#convict

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. ↗

— Dave Obey

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Our Christian conviction is that Christ is also the messiah of Israel. Certainly it is in the hands of God how and when the unification of Jews and Christians into the people of God will take place. ↗

— Joseph Ratzinger

#certainly #christ #christian #christians #conviction

Lust was a positive high-tension cable, plugged into my core, activating a near-epileptic seizure of conviction that this was the one thing I had to do in life. ↗

— Will Self

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Courage and conviction are powerful weapons against an enemy who depends only on fists or guns. Animals know when you are afraid; a coward knows when you are not. ↗

— David Seabury

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I am here wrongfully convicted and wrongfully sentenced. ↗

— Lorenzo Snow

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Words should be employed as the means, not the end; language is the instrument, conviction is the work. ↗

— Joshua Reynolds

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I was convicted of three misdemeanors of willful failure to file a form. ↗

— Wesley Snipes

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It is always incorrect to assume you can know what someone's moral convictions are based on their philosophical theories. ↗