The patient typically finds himself impelled by some deep, inner
conviction that something is true, or right, or virtuous: a
conviction that doesn't seem to owe anything to evidence or reason, but which, nevertheless, he feels as totally compelling and convincing. We doctors refer to such a belief as 'faith'.
View quotes by Richard DawkinsThe supreme happiness in life is the
conviction that we are loved
View quotes by Victor HugoIt is impossible to obtain a
conviction for sodomy from an English jury. Half of them don't believe that it can physically be done, and the other half are doing it.
View quotes by Winston ChurchillMen never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from a religious
conviction.
View quotes by Blaise PascalI know some photographs that are extraordinary in their power and
conviction, but it is difficult in photography to overcome the superficial power or subject; the concept and statement must be quite convincing in themselves to win over a dramatic and compelling subject situation.
View quotes by Ansel Adams Too much traffic with a quotation book begets a
conviction of ignorance in a sensitive reader. Not only is there a mass of quotable stuff he never quotes, but an even vaster realm of which he has never heard.
View quotes by Robertson DaviesThe ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursing his own education. This will not be a widely shared pursuit until we get over our odd
conviction that education is what goes on in school buildings and nowhere else.
View quotes by John GardnerMy opinion, my
conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adopted it.
View quotes by Malcolm MuggeridgeA leader has the vision and
conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.
View quotes by Ralph NaderTo bathe a cat takes brute force, perseverance, courage of
conviction - and a cat. The last ingredient is usually hardest to come by.
View quotes by Stephen BakerMy own experience and development deepen everyday my
conviction that our moral progress may be measured by the degree in which we sympathize with individual suffering and individual joy.
View quotes by George EliotThere is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the
conviction that envy is ignorance: that imitation is suicide: that he must take himself for better, or for worse.
View quotes by Ralph Waldo EmersonThe story of Pope John Paul II is that of a man of immense faith and
conviction and, in latter years, great personal courage.
He engaged with human culture and civilisation in every aspect and in every corner of the world.
View quotes by Mary McAleeseConviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.
View quotes by Thomas CarlyleIf we do not have too many injuries out in Germany we will do a very good job. That is my
conviction.
View quotes by Sven Goran ErikssonEvery mission constitutes a pledge of duty. Every man is bound to consecrate his every faculty to its fulfilment. He will derive his rule of action from the profound
conviction of that duty
View quotes by Giuseppe MazziniBy only half-sacking the deputy prime minister at the reshuffle, Tony Blair created this mess by not having the courage or
conviction to finish the job
View quotes by Vince CableI always received much more satisfaction as a defense attorney in obtaining an acquittal for a client than I ever have as a D.A. in obtaining a
conviction.
View quotes by Jim GarrisonDon't be too harsh to these poems until they're typed. I always think typescript lends some sort of certainty: at least, if the things are bad then, they appear to be bad with
conviction.
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