#conviction

How it infuriates a bigot, when he is forced to drag out his dark convictions! ↗

— Logan Pearsall Smith

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A revival does two things. First, it returns the Church from her backsliding and second, it causes the conversion of men and women; and it always includes the conviction of sin on the part of the Church. What a spell the devil seems to cast over the Church today! ↗

— Billy Sunday

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If I practised sex, out of moral conviction, that was one thing; but to enjoy it... seemed a defeat. ↗

— Martha Gellhorn

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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. ↗

— John Sununu

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However, it must always remain a dialogue, and never an imposition of the church's own convictions and methods. Propose, not impose. To serve, and not to dominate. ↗

— Claudio Hummes

#church #convictions #dialogue #dominate #however

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 cannot doubt that women will line up, like the men elected, with the groups whose political thinking and convictions are in accord with their own political convictions. ↗

— Edith Rogers

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Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions. ↗

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

#love #love is #man #sometimes #stronger

The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

#behind #carry #conviction #final #final test

I had the conviction that lovemaking fools you. The overpowering emotions it induces make you think you're sharing the same feelings as the other person and that they're imagining the same as you. ↗

— Greta Scacchi

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