352 Quotes About Conviction

When caprice and conviction are found together, they are always indissolubly wed to folly.

Anything you think you need in order to believe that God is good- that’s your golden calf.

I know a true believer when I see one--that high fervor, that total conviction, the calm that explodes into emotion in a moment. I was in a car full of conviction, full of ancient Greek rituals and destroying death. And murderers.

The primary difference between conviction and condemnation is the presence of hope.

it wasn't the clothes that made this face, this woman, different. It was something behind her eyes, something in the set of her jaw--a hope or belief or conviction--that a life is not a thing unalterable....I suppose it was something like faith.

I WRITE TO YOU AS AN ARTIST COMPLETELY OPPOSED TO THE APARTHEID SYSTEM IN SOUTH AFRICA. LIKE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE OF CONSCIENCE IN THAT COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE STRUGGLE TO END THE SYSTEM, I AM WORKING IN MY FIELD TOWARD ACHIEVING THIS GOAL.

I do things by the book, even when the book is stupid. You know why? That's how we get the conviction.

Believing is a fine thing, but putting those beliefs into execution is a test of strength.

He is blunt in his moral assessment, brandishing a word that he says has gone missing in the broader poverty debate: “exploitation.