Convince Quotes
805 Convince quotes by 672 unique authors
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When you're lost in those woods, it sometimes takes you a while to realize that you are lost. For the longest time, you can convince…
— Elizabeth Gilbert
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We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth at least the truth that is given us…
— Pablo Picasso
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Over the millennia the seed of stories planted in the fertile soil of bits and scraps of facts was watered by wishes and began to…
— Terry Goodkind
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I am not sad, he would repeat to himself over and over, I am not sad. As if he might one day convince himself. Or…
— Jonathan Safran Foer
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Long books, when read, are usually overpraised, because the reader wishes to convince others and himself that he has not wasted his time.
— E. M. Forster
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Of all the systems of religion that ever were invented, there is no more derogatory to the Almighty, more unedifying to man, more repugnant to…
— Thomas Paine
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People do not drift toward Holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, prayer, obedience to Scripture, faith, and delight in the…
— D. A. Carson
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To demand that a person pee in a cup whenever you wish him to, without a documented reason to suspect that he has been using…
— Alexander Shulgin
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Convinced myself, I seek not to convince.
— Edgar Allan Poe
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At times to be silent is to lie. You will win because you have enough brute force. But you will not convince. For to convince…
— Miguel de Unamuno
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The feeling of awed wonder that science can give us is one of the highest experiences of which the human psyche is capable. It is…
— Richard Dawkins
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If God had not permitted the people of Jerusalem to be torn asunder and driven them from the land, but had let them keep it…
— Martin Luther
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No, it was honest," said Harry. "One of the only honest things you've said to me. You don't care whether I live or die, but…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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Sometimes I get tired of trying to convince him that I love him and shall love him for ever. He pounces on my words like…
— Graham Greene
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The boy didn't know what a Personal Legend was. 'It's what you have always wanted to accomplish. Everyone, when they are young, knows what their…
— Paulo Coelho
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Is it possible, in the final analysis, for one human being to achieve perfect understanding of another? We can invest enormous time and energy in…
— Haruki Murakami
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I want to convince you that these kinds of personal explanations of success don't work. People don't rise from nothing....It is only by asking where…
— Malcolm Gladwell
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And there are people that will stand in your corner and convince you to stand up for another round no matter what.
— Pete Wentz
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One of the most difficult things in the world is to convince a woman that even a bargain costs money.
— E. W. Howe
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I've always done whatever I felt like doing in life. People may try to stop me, and convince me I'm wrong, but I won't change.
— Haruki Murakami
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There are some things we do because we convince ourselves it would be better for everyone involved. We tell ourselves that it's the right thing…
— Jodi Picoult
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I can't do it. It would be like, say, trying to fall in love with somebody, or trying to convince yourself that your favorite food…
— Donald Miller
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He stopped to rest at a cart selling nuts and candy, bought himself some Jelly Belly's, flirted just enought with the Mexican cutie working there…
— Susan Elizabeth Phillips
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The thing that most haunted me that day, however...was the fact that these things had - apparently - actually occurred...For all his attention to my…
— Elizabeth Kostova
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You do not convince me. You rationalize your actions and because the result is favorable you become right.
— David Gemmell
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