#conviction

Convictions are prisons. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#inspirational #inspirational

Those mortals who operate in the grey area between conviction and incredulity are in a position to choose most meaningfully, and with most meaningful consequences […] Perhaps only a doubter can appreciate the miracle of life without end. ↗

— Terryl L. Givens

#doubt #grey-areas #seeking #life

Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#converted #conviction #into #unless #worthless

Conviction never so excellent, is worthless until it coverts itself into conduct. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#conviction #excellent #into #itself #never

No more duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty to their best convictions. ↗

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

#convictions #duty #entering #great #life

Genocide begins, however improbably, in the conviction that classes of biological distinction indisputably sanction social and political discrimination. ↗

— Andrea Dworkin

#biological #classes #conviction #discrimination #distinction

You must stick to your conviction, but be ready to abandon your assumptions. ↗

— Denis Waitley

#assumptions #conviction #must #ready #stick

A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures. ↗

— Daniel Webster

#conviction #done #many #measures #must

Absolute certainty is not something I strive for anymore. I've learned the hard way that destiny usually looks upon our most strident convictions with amusement, or perhaps even pity. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#amusement #anymore #certainty #convictions #destiny

I will listen to anyone's convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#convictions #doubts #i #keep #listen