0

Ninety percent of selling is conviction and 10 percent is persuasion. Votes: 0

Spring's first conviction is a wealth beyond its whole experience. Votes: 0

More violence does not necessarily equate with greater religious conviction. Votes: 0

You can't take yourself too seriously. But always have conviction. Votes: 0

Belief is not a matter of choice, but of conviction. Votes: 0

There are ten church-members by inheritance for one by conviction. Votes: 0

Self-confidence carries conviction; it makes other people believe in us. Votes: 0

Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide. Votes: 0

Frenchwomen could not dress like Englishwomen without conviction of sin. Votes: 0

I am not a consensus politician. Im a conviction politician. Votes: 0

I can live with failure if it is born of conviction. Votes: 0

Force is the law of animals, men are ruled by conviction. Votes: 0

A profound conviction raises a man above the feeling of ridicule. Votes: 0

The determination and conviction to succeed can only come from within. Votes: 0

Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth. Votes: 0

I think it's the person's conviction that really carries a person. Votes: 0

Ninety percent of selling is conviction, and 10 per cent is persuasion. Votes: 0

What in me is pure conviction is simple prejudice in you. Votes: 0

Salesmanship consists of transferring a conviction by a seller to a buyer. Votes: 0

I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence. Votes: 0

My conviction gains infinitely the moment another soul will believe in it. Votes: 0

Change arises from conviction. Stop voting in fear. Start voting for hope. Votes: 0

All that matter is honesty, integrity, and courage to face your conviction. Votes: 0

Sophie Chattel-Monkheim was a Socialist by conviction and a Chattel-Monkheim by marriage. Votes: 0

The greatest challenge of Leadership maintaining personal conviction in a globalized world. Votes: 0

There is, therefore, about all complete conviction a kind of huge helplessness. Votes: 0

One man with conviction will overwhelm a hundred who have only opinions. Votes: 0

Through these adversities, Israel has endured with continued strength, conviction, and faith. Votes: 0

I am by nature an optimist and by intellectual conviction a pessimist. Votes: 0

He that is not open to conviction is not qualified for discussion. Votes: 0

Have the conviction that God is your only real relative and friend. Votes: 0

Who has no own conviction dissipates himself in the imitation of others. Votes: 0

The word of knowledge, strictly employed, implies three things: truth, proof, and conviction. Votes: 0

There's nothing so passionate as a vested interest disguised as an intellectual conviction. Votes: 0

When thugs by nature meet thugs by political conviction, 5-0 is not surprising. Votes: 0

The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity. Votes: 0

Doubt begets understanding, and understanding begets compassion. Verily, it is conviction that kills. Votes: 0

How far does a pretence of feeling, maintained with absolute conviction, become authentic? Votes: 0

When we lock things away," he said with conviction, "we're really imprisoning ourselves. Votes: 0

I have never known so much naive conviction allied to greater intellectual poverty. Votes: 0

In politics, there's a fine line between too much conviction and too little. Votes: 0

Sexiness is about being an individual and having conviction about what that is. Votes: 0

Boredom is the conviction that you can't change ... the shriek of unused capacities. Votes: 0

What was a lie in the father becomes a conviction in the son. Votes: 0

Love is an indescribable sensation - perhaps a conviction, a sense of certitude. Votes: 0

There is a strength of conviction that can only come from being 100% wrong. Votes: 0

I would rather be a man of conviction than a man of conformity Votes: 0

Once you have tasted conviction, you can’t bear to keep swallowing complacency. Votes: 0

My personal conviction is that science is concerned wholly with truth, not with ethics. Votes: 0

Have an intrinsic sense of direction of life. Have a goal-oriented conviction and trust. Votes: 0

Socialist: A man suffering from an overwhelming conviction to believe what is not true. Votes: 0

Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people. Votes: 0

I still remember the five points of salesmanship: attention, interest, conviction, desire and close. Votes: 0

You need conviction in your own beliefs, and the willingness to ignore others naysaying. Votes: 0

We led with our conviction rather than rational, because rational said it was impossible. Votes: 0

The cornerstone of religion, a clear vision can inspire great action and firm conviction. Votes: 0

The ruling classes today nourish the conviction that national hatreds and rivalries are inevitable. Votes: 0

The people who are most bigoted are those who have no conviction at all. Votes: 0

The conviction of our Ukrainian nation is embedded in the pages of its history. Votes: 0

I have a firm conviction that I am immortal until my work is done. Votes: 0

I just assume I'm right. Partially out of conviction and partially as a pose. Votes: 0

Rhett: If you've made up your mind to impale someone, do it with conviction. Votes: 0

Few are open to conviction, but the majority of men are open to persuasion Votes: 0

To me, the difference between a good marriage and a great marriage is conviction. Votes: 0

The greatest source of discouragement is the conviction that one is unable to do something Votes: 0

Genuine contempt, on the other hand, is the unsullied conviction of the worthlessness of another. Votes: 0

Paternity is based anyhow only upon conviction: I am convinced, therefore, I am the father. Votes: 0

A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures. Votes: 0

Personal power depends on the power of imagination; personal achievement depends on commitment and conviction. Votes: 0

A man of conviction is often more to be desired than a man of experience. Votes: 0

I never overcame my conviction that writing for commercial television was a kind of prostitution. Votes: 0

If we are Christians, we must look like Christ - this is my deep conviction. Votes: 0

The whole secret of the teacher's force lies in the conviction that men are convertible. Votes: 0

Faith is the 'yes' of the heart, a conviction on which one stakes one's life. Votes: 0

The choice before us is plain: Christ or chaos, conviction or compromise, discipline or disintegration. Votes: 0

It is my conviction that secrets are more costly in the long run than honesty. Votes: 0

The worth of every conviction consists precisely in the steadfastness with which it is held. Votes: 0

The Old Testament is the record of men's conviction that God speaks directly to men. Votes: 0

My conviction is that the best strategy to defend the West is to defend Israel. Votes: 0

Facts might be false if they challenge the conviction of a mind already made up. Votes: 0

The backbone of the preaching of Christ is a conviction of the truth of Christ. Votes: 0

It is my conviction that movie stars are not entitled to any rights of privacy. Votes: 0

Yet some happiness must and would arise, from the very conviction, that he did suffer. Votes: 0

The wrath that on conviction subsides into mildness, is the wrath of a generous mind. Votes: 0

You are a success when you are going for your goal with passion and conviction. Votes: 0

The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy. Votes: 0

Knowing exactly what you want to do, with unwavering conviction, is the spark that generates everything. Votes: 0

Confidence is something you acquire in yourself by believing in self ability with courage and conviction. Votes: 0

His departure gave Catherine the first experimental conviction that a loss may be sometimes a gain." Votes: 0

Choose your words meticulously and then let them rumble up from some deep furnace of conviction. Votes: 0

... perhaps there is no conceit so arrogant as the conceit which follows a conviction of emancipation. Votes: 0

Any preacher who preaches beyond that which he has experienced is incapable of preaching with conviction. Votes: 0

The knowledge and spiritual conviction we receive from the Holy Ghost are the result of revelation. Votes: 0

A person without conviction is a weak, jellyfish type of individual who mindlessly follows the crowd. Votes: 0

People are never so completely and enthusiastically evil as when they act out of religious conviction. Votes: 0

I only record songs that I really like and believe in and can sing with conviction. Votes: 0

The Labor Party is a party of conviction. The Liberal Party is a party of convenience. Votes: 0

It is my conviction that there is no way to peace - peace is the way. Votes: 0

A belief is something you will argue about. A conviction is something you will die for. Votes: 0

The deepest thing in any one is the conviction of the bad luck that follows boasting. Votes: 0

What a solace Christianity must be to one who has an undoubted conviction of its truth! Votes: 0

Truth is not a matter of argumentation and conviction; it is not the outcome of opinion. Votes: 0

If you don't have your conviction you have to put your money where your mouth is. Votes: 0

I do not despair in the least of ultimate triumph. I repeat it with intense conviction. Votes: 0

It is my conviction that the root of evil is the want of a living God. Votes: 0

You can have such an open mind that it is too porous to hold a conviction. Votes: 0

My sad conviction is that people can only agree about what they're not really interested in. Votes: 0

It is my conviction that there is no way to peace - peace is the way. Votes: 0

And when we are tolerant, we must know whether it is because of convenience or conviction, Votes: 0

My aesthetic is probably closer to a 15-year-old's than my dad's, but I get his conviction. Votes: 0

Youth can only assert itself through the conviction that its ventures surpass all others and resemble nothing. Votes: 0

The depth of your belief and the strength of your conviction determines the power of your personality. Votes: 0

I am not a politician, and I will never be, and I say that with absolute conviction. Votes: 0

Nature protects us in our uttermost losses by a density through which conviction is slow to penetrate. Votes: 0

It must be a conviction Government. As Prime Minister I could not waste time having internal arguments. Votes: 0

Given the irreversibility of the death penalty, the possibility of a wrongful conviction can never be overstated Votes: 0

Does not the discipline of the scientific spirit just commence when one no longer harbours any conviction? Votes: 0

Man's chief delusion is his conviction that there are causes other than his own state of consciousness. Votes: 0

It is the generation of the unemphatic. Steal, kill, lie, fornicate, but beware of indulging with conviction. Votes: 0

Since satyagraha is a method of conversion and conviction, it seeks never to use the slightest coercion. Votes: 0

Man's will, sustained by an indominable conviction, is much more powerful than material forces that seem insurmountable. Votes: 0

Remain still, with the conviction that the Self shines as everything yet nothing, within, without, and everywhere. Votes: 0

Acknowledgement is possession. When you acknowledge, think or have conviction in something, it actually will come true. Votes: 0

Increase your bets when you are confident and scale down your positions when you don't have conviction. Votes: 0

I have served a sufficiently long sentence. I am not asking for a pardon of my conviction. Votes: 0

I am left with the conviction that an avalanche would be easier to dissuade than that man. Votes: 0

No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library. Votes: 0

Challenge negative forces with hope, self-confidence and conviction. I believe that ambition and initiative will ultimately triumph. Votes: 0

We stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves; that is our only commitment to others. Votes: 0

Always, our eyes look backwards with the conviction that then, and not now, was the golden age. Votes: 0

The Atlantic' really gave me my writing career - even just the conviction to be a writer. Votes: 0

The Atlantic really gave me my writing career - even just the conviction to be a writer. Votes: 0

The artist must possess at least as much conviction as does his enemy, the dogmatic, mealy-mouthed, anti-art bigot. Votes: 0

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adopted it. Votes: 0

Somewhere in my head, a private conviction exists that 'Search is the Process' and 'Discovery the Art Form. Votes: 0

Liberals subscribe to the new flexible, pluralistic definition of the family; their defense of families carries no conviction. Votes: 0

What has the church gained if it is popular but there is no conviction, no repentance, no power? Votes: 0

Blasphemy and prayer are one. Both assert the existence of a superior power. The first, however, with conviction. Votes: 0

The ethic of conviction and the ethic of responsibility are not opposites. They are complementary to one another. Votes: 0

What we start with is a conviction to fulfill our being. Horses, trees fulfill themselves. Why shouldn't people. Votes: 0

One difference between a conviction and a prejudice is that a conviction can be explained without getting angry. Votes: 0

There was an implicit conviction that the UN would be stronger than the sum of its constituent member-states. Votes: 0

It is only about things which concern us most profoundly that we lie clearly and with profound conviction. Votes: 0

Education ought to foster the wish for truth, not the conviction that some particular creed is the truth. Votes: 0

The world cries for men who are strong; strong in conviction, strong to lead, to stand, to suffer. Votes: 0

Submit your sentiments with diffidence. A dictatorial style, though it may carry conviction, is always accompanied with disgust. Votes: 0

It is my deepest conviction that the children should be seen and heard as our most treasured assets. Votes: 0

PRESBYTERIAN, n. One who holds the conviction that the government authorities of the Church should be called presbyters. Votes: 0

I'm an incurable romantic. The essence of romance is an unshakable conviction that next time will be different. Votes: 0

There is the old boys' club, but there are people who are "conviction lobbyists" coming from the heart. Votes: 0

That is the conviction we must come to in our meditation, that the darkness cannot quench the light. Votes: 0

It is my conviction that marriage is such a good idea, only God could have thought of it. Votes: 0

Everybody has their own path. I just believe that with conviction and discipline you can make anything happen. Votes: 0

I have always held the conviction that American citizens should keep as much of their hard-earned money as possible. Votes: 0

Miracles arise from conviction. Be convicted about these things: Miracles can happen. Miracles do happen. Love makes them happen. Votes: 0

Real revival does not begin with joyous singing. It begins with conviction and repentance on the part of Christians. Votes: 0

The German mind, may it live! Almost invisible as a mind, it finally manifests itself assertively as a conviction. Votes: 0

If they lost the incredible conviction that they can change their wives or husbands, marriage would collapse at once. Votes: 0

Global commerce is driven by a single conviction: the inalienable right to earn profit, regardless of any human cost. Votes: 0

One common denominator of super-affluent alpha men is the conviction, unchallenged every day, that the world revolves around them. Votes: 0

In this nation, the greatest of all nations, there are no second-class families. That is our great American conviction. Votes: 0

Freedom doesn't mean the absence of all restrictions. It means possessing unshakable conviction in the face of any obstacle. Votes: 0

Healing and positive life change comes from having the courage and spiritual conviction to look squarely at life's impermanence. Votes: 0

In this nation, the greatest of all nations, there are no second-class families. That is our great American conviction. Votes: 0

By practice and conviction formed, With ancient stubbornness ingrained, Although her body clung and swarmed, My own identity remained. Votes: 0

We returned home, after these experiments, with the conviction that sailing flight was not the exclusive prerogative of birds. Votes: 0

The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle. Votes: 0

A conviction is in the nature of a verdict and judgment, and therefore it must be precise and certain. Votes: 0

People who hate often do so with great conviction. What we need are more people who love with conviction. Votes: 0

Ive been told by readers that they love how my heroes fall in love fast, first, and with conviction. Votes: 0

You don’t change the world with the ideas in your mind, but with the conviction in your heart. Votes: 0

When God brings deep conviction and I agree with Him about my condition, God restores my confidence in Him. Votes: 0

We can walk through the darkest night with the radiant conviction that all things work together for the good. Votes: 0

Don't let anyone tell you no. Do it with conviction, do it with passion, and you'll find a way Votes: 0

Quotations in my work are like wayside robbers who leap out armed and relieve the stroller of his conviction. Votes: 0

I've been told by readers that they love how my heroes fall in love fast, first, and with conviction. Votes: 0

The one thing you can do for others is the manage your own life. And do it with conviction. Votes: 0

If I practised sex, out of moral conviction, that was one thing; but to enjoy it... seemed a defeat. Votes: 0

But what really matters is not what you believe but the faith and conviction with which you believe… Votes: 0

Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal. Votes: 0

I take it that the judgment is an essential point in every conviction, let the punishment be fixed or not. Votes: 0

To yield to the threat or actual use of violence is a surrender of one's self respect and religious conviction. Votes: 0

One of the most persistent of all delusions is the conviction that the source of our dissatisfaction lies outside ourselves. Votes: 0

I don't personally believe that villains exist. Villains are just a way of saying that somebody has an opposing conviction. Votes: 0

For many Americans, Osama bin Laden is the paradigmatic Muslim, an absurd conviction for anyone who has lived with Muslims. Votes: 0

It is impossible for someone to lie unless he thinks he knows the truth. Producing bullshit requires no such conviction. Votes: 0

For some time now she has had the conviction that life is about to change if only because it must. . . . Votes: 0

There was already a deep black wordless conviction in him that the way to avoid Jesus was to avoid sin. Votes: 0

The Christian must be consumed by the conviction of the infinite beauty of holiness and the infinite damnability of sin. Votes: 0

Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal Votes: 0

I can say with total conviction that it was the Holy Spirit that chose, guided the election of Pope Francis. Votes: 0

I am Bourbon as a matter of honour , royalist according to reason and conviction, and republican by taste and character . Votes: 0

Pastors are sent to utter the deep things of God for the conviction of sin, and for edification and comfort. Votes: 0

The most good you can do for yourself spiritually is to live your life with total love, conviction, and purpose. Votes: 0

Fast-paced from start to finish, 'The Honourable Schoolboy' is fired by le Carre's conviction regarding evil done and its consequences. Votes: 0

The conviction that everything that happens on earth must be comprehensible to man can lead to interpreting history by commonplaces. Votes: 0

I am influenced more than ever before by the conviction that social equality is the only basis of human happiness. Votes: 0

Self-satisfaction is the state of mind of those who have the happy conviction that they are not as other men. Votes: 0

It is a strange irony that the principles of science should seem to deny the necessary conviction of common sense. Votes: 0

Personal convictions are not politics. Personal convictions, if they become the subject of a group conviction, they become a cult. Votes: 0

Weakness is what keeps driving us to God, by the overwhelming conviction that there just isn't anywhere else to go. Votes: 0

Faith is the result of the act of the will, following upon a conviction that to believe is a duty. Votes: 0

There's no basis or anything. I just have this conviction that appeared inside of me which I have to follow. Votes: 0

What children need is the conviction that satisfaction can and must be earned. ... Spoiled children do not learn the must. Votes: 0

Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.... Votes: 0

There is no form of conviction more intimate and irresistible than that which arises from the inward teaching of the Spirit. Votes: 0

Learning gives us a fuller conviction of the imperfections of our nature; which one would think, might dispose us to modesty. Votes: 0

Clearly, a civilization that feels guilty for everything it is and does will lack the energy and conviction to defend itself. Votes: 0

Faith is the conviction that God knows more than we do about this life and He will get us through it. Votes: 0

It is my inmost conviction, Badshah Khan said, that Islam is amal, yakeen, muhabat – selfless service, faith, and love. Votes: 0

My comprehension of God comes from a deeply felt conviction of a superior intelligence that reveals itself in the knowable world. Votes: 0

The conviction that Christian doctrine matters for Christian living is one of the most important growth points of the Christian life. Votes: 0

The simple faith in progress is not a conviction belonging to strength, but one belonging to acquiescence and hence to weakness. Votes: 0

Our comforting conviction that the world makes sense rests on a secure foundation: our almost unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance. Votes: 0

Utterance does not in principle mean a weakening of conviction--that would not be anything to be deplored--but a weakness of conviction. Votes: 0

His conviction that everything happened for a reason, and would come to good, gave him laughing equanimity even in hard times. Votes: 0

Unpaid work never commands respect; it is the paid worker who has brought to the public mind conviction of woman's worth. Votes: 0

When the mind has once begun to yield to the weakness of superstition, trifles impress it with the force of conviction. Votes: 0

One of the dreariest spots on life's road is the point of conviction that nothing will ever again happen to you. Votes: 0

My dad always, he helped me by not helping me. He always said, being a producer, it was all about conviction. Votes: 0

Religion is not theory - it is life. It is not intellectual conviction - it is divine humanity, and nothing else. Votes: 0

I have a conviction that it's only when you are put at full stretch that you can realise your full potential. Votes: 0

White." He spoke with conviction and I knew he'd seen. "A thousand shades of white, from mist to snow to starlight. Votes: 0

It is my inner conviction that the development of science seeks in the main to satisfy the longing for pure knowledge. Votes: 0

A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble. Votes: 0

Our belief in God is not blind faith. Belief is having a firm conviction something is true, not hoping it's true. Votes: 0

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather in spite of ourselves. Votes: 0

Whatever I am today is a product of that conviction that victory through Christ is victory indeed. The rest is history. Votes: 0

The command 'become hard! ', the deep conviction that all creators are hard, is the really distinctive sign of a Dionysian nature. Votes: 0

The greatest art comes out of warmth and conviction and deep feeling, but then, very few people, even geniuses, have all that. Votes: 0

Apart from my absolute belief in National Socialism and my conviction of Hitler's superhuman heroism, I had always been attracted to Germany. Votes: 0

There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide... Votes: 0

Innocence is drowned in anarchy. The best lack conviction given time to think, and the worst are full of passion without mercy. Votes: 0

One acts decisively only in the conviction that all the angels are on one side and all the devils on the other. Votes: 0

The human mind inherently seeks intelligible order. Thus the conviction that such an order exists to be found is a crucial assumption. Votes: 0

It is my conviction that when events are forgotten, buried in the cellar of the page, they are no longer even history. Votes: 0

Marinate in your own being, grow in your wisdom, mature in understanding, be firm in your conviction, be strong in your Self. Votes: 0

Someone once described me as a maverick and that's what I would say. I'm a maverick not by choice but by conviction. Votes: 0

Me, I have a science fiction writer's conviction that the damn robot is supposed to speak human, not the other way around. Votes: 0

After all, a creature without passionate conviction doesn't cling to extremes. He surveys the scenery and makes sure his outfit doesn't clash. Votes: 0

Survival is not possible if the best of us lack all conviction, while the worst of us are full of passionate intensity. Votes: 0

Teach me to treat all that comes to me with peace of soul and with firm conviction that Your will governs all. Votes: 0

Let us work as if success depended upon ourselves alone, but with heartfelt conviction that we are doing nothing, and God everything. Votes: 0

A conviction akin to religious feeling of the rationality or intelligibility of the world lies behind all scientific work of a high order. Votes: 0

The Greek word for idiot, literally translated, means one who does not participate in politics. That sums up my conviction on the subject. Votes: 0

A conviction borne of God amply possesses the potency and power to brazenly reach beyond the possible in order to topple the impossible. Votes: 0

Leave greatness to others. Become so small that no one can see you. This conviction results from growing devotion to the supreme reality. Votes: 0

The compensation of a very early success is a conviction that life is a romantic matter. In the best sense one stays young. Votes: 0

....religion may be best be described as an emotion resting on a conviction of a harmony between ourselves and the universe at large. Votes: 0

Just speak very loudly and quickly, and state your position with utter conviction, as the French do, and you'll have a marvelous time! Votes: 0

It has always been my private conviction that any man who puts his intelligence up against a fish and loses had it coming. Votes: 0

All the Junos, the Grammy nominations, the gold and platinum records, did nothing to assuage my conviction that I was an out-and-out loser. Votes: 0

The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on. Votes: 0

The habit of arguing in support of atheism, whether it be done from conviction or in pretense, is a wicked and impious practice. Votes: 0

The real test that I believe that God is love is that tragedies don't separate me from the conviction that God is love. Votes: 0

It is my conviction that in time of war, when the cannon speaks with its powerful voice, the less we speak the better. Votes: 0

Unlike the puerile loyalty to a conviction, loyalty to a friend is a virtue - perhaps the only virtue, the last remaining one. Votes: 0

It is a conviction that war is not an answer to human conflict any more than cannibalism is an answer to human hunger. Votes: 0

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved -- loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. Votes: 0

What is enquiry into the Truth? It is the firm conviction that the Self is real, and all, other than That, is unreal. Votes: 0

A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done. Votes: 0

Then it would not be so strong a sense. If it failed to produce equal exertion, it could not be an equal conviction. Votes: 0

I do not seek unpopularity as a badge of honour, but sometimes it is the price of leadership and the cost of conviction. Votes: 0

We cannot resist the conviction that this world is for us only the porch of another and more magnificent temple of the Creator's majesty. Votes: 0

Hope is not optimism, which expects things to turn out well, but something rooted in the conviction that there is good worth working for. Votes: 0

Both had trouble generating conviction of their own but no trouble at all reacting to what they viewed as the false conviction of others. Votes: 0

Americanism is a question of spirit, of conviction and purpose, not creed or birthplaces. The test of our worth is the service we render. Votes: 0

We've got to go to the people with bold ideas and candidates of conviction - we've got to be hotter than high school love. Votes: 0

So many commands in the Bible require obedience without us experiencing any conviction to obey them. That is when our faith is truly tested. Votes: 0

If you don't have the ability to see when to stand up and the conviction to do it, you'll never be an effective leader. Votes: 0

The conviction of the rich that the poor are happier is no more foolish than the conviction of the poor that the rich are. Votes: 0

Good investing is a peculiar balance between the conviction to follow your ideas and the flexibility to recognize when you have made a mistake. Votes: 0

A mental picturing of that which we want, with the complete acceptance and the conviction that it is ours now, will bring it quickly. Votes: 0

The burning conviction that we have a holy duty toward others is often a way of attaching our drowning selves to a passing raft. Votes: 0

Without conviction that you can make change happen, you will not act, even if you see the vision. Your feelings will hold you back. Votes: 0

To bathe a cat takes brute force, perseverance, courage of conviction - and a cat. The last ingredient is usually hardest to come by. Votes: 0

It has long been my conviction that a masked man with a gun is a target. I see no reason to change that view. Votes: 0

I approach this with - with an open mind and I'll do it on the basis of a deep conviction with President-elect Donald Trump. Votes: 0

By the time I was 9, I had the conviction that everybody in the world was an artist except plumbers or people who delivered groceries. Votes: 0

With each success your faith in the law will grow stronger, until you reach the point of total conviction. Then you will be invincible. Votes: 0

I am open to conviction on all points except dinner and debts. I hold that the one must be eaten and the other paid. Votes: 0

Faith is not a blind, irrational conviction. In order to believe, we must know what we believe, and the grounds on which our faith rests. Votes: 0

When it comes to individual destiny, there is no power greater in the universe then the conviction of the human soul to make a choice. Votes: 0

In a way, being an opera singer is like being a very romantic sixteen-year-old who falls in love with great passion and conviction every month. Votes: 0

I am a man who, from his youth upwards, has been filled with a profound conviction that the easiest way of life is the best. Votes: 0

Even when you err, it is a thousand times better to err out of conviction than to hide your true opinion to respect some authority. Votes: 0

It is my faith and conviction that the Constitution came not alone of the brain and purpose of man, but of the inspiration of God. Votes: 0

Emancipation, to be of any value to the slave, must be the free, voluntary act of the master, performed from a conviction of its propriety. Votes: 0

The law of England has established trial by judge and jury in the conviction that it is the mode best calculated to ascertain the truth. Votes: 0

The study of history, it seems to me, leads to the conviction that all important events tend toward the same end - the civilization of mankind. Votes: 0

[He] fell right into the oldest conviction in the world-- that the girl you are in love with can't possibly be anything but true and honest. Votes: 0

It is my conviction that the fundamental trouble with the people of the United States is that they have gotten too far away from Almighty God. Votes: 0

still hope leads men to venture; and no one ever yet put himself in peril without the inward conviction that he would succeed in his design. Votes: 0

Let us go forward in this battle fortified by conviction that those who labour in the service of a great and good cause will never fail. Votes: 0

In our timidity and our shoddy opportunism we are always stirred when a man appears on the horizon willing to stake his all on a conviction. Votes: 0

Faith is not knowledge of what the mystery of the universe is, but the conviction that there is a mystery, and that it is greater than us. Votes: 0

By the mind one is bound; by the mind one is freed. ... He who asserts with strong conviction: "I am not bound, I am free," becomes free. Votes: 0

Faith is not knowledge of what the mystery of the universe is, but the conviction that there is a mystery, and that it is greater than us. Votes: 0

The conviction that the world and man is something that had better not have been, is of a kind to fill us with indulgence towards one another. Votes: 0

Not one of them who took up in his youth with this opinion that there are no gods ever continued until old age faithful to his conviction. Votes: 0

You can trust the Bible. You will never be a great Christian until you come to the unshakable conviction that the Bible is the Word of God. Votes: 0

With each investment you make, you should have the courage and the conviction to place at least ten per cent of your net worth in that stock Votes: 0

So long as I am acting from duty and conviction, I am indifferent to taunts and jeers. I think they will probably do me more good than harm. Votes: 0

Music is a hobby, because I'm not making any money out of it, but I put just as much conviction into that as I do into my acting. Votes: 0

I think, like Ronald Reagan, in another way, in a secular way, John Paul II was a great communicator, but he was also a man of deep conviction. Votes: 0

She must find a boat and sail in it. No guarantee of shore. Only a conviction that what she wanted could exist, if she dared to find it. Votes: 0

The reason we have this inner conviction that death is not the end - and that Heaven exists - is because we were created in the image of God. Votes: 0

I started with the firm conviction that when I came to the end, I wanted to be regretting the things that I had done, not the things I hadn't. Votes: 0

But as a heathen tells us, there is no nation so barbarous, no race so brutish as not to be imbued with the conviction that there is a God. Votes: 0

It is only as powerful as it is relevant in a given scenario. I think we need to be clear it is not a magic bullet in post-conviction cases. Votes: 0

If you pivot, do it fully and with conviction. The worst thing is to try to do a bit of the old and the new-it's hard to kill your babies. Votes: 0