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... nonbelievers will insist on their convictions regardless
how many miracles are presented to them — Caner Taslaman

Any positive thinker is compelled to see everything in the light of his own convictions. — Antoinette Brown Blackwell

The hallmark of courage in our age of conformity is the capacity to stand on one's own convictions - not obstinately or defiantly — Rollo May

If you're afraid to defend your convictions because you might get your ass kicked for it, you're not really fit to advocate for them. — James Carlos Blake

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

It is not enough to have the courage of your convictions, you must also have the courage to have your convictions challenged. — Christopher Phillips

I love opposition that has convictions. — Frederick The Great

When the pressure comes, preferences give way while convictions hold firm. — Edwin Louis Cole

The convictions of Hollywood and television are made of boiled money. — Lillian Hellman

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

Critics should stick to their convictions. — Chuck Eddy

No doubt one can, in light of further study and life experience, come to repudiate past convictions. — Norman Finkelstein

He counts votes before he decides what to have for breakfast. — John Grisham

The greatest men stand on their values and pray on their knees. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

Men like him became stubborn with opposition, because their convictions were all they had. — Abraham Verghese

A man with convictions finds an answer for everything. Convictions are the best form of protection against the living truth. — Max Frisch

He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions. — Louisa May Alcott

No more duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty to their best convictions. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin

Acting on your convictions is the ultimate test of your faith in your convictions. — Murad S. Shah

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. — Mira Sorvino

Have the courage of your convictions once you have made a decision. — Walter Schloss

Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions. — G.K. Chesterton

I felt strong around and always been around people who have very strong environmental convictions. — Daryl Hannah

In the matter of faith, we have the added weight of hope to that of reason in the convictions which we sustain relating to a future state. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin

Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions. — Isaac Bashevis Singer

The Constitution provides that all Americans enjoy the right to live a life in accordance with their convictions of faith. — James Lankford

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

It's hard to say where is the bigger hubris, in their convictions or in the arrogance of carrying them to a third decimal point — Mary Roach

The central function of imaginative literature is to make you realize that other people act on moral convictions different from your own. — William Empson

Nervousness always provokes mistakes, and mistakes lead to easy convictions. — S.R. Ford

Democracy has no convictions for which people would be willing to stake their lives. — Ernst Hanfstaengl

I have the courage of my convictions. — Brigitte Bardot

decent ladies don't cry, because tears are how wicked women make righteous men doubt their convictions. — Kit Rocha

Too many theorists have a tendency to ignore facts that contradict their convictions. — Maurice Allais

It is your own convictions which compels you; that is, choice compels choice. — Epictetus

Nations around the world look to us for the leadership not merely by strength of arms but by strength of our convictions. — Robert Kennedy

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

As a natural historian, I don't believe in the consciousness of rocks or the opinions of rainbows or the convictions of slugs. — Jim Crace

Rich men without convictions are more dangerous in modern society than poor women without chastity. — George Bernard Shaw

If you work with convictions, people have got to listen to you. — George Lois

Every [person] of humane convictions must decide on the protest that best suits [his or her] convictions, but we must all protest. — Martin Luther King Jr.

Let our lives be in accordiance with our convictions of right, each striving to carry out our principles — Lucretia Mott

I will yield to popular demands only insofar as they do not betray my own convictions. — Clara Schumann

One needs time to free oneself of wrong convictions. If it happens too suddenly, they go on festering. — Elias Canetti

Not to mention that he's hotter than seven shades of hell and could probably make me forget my convictions when he kisses me. — M. Leighton

If you know who you are, then it will not be difficult for you to stand your ground and on your convictions. — Bien Sufficient

There's always a backlash when you challenge people's convictions and their heroes. — Pink

To me, empathy and compassion are among the bravest of emotions ... and faith, the bravest of convictions. — Gerard De Marigny

Chan is drawn to his coauthor because he says they have, "different gifts but similar convictions". — Francis Chan

The moment when the battle ends is not always a happy one: to fret and strain against evil is an act itself dear to a hearty spirit with convictions. — Robert Nathan

Obviously, following my convictions has come at a personal price, but they are important enough that I have been willing to endure the abuse. — Frederick Lenz

Let your convictions be always calm, serene and superior to the inevitable trials of life. - Sir Wilfrid Laurier — Wilfrid Laurier

[It] is well and good when our convictions are based upon the "Thou shalts" and the "Thou shalt nots" of Scripture rather than our own ideas. — Billy Graham

History has repeatedly been changed by people who had the desire and the ability to transfer their convictions and emotions to their listeners. — Dale Carnegie

People should be respected for the strength of their convictions, and I also believe in freedom of expression. — Joseph J. Lhota

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

The sharpest minds often ruin their lives by overthinking the next step, while the dull win the race with eyes closed. — Bethany Brookbank

If your theological convictions are not producing a deeper love for others, then it's time to rethink some stuff. — Tullian Tchividjian

If we are really to live at all we must put our convictions into action. — Margaret Sanger

Neither the intensity of your feelings nor the certainty of your convictions is any assurance that you are right. — Michael Josephson

One of the melancholy facts of political life is that your convictions tend to align with your paycheck. — Barton Swaim

People in those old times had convictions; we moderns only have opinions. And it needs more than a mere opinion to erect a Gothic cathedral. — Heinrich Heine

Fighting for your convictions is important. But finding peace is paramount. — Wes Moore

Few of us, however, have Alice's courage, at the end of the book, to stand up (literally)for our convictions and refuse to hold our tongue. — Alberto Manguel

Leave no room for fear and excuses. Be strong in spirit and possess unwavering convictions. Choose to be an optimist and commit to succeed. — Archibald Marwizi

What could be more rational than the decision to use my gifts in a way which would most clearly manifest my moral and intellectual convictions?' My — Susan Howatch

If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war. — Leo Tolstoy

His convictions to the wishes of others, be it the whole — Ayn Rand

Convictions ... are always getting in the way of opportunities. — Ellen Glasgow

I have always defended my convictions and what I believed to be the truth. — Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Men resort to talking only when they haven't the power to enforce their convictions upon others. — Lin Yutang

What God lacks is convictions- stability of character. He ought to be a Presbyterian or a Catholic or something- not try to be everything. — Mark Twain

Sometimes I just don't vote my convictions, that's all. — Harper Lee

Christianity is not consistency to conscience or to convictions; Christianity is being true to Jesus Christ. — Oswald Chambers

We should resist the temptation to identify our religious convictions with the platform of a party or the platitudes of favored politicians. — Ralph E. Reed Jr.

Convictions, in the end, they can be dangerous, but a world without them is just kind of an awful kind of gray, amorphous mass. — Bono

The debate over same sex 'marriage' has engaged the heartfelt feelings and convictions of millions of Americans. — Elliott Abrams

I am a person with leftist convictions, and always have been. — Jose Saramago

Conservatives don't need to change core convictions to embrace the growing support for equal rights for gay Americans. — Ken Mehlman

Man positively needs general ideas and convictions that will give a meaning to his life and enable him to find a place for himself in the universe. — Carl Jung

May your convictions be deep, your love real, and your desires earnest — Charles Spurgeon

Personal religious convictions have no place in political campaigns or in dictating public policy. — Geraldine Ferraro

The challenges in our lives are there to STRENGTHEN our CONVICTIONS. They are NOT there to run us over. — Nick Vujicic

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. — Shirin Ebadi

A successful politician does not have convictions; he has emotions. — Ellen Glasgow

I also hold very strong personal convictions about censorship. I don't believe in forbidden knowledge. — Andrea Cremer

Have your own Convictions. Believe in the laws of your Conscience because if you believe in everything, you become nothing.-RVM — R.v.m.

I Have No Faith at All. I Only Hold Convictions — Ayn Rand

I'm a man of convictions. If you press me about how I feel about an issue, you're going to see my convictions. — Kirk Cameron

A man who won't die for something is not fit to live. — Martin Luther King Jr.

We shall not yield to violence. We shall not be deprived of union freedoms. We shall never agree with sending people to prison for their convictions. — Lech Walesa

Beware of making a fetish of consistency to your convictions instead of being devoted to God. — Oswald Chambers

Don't write about ideas ... write about convictions of the heart. — Leonard Cohen

Having faith, beliefs, and convictions is a great thing, but your life is measured by the actions you take based upon them. — Nick Vujicic

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

Too few have the courage of my convictions. — Robert M. Hutchins

Convictions do not imply reasons. — Margaret Deland

Pass on it if you're not passionate; for convictions create clear choices. — Ryan Lilly

Convictions and beliefs! .. what do they have to do with religion! — Tim Allen

The miracles of genius always rest on profound convictions which refuse to be analyzed. — Ralph Waldo Emerson