Conviction Quotes - Page 36

• He that is not open to conviction is not qualified for discussion.

  Richard Whately

  Argument, Discussion, Qualified

  Richard Whately (1856). “Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley”, p.41

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• I hate and fear 'science' because of my conviction that, for long to come if not for ever, it will be the remorseless enemy of mankind. I see it destroying all simplicity and gentleness of life, all the beauty of the world; I see it restoring barbarism under a mask of civilization; I see it darkening men's minds and hardening their hearts.

  George Gissing

  Hate, Heart, Men

  George Gissing (2008). “The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft”, p.253, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Faith is the result of the act of the will, following upon a conviction that to believe is a duty.

  John Henry Newman

  Believe, Results, Duty

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• Christian action in the world will not be sustained or carried on in an intelligent and effective manner unless it is supported by doctrinal convictions that have achieved some degree of clarity.

  John Macquarrie

  Christian, Intelligent, Degrees

  "Methods in the Madness: Diversity in Twentieth-century Christian Social Ethics". Book by Anna M. Robbins, p. 266, 2004.

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• The people who are opposing the policy of apartheid have not the courage of their convictions. They do not marry non-Europeans.

  P. W. Botha

  People, Apartheid, Policy

  "Dictionary of South African Quotations" by Jennifer Crwys-Williams, Penguin Books, (p. 251), 1994.

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• From religion ... they will learn the only true lesson of equality - the conviction that our destinies are not in our own hands; they will see that no situation in life is without its share of suffering; - and this perpetual reference to a higher power ought equally to teach the rich humility, and the poor devotion.

  Letitia Elizabeth Landon

  Humility, Destiny, Situations In Life

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• No human power can force the intrenchments of the human mind: compulsion never persuades; it only makes hypocrites.

  Francois Fenelon

  Hypocrite, Mind, Force

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• There is the illusion of time, which is very deep; who has disposed of it? Mor come to the conviction that what seems the succession of thought is only the distribution of wholes into causal series.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Time, Illusion, Very Deep

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.1120, Library of America

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• The most noticeable weakness of Congressmen is their timidity. They fear the use to be made of their "record." They are afraid ofmaking enemies. They do not vote according to their convictions from fear of consequences.

  Rutherford B. Hayes

  Enemy, Weakness, Use

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• The Cat was a creature of absolute convictions, and his faith in his deductions never varied.

  Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

  Cat, Creatures, Absolutes

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• We cannot preserve philanthropic and charitable values if we detach them completely from our fundamental personal beliefs and convictions.

  Robert L. Payton

  Fundamentals, Belief, Philanthropy

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• All rituals are paradoxical and dangerous enterprises, the traditional and improvised, the sacred and the secular. Paradoxical because rituals are conspicuously artificial and theatrical, yet designed to suggest the inevitability and absolute truth of their messages. Dangerous because when we are not convinced by a ritual we may become aware of ourselves as having made them up, thence on the paralyzing realization that we have made up all our truths; our ceremonies, our most precious conceptions and convictions - all are mere inventions.

  Barbara Myerhoff

  Realization, May, Sacred

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• Within forty years of their arrival in the Plymouth colony, the first white settlers were afraid their children had lost the dedication and religious conviction of the founding generation. Ever since, Americans have looked to the next generation not only with love and solicitude but with a good measure of anxiety, worrying whether they themselves were good parents, fearful that their children would not turn out well.

  Kenneth Keniston

  Religious, Children, Dedication

  Kenneth Keniston, Carnegie Council on Children (1977). “All our children: the American family under pressure”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P

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• With each investment you make, you should have the courage and the conviction to place at least ten per cent of your net worth in that stock

  Warren Buffett

  Should Have, Investment, Cents

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• He [liberal white person] may stand with you through thin, but not thick; when the chips are down, you'll find that as fixed in him as his bone structure is his sometimes subconscious conviction that he's better than anybody black.

  Malcolm X

  White, Black, May

  Malcolm X (2015). “The Autobiography of Malcolm X”, p.37, Ballantine Books

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• My religious convictions and scientific views cannot at present be more specifically defined than as those of a believer in creative revolution. I desire that no public monument or work of art or inscription or sermon or ritual service commemorating me shall suggest that I accepted the tenets peculiar to any established church or denomination nor take the form of a cross or any other instrument of torture or symbol of blood sacrifice.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Religious, Art, Sacrifice

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• And in cases where profound conviction has been wrought, the eloquent man is he who is no beautiful speaker, but who is inwardly drunk with a certain belief. It agitates and tears him, and perhaps almost bereaves him of the power of articulation.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Beautiful, Men, Drunk

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.2432, Delphi Classics

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• I believe it is the conviction of the purest men, that the net amount of man and man does not much vary. Each is incomparably superior to his companion in some faculty. His want of skill in other directions, has added to his fitness for his own work.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Believe, Equality, Men

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, David Mikics (2012). “The Annotated Emerson”, p.293, Harvard University Press

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• Have the courage of your own convictions and don't be swayed by friends who boast about their financial home runs. Last year's winners are often this year's losers.

  Nancy Dunnan

  Running, Home, Years

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• The power of these recommendations is that they come from leaders representing a broad spectrum of religious conviction. At the table were people with Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Native American and humanist perspectives, as well as individuals from advocacy groups ranging from the American Civil Liberties Union to the American Center for Law and Justice.

  Charles Haynes

  Christian, Religious, Native American

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• ...by bringing myself over the edge and back, I discovered a passion to live my days fully, a conviction that will sustain me like sweet water on the periodically barren plain of our short lives.

  Jonathan Waterman

  Sweet, Inspirational Life, Short Life

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• In the hands of a determined Secretary, the Foreign Service can be a splendid instrument, staffed by knowledgeable, discreet, and energetic individuals. They do require constant vigilance lest the convictions that led them into a penurious career tempt them to preempt decision-making.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Hands, Careers, Decision

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• I don't regard my career as something so precious that it comes before my convictions.

  Orson Welles

  Careers, Regard

  Interview with Bernie Braden in Paris, 1960.

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• Three things are necessary to make every man great,every nation great1.Conviction of the powers of goodness.2.Absence of jealousy and suspicion.3.Helping all who are trying to be and do good.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Men, Trying, Three Things

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• A good woman is one who loves passionately, has guts, seriousness and passionate convictions, takes responsibility, and shapes society.

  Betty Friedan

  Responsibility, Good Woman, Passionate

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