#conviction

The former conviction that these two kingdoms were wholly different in structure, in function, and in kind of life, was not seriously disturbed by the difficulties which the naturalist encountered when he undertook to define them. ↗

— Asa Gray

#define #different #difficulties #disturbed #encountered

You will be a failure, until you impress the subconscious with the conviction you are a success. This is done by making an affirmation which "clicks." ↗

— Florence Scovel Shinn

#clicks #conviction #done #failure #impress

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

— Logan Pearsall Smith

#convictions #dark #drag #forced #his

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

#employed #end #instrument #language #means

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

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

#love #love is #man #sometimes #stronger

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

#emotions #feelings #fools #had #i

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 no conviction at all. ↗

— Cynthia Hand

#angels #anger #conviction #cowardly #disgust

It wasn't until I found the courage to look inthe mirror and say, 'I Love You' with conviction that I felt truly amazing! If no one loves you, love yourself! ↗

— R.S. Lewis

#courage #inspirational #love #courage

If you forget your lines, you had better mumble with conviction. ↗

— Connie Brockway

#conviction #humor #humor