#convict

No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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I have never had a vote, and I have raised hell all over this country. You don't need a vote to raise hell! You need convictions and a voice! ↗

— Mother Jones

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Of what worth are convictions that bring not suffering? ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#convictions #suffering #worth

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

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It is the Holy Spirit's job to convict, God's job to judge and my job to love. ↗

— Billy Graham

#christianty #convicting #god #holy-spirit #judging

I have always tried to be obedient regarding important matters like not being scalded to death by burning oil, but when public opinion takes a route far from one's inner conviction, one cannot value disobedience too highly. ↗

— Barbara Dana

#disobedience #obedience #public-opinion #death

I don't believe you outsource your convictions and principles to people. ↗

— Jeb Bush

#convictions #i #outsource #people #principles

If you're writing anything decent, it's in you, it's your spirit coming out. If it's not an expression of how a person genuinely feels, then it's not a good song done with any conviction. ↗

— Alex Chilton

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It is absolutely my conviction, that Walter Salles will figure among the great directors of our time. ↗

— Arthur Cohn

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Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions. ↗

— Dag Hammarskjold

#deny #experience #never #own #peace