Convinced Quotes

I am convinced by a sad experience that it is natural to avoid those to whom we have been too much obliged, and that uncommon generosity causes neglect rather than gratitude.

If you go through life convinced that your way is always best, all the new ideas in the world will pass you by.

Although the most acute judges of the witches and even the witches themselves, were convinced of the guilt of witchery, the guilt nevertheless was non-existent. It is thus with all guilt.

I am more and more convinced, of the propensity in human nature to tyranize over their fellow men.

While I am a convinced pacifist there are circumstances in which I believe the use of force is appropriate - namely, in the face of an enemy unconditionally bent on destroying me and my people.

I am convinced that there is no smarter, handier, or more adaptable body of troops in the world.

I would have artists be convinced that the supreme skill and art in painting consists in knowing how to use black and white... because it is light and shade that make objects appear in relief.

What probably distorts everything in life is that one is convinced that one is speaking the truth because one says what one thinks.

What is the difference between someone who is convinced and one who is deceived? None, if he is well deceived.

I am convinced that the stratigraphic method will in the future enable archaeology to throw far more light on the history of American culture than it has done in the past.

I was convinced that, besides millions of frank unbelievers, there are today large numbers of half-believers to whom religion is a source of intellectual and moral discomfort.

I am saying that there is no salvation apart from Jesus; that’s my evangelical mindset. However, I am not convinced that Jesus only lives in Christians

I am convinced that abstract form, imagery, color, texture, and material convey meaning equal to or greater than words.

I’m convinced that a world in which girls are educated is a safer, more stable, more prosperous place.

I'm convinced that Sanford and Son shows middle-class America a lot of what they need to know.

I'm convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere.

I am now convinced that theoretical physics is actually philosophy.

A leader, once convinced that a particular course of action is the right one, must....be undaunted when the going gets tough.

Likewise 'radical'. I'm only radical because the architectural profession has got lost. Architects are such a dull lot - and they're so convinced that they matter.

I was going to sip on a diet soda, but a little voice convinced me I needed the extra calcium from a cup of hot chocolate.

Okay, you've convinced me. Now go out there and bring pressure on me.

To become convinced that you can succeed is the first requisite to success.

When men can hate without risk, their stupidity is easily convinced, the motives supply themselves.

I am convinced that there are universal currents of Divine Thought vibrating the ether everywhere and that any who can feel these vibrations is inspired.

Sorcerers are convinced that all of us are a bunch of nincompoops. We can never relinquish our crummy control voluntarily, thus we have to be tricked

The power of life that is buried deep inside you will never rise up until you have become convinced that you're walking the only path open for you.

The Japanese people are usually very prudent, even when they are convinced change is necessary.

I am convinced that there can be luxury in simplicity.

I am convinced, completely convinced, that there was nothing random about [the adoption], she is the daughter I should have.

I am strongly convinced that not only too much consciousness but even any consciousness at all is a sickness.

More and more I’ve become convinced that the great treasure to possess is the unknown.

The more I study the world, the more I am convinced of the inability of brute force to create anything durable.

Working in Tokyo has convinced me that, contrary to what people think, it is actually one of the world's most beautiful cities.

I'm convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.

Those who are convinced they have a monopoly on The Truth always feel that they are only saving the world when they slaughter the heretics.

I am convinced that...in the struggle for righteousness man has cosmic companionship.

Unlike the normal pattern, I know I have grown more liberal as I've grown older. I have become more convinced that there is room for improvement in the world.

I am almost convinced (quite contrary to opinion I started with) that species are not (it is like confessing a murder) immutable.

I freely chose the kind of life I led because I was convinced that a woman has as much right as a man to live the way she does if she does no actual harm to society.

I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.

I am more convinced than ever that a lively two party system is essential to our democracy.

My grandmother was utterly convinced I'd wind up as the Archbishop of Canterbury. And, to be honest, I've never entirely ruled it out.

If you're anything like me there are days when you're convinced you know more than everyone around you. Which is often confirmed by your interactions with people.

The more experience and insight I obtain into human nature, the more convinced do I become that the greater portion of a man is purely animal.

Through my own observations. I am convinced that an absolutely honest and direct inquiry into oneself will lead to understanding.

The fact that the Church is convinced of not having the right to confer priestly ordination on women, is now considered by some as irreconcilable with the European Constitution.

I am convinced that music really is the universal language of beauty which can bring together all people of good will on earth

In 1948 I entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, undecided between studies of chemistry and physics, but my first year convinced me that physics was more interesting to me.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb.

I have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.