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#conviction

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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

Quotations in my work are like wayside robbers who leap out armed and relieve the stroller of his conviction.


Walter Benjamin


#conviction #his #leap #like #out

It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions.


John Ciardi


#convictions #could #courage #easy #enough

Obeying instructions I should never dare to disregard, expressing, also, my own firm conviction, I rise in behalf of the State of New York to propose a nomination with which the country and the Republican party can grandly win.


Roscoe Conkling


#behalf #conviction #country #dare #disregard

My feeling about him is that the America that we have today, the freedoms we enjoy and the privileges we have, are really the reflection of Abe Lincoln's convictions, his vision, and his toughness.


Gregory Peck


#about #america #convictions #enjoy #feeling

And indeed this theme has been at the centre of all my research since 1943, both because of its intrinsic fascination and my conviction that a knowledge of sequences could contribute much to our understanding of living matter.


Frederick Sanger


#been #both #centre #contribute #conviction

Freedom. And Justice. If you have those two, it covers everything. You must stick to those principles and have the courage of your convictions.


Ian Smith


#courage #covers #everything #freedom #justice

But, in fact, a person's sexual choice is the result and sum of their fundamental convictions. Tell me what a person finds sexually attractive and I will tell you their entire philosophy of life.


Ayn Rand


#convictions #life #philosophy #sex #life

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.


Muhammad Ali


#begin #belief #conviction #deep #deep conviction

All the strength and force of man comes from his faith in things unseen. He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.


James Freeman Clarke


#believes #comes #convictions #doubts #faith






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