Conviction Quotes - Page 28

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

  Bertrand Russell

  Agreement, People, Agree

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• 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

  Civilization, Diversity, Achievement

  "The liberal supremacists" by Terry Eagleton, www.theguardian.com. April 24, 2009.

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• To the Muslim woman, the hijab provides a sense of empowerment. It is a personal decision to dress modestly according to the command of a genderless Creator; to assert pride in self, and embrace one's faith openly, with independence and courageous conviction.

  Randa Abdel-Fattah

  Pride, Self, Decision

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• Indeed in the full flush of journalistic passion and conviction I once told an interviewer that of course I would never get married. And I most definitely would never have children.

  Christiane Amanpour

  Children, Passion, Married

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• Many hard comments have been made on my efforts in India from the side of the Congress party, yet I feel content in the deep conviction that the offer I traveled 22,000 miles to discuss with Indian leaders was a real contribution to a solution of our differences.

  Stafford Cripps

  Real, Party, Differences

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• My conviction is that the best strategy to defend the West is to defend Israel.

  Jose Maria Aznar

  Israel, West, Strategy

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• I only record songs that I really like and believe in and can sing with conviction.

  Trace Adkins

  Song, Believe, Records

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• It was very important that it be done in such a way that it be executed with complete conviction. If I had done it both ways, if I was trying to cover myself in case it didn't work, then it would have been to no purpose.

  Atom Egoyan

  Important, Trying, Purpose

  Interview with Ron Burnett, rburnett.squarespace.com.

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

  Joni Mitchell

  Passion, Reality, Thinking

  Joni Mitchell (2013). “Joni Mitchell Complete So Far: Guitar Sheet Music Songbook Collection”, p.410, Alfred Music

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• What will become compellingly important is absolute clarity of shared purpose and set of principles of conduct sort of institutional genetic code that every member of the organization understands in a common way, and with deep conviction.

  Dee Hock

  Organization, Important, Purpose

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

  Benjamin Jealous

  Class, Great American, Nations

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• We are interested in stifling the sale of this book. We believe that this can be best accomplished by refusing to be stampeded into giving it publicity...The less discussion there is concerning it the more sales resistance will be created. We therefore appeal to you to refrain from comment on this book...It is our conviction that a general compliance with this request will sound the warning to other publishing houses against engaging in this type of venture. (Signed) Richard E. Gutstadt, Director.

  Madison Grant

  Book, Believe, Publishing House

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

  Nancy Pearcey

  Order, Mind, Assumption

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• Venezuelans have a deep democratic conviction. If the government hotheads ventured out to stir violence they would encounter the armed forces. I don't believe the armed forces respond to a political party.

  Henrique Capriles Radonski

  Party, Believe, Government

  "Hugo Chávez rival pledges seismic shift in foreign policy" by Jonathan Watts, Virginia Lopez, www.theguardian.com. September 30, 2012.

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

  Vance Havner

  Christian, Real, Singing

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• Too much preaching nowadays pats the back and tickles the ear, but does not get under the skin. There is no conviction and therefore no conversion. I am thinking not only of the ministry of reproof and rebuke but also of the message of inspiration, of encouragement, of comfort. People go out of church at noon with the depths unstirred, the heart untouched, the conscience unpricked.

  Vance Havner

  Christian, Encouragement, Inspiration

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• Repetition of the same chant, the same incantations, the same affirmations leads to belief, and once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

  Claude M. Bristol

  Belief, Affirmation, Repetition

  Claude M. Bristol (1948). “Magic of Believing”, p.50, Lulu.com

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• He who has not yet attained divine knowledge energized by love is proud of his spiritual progress. But he who has been granted such knowledge repeats with deep conviction the words uttered by the patriarch Abraham when he was granted the manifestation of God: 'I am dust and ashes' (Gen. 18:27).

  Maximus the Confessor

  Christian, Spiritual, Love Is

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• I have a conviction that a few weeks spent in a well organized summer camp may be of more value educationally than a whole year of formal school work.

  Charles William Eliot

  Summer, School, Years

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• Lower the Law and you dim the light by which man perceives his guilt; this is a very serious loss to the sinner rather than a gain; for it lessens the likelihood of his conviction and conversion. I say you have deprived the gospel of its ablest auxiliary [its most powerful weapon] when you have set aside the Law. You have taken away from it the schoolmaster that is to bring men to Christ . . . They will never accept grace till they tremble before a just and holy Law. Therefore the Law serves a most necessary purpose, and it must not be removed from its place.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Powerful, Taken, Loss

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• That’s the secret to performance: conviction. The right note played tentatively still misses its mark, but play boldly and no one will question you. If one believes there is truth in art – and I do – then it’s troubling how similar the skill of performing is to lying. Maybe lying is itself a kind of art. I think about that more than I should.

  Rachel Hartman

  Art, Lying, Believe

  Rachel Hartman (2012). “Seraphina”, p.171, Random House

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• 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 them carefully and you still think that you're right, then you must have the courage of your convictions.

  Jane Goodall

  Mother, Thinking, Taught Us

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• My problem is I'm a man of no convictions - at least, I think I am.

  Christopher Hampton

  Men, Thinking, Belief

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• Today enormous effort goes into convincing the American public that we're just consumers of media manipulation and sound-bites and spin doctors. That we care only about ourselves, money, and stuff. That acting out of passion and conviction doesn't make a difference. But all history shows that it does.

  Bernardine Dohrn

  Passion, Media, Differences

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• I have an unshaken conviction that democracy can never be undermined if we maintain our library resources and a national intelligence capable of utilizing them.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Democracy, Library, Resources

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