Quotes About Convictions

Ones convictions as to the nature of reality must also represent one's limitations as to the perception of it.

But one's convictions as to the nature of reality must also represent one's limitations as to the perception of it. And then I just stopped worrying about it. I accepted the fact that I would die without really knowing where it was that I had been and that was okay. Well. Almost.

I'm not a Democrat because I haven't thought about the issues. I'm a Democrat because I have.

Quotations in my work are like wayside robbers who leap out armed and relieve the stroller of his convictions.

The construction of life is at present in the power of facts far more than of convictions, and of such facts as have scarcely ever become the basis of convictions.

A very popular error: having the courage of one's convictions; rather it is a matter of having the courage for an attack on one's convictions!!!

Infinite patience produces immediate results." It sounds like a paradox, doesn't it? Infinite patience implies an absolute certainty that what you'd like to manifest will indeed show up, in perfect order, and exactly on time. The immediate result you receive from this inner knowing is a sense of peace. When you detach from the outcome, you're at peace, and you'll ultimately see the fruits of your convictions.

I am not a political man and I have no political convictions. I am an individual and a believer in liberty. That is all the politics I have.

He will also make use of what he learns as the months or years of the war strengthen his revolutionary convictions, making him more radical as the potency of arms is demonstrated, as the outlook of the inhabitants becomes a part of his spirit and of his own life, and as he understands the justice and the vital necessity of a series of changes, of which the theoretical importance appeared to him before, but devoid of practical urgency.

Vice President) Garner has taken his personal smallness, his lack of generosity, and forged it into a political principle. He has no imagination, no convictions, and he substitutes political cynicism for social understanding.

Our challenge as adults is to develop a strong voice that is uniquely our own, a voice that reflects our deepest values and convictions. Once we are comfortable within that voice, we can bring it to our most important relationships.

An applicant for a job who disagrees with his prospective employer is either a fool or he has convictions, and there was nothing to suggest to me that your husband was a fool.

You have to know what you stand for, not just what you stand against.

No doubt he is a man of principle,' said Kamren. 'But they are the wrong principles.

You'd be surprised what facing life in prison without the possibility of parole will do to weaken someone's personal convictions," Burnside said.

It was an effort formulating this summary, explaining myself. I preferred the distant past, centuries that were over and done with, ghosts that posed no direct threat. History could be milked for this cause or that. We observed it always with hindsight, projecting onto it our modern convictions and anxieties.

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

There should be some to watch and keep alive all beautiful beliefs...

I'm actually starting to like more and more people who have convictions that are unpopular.

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

Critics should stick to their convictions.

What we need is some people to stand up with the courage of their convictions, to do what they promised when they ran for election, and fight to stop Obamacare.

As to the war, while it is always thought rash to have any strong military convictions, I have always believed that if they would go straight to Sebastopol early in the season they would take it with little difficulty.

Strong Views, Loosely Held