“If you are going to make a change, don't go halfway. Make it with conviction and stick with your new idea. Ignore the scoffers. Remember, it is a law of nature that if something is different you're going to be taunted, jeered, and told the world is flat. Let the doubters fall off the edge.” IfsWorldIdeasDifferentRememberLawFallSticksEdgesConvictionFlatsNew IdeasLaws Of NatureHalfwayMaking ChangesDoubtersWorld Is FlatScoffers Author:Gary McCord
“A person is strong only when he stands upon his own truth, when he speaks and acts with his deepest convictions. Then, whatever the situation he may be in, he always knows what he must say and do. He may fall, but he cannot bring shame upon himself or his cause. If we seek the liberation of the people by means of a lie, we will surely grow confused, go astray, and loose sight of our objective, and if we have any influence at all on the people we will lead them astray as well - in other words, we will be acting in the spirit of reaction and to its benefit.” PeopleIfsKnowsWellsMayMeanPersonsSpiritLyingFallSpeakStrongGrowsCausesActingSituationInfluenceBenefitsSightShameConvictionReactionsObjectivesLiberationConfused Author:Mikhail Bakunin
“Don't take what someone else has made sure of and pretend it's you yourself that have made sure of it till it's yours absolutely by conviction. It's stealing to take it and hypocrisy and you'll fall into a hole.” MadeFallConvictionStealingHolesHypocrisy Book:Klee Wyck Source: Klee Wyck
“Men who have lost their conviction of what is good and what is bad find themselves without a sextant to check their position by. We are in the position of a man with an elaborate camping kit who finds himself lost in the woods without his matches; to kindle a fire he has to resort to the stratagems of the caveman. We fall back through generations into the oldest terrors and confusions of the race.” MenFallLostRaceFireGenerationsPositionTerrorConvictionWoodsChecksConfusionResortsFall BackKindlesCampingStratagemLost In The Woods Author:John Dos Passos
“it is my conviction that the personality of the writer has nothing to do with the literate product of his mind. And publicity in this case embarrasses me because I am acutely conscious of how far short the book falls of the artistry I am struggling to achieve. It's like being caught half-dressed.” MindBookFallHalfCasesStruggleAchieveProductsPersonalityConsciousCaughtConvictionPublicityArtistry Author:Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
“Leaps over walls - especially when taken late in life - can be extremely perilous. To leap successfully, you need a sense of humor, the spirit of adventure and an unshakable conviction that what you are leaping over is an obstacle upon which you would otherwise fall down.” NeedsSpiritFallTakenRiskAdventureWallLateConvictionObstaclesLeapSense Of HumorFalling DownUnshakableSpirit Of Adventure Book:I Leap Over The Wall - Contrasts And Impressions After Twenty-Eight Years In A Convent Source: I Leap Over The Wall - Contrasts And Impressions After Twenty-Eight Years In A Convent
“The man has a curious inborn conviction of his own superiority which is quite unshakeable. All his life he has bullied and browbeaten those around him by his high-and-mightiness and his atrocious temper. As a boy he terrorized his entire family by his tantrums, when, if thwarted, he would throw himself on the floor and yell till he went blue in the face. It has been much the same ever since. Everyone's terrified of his rages. He has only to start grinding his teeth, and people fall flat before him.” PeopleIfsMenHas BeensFacesFallBoysHe ManBlueConvictionRageTeethCuriousFlatsTemperTerrifiedSuperiorityBulliedTantrums Author:Anna Kavan