Action Quote by Carol Tavris

Even irrefutable evidence is rarely enough to pierce the mental armor of self-justification.

— Carol Tavris

Don't hold onto negative feelings by justifying why you are right and someone else is wrong.

— Deepak Chopra

A genuinely persuasive argument does not merely tell you that you are wrong about everything. It doesn't just beat on you from the outside.…

— Timothy Keller

People love to try to justify their wrongs with lies and excuses, instead of being honest with apologies and truths....

— Anonymous

Should our moral beliefs really prove to be dependent on factual assumptions shown to be incorrect, it would be hardly moral to defend them…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

It's sometimes easier to reject strong evidence than to admit that we've been wrong, this is information about ourselves worth having.

— Carl Sagan

In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken', and then they would actually…

— Dr Carl Sagan

Telling someone they're wrong is not the same as leading or inspiring them to do what's right.

— Andy Stanley

I never try to prove anybody wrong. Everyone is entitled to their opinion.

— Shaun Wright-Phillips

Obviously, people are going to think what they think, and I've never had any problems proving people wrong. I do what I do.

— Chris Jericho

It can be more productive to help people learn to be 'right' than prove they were 'wrong.'

— Marshall Goldsmith

Occasionally we all do wrong things from right motives. Only time can prove us right or wrong. The past is the past. Nothing can…

— Mary Balogh