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Conviction Quotes - Page 3

Leadership implies movement toward something and convictions provide that direction.

Don Shula (1995). “Everyone's a Coach: You Can Inspire Anyone to be a Winner”, Zondervan

The uncompromising attitude is more indicative of an inner uncertainty than a deep conviction. The implacable stand is directed more against the doubt within than the assailant without.

Eric Hoffer (1982). “Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer”, HarperCollins Publishers

We don't do ambivalence well in America. We do courage of our convictions. We do might makes right. Ambivalence is French. Certainty is American.

Anna Quindlen (2010). “Thinking Out Loud: On the Personal, the Political, the Public and the Private”, p.170, Ballantine Books

Be true to your own highest convictions.

William Ellery CHANNING (1839). “Self-Culture. An address introductory to the Franklin lectures, delivered at Boston. 1838”, p.18

In the end, leaders are defined by the convictions they hold.

Presidential Library Dedication Address, delivered 25 April 2013, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas