Convictions Quotes

It is always incorrect to assume you can know what someone's moral convictions are based on their philosophical theories.

Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.

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

Now the true soldiers of Christ must always be prepared to do battle for the truth, and must never, so far as lies with them, allow false convictions to creep in.

Of what worth are convictions that bring not suffering?

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 doubt.

The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions.

Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do.

Wrongful convictions happen every week in every state in this country. And they happen for all the same reasons. Sloppy police work. Eyewitness identification is the most - is the worst type almost. Because it's wrong about half the time. Think about that.

Our political differences, now matter how sharply they are debated, are really quite narrow in comparison to the remarkably durable national consensus on our founding convictions.

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 Bowie is afraid of: that he will die before he gets a chance to make a real strong contribution.

People of different faiths, like yours and mine, sometimes wonder where we can meet in common purpose, when there are so many differences in creed and theology. Surely the answer is that we can meet in service, in shared moral convictions about our nation stemming from a common worldview.

Is it faith to understand nothing, and merely submit your convictions implicitly to the Church?

Now that I've got some films under my belt, I have the courage of my convictions regarding acting. It gives me a leg to stand on.

While mainstream media is led by profit, ratings and popularist culture and filtered by the current political climate, Alternative Media is lead solely by the convictions of the campaign and film maker.

It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions.

All the strength and force of man comes from his faith in things unseen. He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.

My personal political convictions are rooted in the populist political traditions of western Canada.

Provincial governments in Canada have terminated the positions of marriage commissioners who have, for personal religious convictions, not performed same sex marriages. It has happened in Saskatchewan.

My feeling about him is that the America that we have today, the freedoms we enjoy and the privileges we have, are really the reflection of Abe Lincoln's convictions, his vision, and his toughness.

We are not abandoning our convictions, our philosophy or traditions, nor do we urge anyone to abandon theirs.

Oh how sweet it is to hear one's own convictions from another's lips.

Customs and convictions change; respectable people are the last to know, or to admit, the change, and the ones most offended by fresh reflections of the facts in the mirror of art.

We all like to hear a man speak out on his convictions and principles. But at the same time, you must understand that when you're running on a ticket, you're running with a team.

Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions.

Convictions do not imply reasons.

Strong convictions precede great actions.

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

I cannot doubt that women will line up, like the men elected, with the groups whose political thinking and convictions are in accord with their own political convictions.

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 and he felt so strongly that the determining factor in electoral success should be a proven character.