Conviction Quotes - page 21

I still remember the five points of salesmanship: attention, interest, conviction, desire and close. (Annette Bening)
My mother was a huge influence on me. She was a living example of what a Christian should be. Her conviction, her discipline. She would rather see other people happy than herself. View quote
Barry Sanders
Shortly after the end of last season, I felt that I probably would not return for the 1999-2000 season. I also felt that I should take as much time as possible to sort through my feelings and make sure that my feelings were backed with conviction. View quote
Barry Sanders
In this nation, the greatest of all nations, there are no second-class families. That is our great American conviction. View quote
Benjamin Jealous
A man of conviction is often more to be desired than a man of experience. View quote
Curt Siodmak
The knowledge and spiritual conviction we receive from the Holy Ghost are the result of revelation. View quote
David A. Bednar
I can say with total conviction that it was the Holy Spirit that chose, guided the election of Pope Francis. View quote
Donald Wuerl
I think that I have less conviction than ever that poetry matters - that poetry changes or saves anything or anyone. But, in fact, that's tremendously freeing. If it doesn't matter much, the stakes are lower and you can't really fail. It's insurrection. It's a tiny alphabet revolution. A secret. A psalm. View quote
Daphne Gottlieb
Experience burned into me the conviction that access to education ought to be based on how much you are willing to learn and how hard you are willing to work, not on how many dollars your family has in their bank account. View quote
Dave Obey
What remains constant for me, during the last 15 years, has been the conviction that the cold war was a calamity for the entire world, and that it can be justified by no consideration of theory, nor by any supposed national interest. View quote
Earl Browder
For me, no ideological or political conviction would justify the sacrifice of a human life. For me, the value of life is absolute, with no concessions. It's not negotiable. (Edgar Ramirez)
I'm a capitalist by conviction and profession. I believe the best economic system is one that rewards entrepreneurship and risk-taking, maximizes customer choice, uses markets to allocate scarce resources and minimizes the regulatory burden on business. View quote
Gary Hamel
Once you have a felony conviction on your record, one of the most difficult things to do is to break the cycle of recidivism. View quote
Hill Harper
It is impossible for someone to lie unless he thinks he knows the truth. Producing bullshit requires no such conviction. View quote
Harry Frankfurt
We are all wrong so often that it amazes me that we can have any conviction at all over the direction of things to come. But we must. View quote
Jim Cramer
As we celebrate President Reagan's remarkable career and historic legacy, we also celebrate a man of strong character, deep conviction, unforgettable charm, and wonderful wit. View quote
Jim Ramstad
The success of the suffrage movement would injure women spiritually and intellectually, for they would be assuming a burden though they knew themselves unable to bear it. It is the sediment, not the wave, of a sex. It is the antithesis of that highest and sweetest mystery - conviction by submission, and conquest by sacrifice. View quote
John Boyle O'Reilly
With his trademark courage and conviction, President Reagan led us out of the Cold War, spreading his vision of freedom, resulting in the release of millions of people from the yoke of communism. View quote
John Doolittle
There can be no proof that Blake's lyric is composed of the best words in the best order; only a conviction, accepted by our knowledge and judgment, that it is so. View quote
John Drinkwater
A candidate who tries to steer a path down the middle in an effort to 'win independents' runs the risk of convincing everyone that they have no core values. As much as - or more than - any other voters, independents want to see conviction and authenticity. View quote
John H. Sununu
The public conviction that a railroad linking the West and the East was an absolute necessity became so pronounced after the gold discoveries of '49 that Congress passed an act in 1853 providing for a survey of several lines from the Mississippi to the Pacific. (John Moody)
In America, now, let us - Christian, Jew, Muslim, agnostic, atheist, wiccan, whatever - fight nativism with the same strength and conviction that we fight terrorism. My faith calls on its followers to love one's enemies. A tall order, that - perhaps the tallest of all. View quote
Jon Meacham
I was induced to establish several orders of merit, from conviction that emulation, well directed, becomes a useful servant; and, that the latent genius of some youth is more easily brought into action this way, than by the more sordid gratification of self-interest. View quote
Joseph Lancaster
A conviction that you are a daughter of God gives you a feeling of comfort in your self-worth. It means that you can find strength in the balm of Christ. It will help you meet the heartaches and challenges with faith and serenity. View quote
James E. Faust
As a pastor in a Protestant church, my whole ministry centers on the conviction that by grace we are saved through faith. And it's not our faith that delivers us, as if believing something, anything at all were pleasing to God. It's the object of our faith - Christ's life, death, and resurrection - that saves us. View quote
Kevin DeYoung