Quotes About Convictions

Henry, how can you live with yourself?" "It's comparatively easy. Sometimes I just don't vote my convictions, that's all.

cómo puedes vivir con tu conciencia? —Es relativamente fácil. Simplemente, a veces no voto según mis convicciones, eso es todo. —Hank

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

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.

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.

Wrong views and wrong convictions can be the most devastating of all our delusions. Surely both Adolf Hitler and Pol Pot must have been convinced that they were right? And yet each and every one of us has that same dangerous tendency as they had: to form convictions, believe them without question and act on them, so bringing down suffering not only on ourselves, but also on all those around us. On

Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.

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

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

But then with me the horrid doubt always arises whether the convictions of man's mind, which has been developed from the mind of the lower animals, are of any value or at all trustworthy.

Nervousness always provokes mistakes, and mistakes lead to easy convictions.

sanity involves a certain measure of impersonation, not simply for the benefit of husband and servants but for the sake, first and foremost, of one's own convictions.

Men never commit evil so fully and joyfully as when they do it for religious convictions.

Moins on a de connaissances, plus on a de convictions.

Winston Churchill quote, the one where he says, Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense?

Beecher, did you ever hear that Winston Churchill quote, the one where he says, Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense?

When did speaking your beliefs become synonymous with forcing them upon others?

Tan absurdo hablar porque sí, oírse hablar y saber que nunca se tiene demasiada razón. Ésa es otra, quizá la peor de nuestras cobardías. Los que valemos algo aquí no estamos ya seguros de nada. Hay que ser un animal para tener convicciones.

The lines I'm referring to, Lewis, are that Triumph and Disaster are the same. They're both impostors because they are momentary. More important is becoming a man of convictions. Lasting joy comes from that.

I love people with strong convictions, because we are living in a very PC world. You can't crack a joke without it being in the headlines.

No one can increase the volume in the pulpit to such a level as to muffle the echo of lost convictions.

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of the truth than lies.

Convictions are the more dangerous enemy of truth than lies.

There aren't many honest men or women in Washington anymore. Politicians get where they are by the sheer force of their egos, not their convictions. And you know what? It's our fault as voters. We don't demand better candidates, so we end up getting what we deserve—on both sides of the aisle.