There was an implicit conviction that the UN would be stronger than the sum of its constituent member-states.

I don’t think we can read anything at all into it. It’s a lack of conviction and a lot of fence-sitting.

See failure as an opportunity to try again with a relatively powerful approach, skill, knowledge and conviction. Redefine yourself.

Man has his being in truth–if he sacrifices truth he sacrifices himself. Whoever betrays truth betrays himself. It is not a question of lying–but of acting against one’s conviction.

Its all about perception, that is how you look at. Your own thoughts and outlook defines whether it is good or bad. And your definition determines your response.

That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God.

It’s a Nortel day. Technically there may be some damage done here and it’s really testing people’s conviction in Nortel.

If we recognize that Spirit is all powerful, and cannot be hurt, and that only Spirit exists, then nothing that happens here matters. And we see everyone and everything from the point of wholeness. Even...

When you are convinced that what you offer is yours, whether it be mediocre or of standard quality, your originality will make people love you in a way you did not expect.

Keep at it. Persistence does pay dividends. But there is a catch; you gotta believe it before manifestation will validate conviction as [your] truth. And sacrifice is a required path to fulfillment.

Challenge authority; the authority of your own rational convictions.

When your only regret is if anyone thinks you regret anything – that is the definition of conviction.

Are we willing to shun vain repetition and keep our prayers out of an unchallenging rut by asking God to make us more sensitive to our own sin?

What saddens us is that, even though we got the conviction, the person’s still out. Hopefully this will all be remedied by finding him and putting him in prison where he belongs.

I have long gone about with a conviction on my mind that I had a work to do — a Work, if you like, with a great W; a Purpose to fulfil.

This meeting greatly strengthened my conviction that cooperation between both countries may have another strong boost. We identified a desire for cooperation in all levels of government, not only of the Executive, but also of...

Sometimes what you love to do could even make many people to hate you. You may go through non-formal torments, character assassinations, verbal assaults and societal rejections, but if you are convinced about your love...

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

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.

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

The high-tech sector is relatively weak; there’s not a lot of conviction. It’s lost favor with investors who would in the past see Nortel down a dollar and want to buy. We’re not seeing that...

The nearer Christ comes to a heart, the more it becomes conscious of its guilt; it will then either ask for his mercy and find peace, or else it will turn against Him because it...

The person who hurt you–who raped you or killed your family–is also here. If you are still angry at that person, if you haven’t been able to forgive, you are chained to him. Everyone could...

We think we know.””Know? That’s worse than an atom bomb, and always was.

There is no respect between the souls of two individuals if their minds can’t trust each other and there is no trust between them if their hearts can’t accept the truth of each other.

In some cases, I am able to respect what so many call bigots. Such people have a more solid foundation for drawing their lines when it comes to the security of their ways and quite...

He may have as strong a sense of what would be right, as you can have, without being so equal under particular circumstances to act up to it.””Then, it would not be so strong a...

[Philippine President Joseph Estrada said he was saddened by the conviction.] It’s very unfortunate and what happened is saddening, … If he really is innocent, then the day will come that his name will be...

What is important is that one utilizes one’s intellect and not to be 100 percent sure about one’s convictions. One should always leave room for doubt.

Al Gore Jr. acted with honor and conviction in volunteering for service in a war he despised. … To save the seat of his father — a political warrior in the cause of peace —...

Dad scowls. “Phen.” He says the name like it’s a swear word. “Disgusting, cowardly creatures, the ambivalent. Worse than the fallen, in many ways.” His eyes are so fierce it’s a tad scary. “They have...

Roache’s statement after his acquittal was dignified but his supporters were angry. They demanded to know why the case was ever brought, claiming that the actor was a victim of the “hysteria” created by revelations...

You are entitled to your opinion but you are not entitled to dictate mine.

When principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then battle is your calling, and peace has become sin; you must, at the price of dearest peace, lay your convictions bare...

I believe that sexual offenders and predators should be released…as long as it is mandatory they get to move into the house next door to the judge that released them.

Conviction says, ‘My behavior was wrong.’ Satan, on the other hand, floods our hearts with shame. Shame says, ‘There is something wrong with me.

I think if I had this evidence before a jury, I could get a conviction,

Do what you think is right. Don’t let people make the decision of right or wrong for you.

I think it’s a trading rally from an oversold position, … I don’t think there’s a lot of conviction behind it.

That which struck the present writer most forcibly on his first perusal of the ‘Origin of Species’ was the conviction that Teleology, as commonly understood, had received its deathblow at Mr. Darwin’s hands. For the...

Members may escape a conviction for bribery but not escape the political fallout.

Faith to me is trusting in every evidence that something is―that it is possible, that it is significant, that it is real.

It is my conviction that, with the spread of true scientific culture, whatever may be the medium, historical, philological, philosophical, or physical, through which that culture is conveyed, and with its necessary concomitant, a constant...

You do have some impetus today but there’s little conviction and little volume. I didn’t see any specific reason behind the rally – people may be just trying to outguess the outcome (of the Fed...

Many people place facts above faith and that makes things seem impossible for them

If you don’t love what you do, you won’t do it with much conviction or passion.

Don’t allow your mind to tell your heart what to do. The mind gives up easily

Trust is like a two-way mirror, transparent on one side, with a blind dimness unable to see through on the other side.

Congress should make it so that all sex scenes in all films should be provided with a screaming baby sound track. That should help take away all the fun and may show a major decrease...

We are all wrong so often that it amazes me that we can have any conviction at all over the direction of things to come.But we must.