Nothing is more depressing than the conviction that one is not a hero.

He spoke eloquently and with personal conviction about the importance of ensuring access and opportunity for success to people from diverse cultures and backgrounds, especially given America's rapidly changing demographics.

I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offense

The great safeguard of society and of domestic life was, that opinions were not acted on. Sane people did what their neighbors did, so that if any lunatics were at large, one might know and avoid them.

You can have such an open mind that it is too porous to hold a conviction.

When you take up an action of this kind, you do it with conviction.