. . . perhaps there is no conceit so arrogant as the conceit which follows a conviction of emancipation.
How far does a pretence of feeling, maintained with absolute conviction, become authentic?
The Cat was a creature of absolute convictions, and his faith in his deductions never varied.
I wanted to show young people that taking a stand can be done by simply standing firm in your convictions.
My conviction of the necessity of further legislative provisions for the safe-keeping and disbursement of the public moneys and my opinion in regard to the measures best adapted to the accomplishment of those objects have been already submitted to you.
It is so obvious to every reasonable being that he did not make himself, and the world in which he inhabits could as little make itself, that the moment we begin to exercise the power of reflection, it seems impossible to escape the conviction that there is a Creator.
Faith is the great motive power, and no man realizes his full possibilities unless he has the deep conviction that life is eternally important and that his work well done is a part of an unending plan.
Active waiting means present fully to the moment, in the conviction that something is happening where you are and that you want to be present to it.
Certainly within any decadent period, you would probably find the purest expressions of conviction, and I do not see that in many of the people I know.
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.
It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.
A grain of real knowledge, of genuine controllable conviction, will outweigh a bushel of adroitness; and to produce persuasion there is one golden principle of rhetoric not put down in the books-to understand what you are talking about.
I wish to show those who deny us Patriotism that we know how to die for our country and convictions.
The deeper men go into life, the deeper is their conviction that this life is not all. It is an unfinished symphony. A day may round out an insect's life, and a bird or a beast needs no tomorrow. Not so with him who knows that he is related to God and has felt the power of an endless life.
Utterance does not in principle mean a weakening of conviction--that would not be anything to be deplored--but a weakness of conviction.
Nothing keeps people together like the exalted conviction that they alone are to be spared that eternal anguish of hell fire to which everyone else will be condemned.
Who has no own conviction dissipates himself in the imitation of others.
It is well known to all experienced minds that our firmest convictions are often dependent on subtle impressions for which words are quite too coarse a medium.
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.
Conviction never so excellent, is worthless until it coverts itself into conduct.