Convince Quotes

805 Convince quotes by 672 unique authors

I speak only of myself since I do not wish to convince, I have no right to drag others into my river, I oblige no… — Tristan Tzara
I think it takes an amazing amount of energy to convince oneself that the Forever Person isn't just around the corner. In the end I… — Douglas Coupland
The very good people did not convince me; I felt they'd never been tempted. But you knew; you understood; you felt the world outside tugging… — Edith Wharton
Remember when you tried to convince me to feed a poultry pie to the mallards in the park to see if you could breed a… — Cassandra Clare
For me the world is weird because it is stupendous, awesome, mysterious, unfathomable; my interest has been to convince you that you must assume responsibility… — Carlos Castaneda
I give in and light another cigarette even though last night the surgeon general came on the television set and shook his finger at everybody,… — Kathryn Stockett
How do you convince someone to change, to stop being afraid of himself? How do you convince yourself not to be so scared all the… — Charles Yu
How many times have I failed before? How many times have I stood here like this, in front of my own image, in front of… — Charles Yu
Michael had to pound me a couple of times to convince me not to go stage a rescue." Shane shrugged. "He hits like a girl,… — Rachel Caine
If you draw your sword against those you sworn to protect, the very ones who trust in your strength, how will you convince them that… — Bryan Davis
He wanted to hear her concerns and alleviate them, he wanted to hold her and kiss her and convince her that he would find a… — Nicholas Sparks
Also, when on a campaign to convince a stranger that you aren't a few fries short of a Happy Meal, throwing around phrases like "tangentially… — Maureen Johnson
For me, a place unvisited is like an unrequited love. A dull ache that- try as you might to think it away, to convince yourself… — Eric Weiner
He longed for the deep as she longed for the night sky and for white lilies floating on water -- although she still tried to… — Cornelia Funke
She was the first woman in my life to convince me to fall in love with her. — Mike Gayle
I try to convince myself that it's the alcohol talking. But alcohol can't talk. It just sits there. It can't even get itself out of… — David Levithan
The groom always smiles proudly because he's convinced he's accomplished something quite wonderful. The bride smiles because she's been able to convince him of it. — Judith McNaught
when you want something so desperately, you shake with the need for it. you tell yourself that you don't need more than one sip, because… — Jodi Picoult
Education doesn’t make you happy. Nor does freedom. We don’t become happy just because we’re free – if we are. Or because we’ve been educated… — Iris Murdoch
When you want something so bad it hurts,” he said quietly, “and you bury it, bury it so deep that you convince yourself it no… — Nalini Singh
God will never disappoint us… If deep in our hearts we suspect that God does not love us and cannot manage our affairs as well… — Elisabeth Elliot
There is nothing worse, is there," she said, "than a past that has never been fully dealt with. One can convince oneself, that it is… — Mary Balogh
Men and boys always want to go fight. They are always looking for a reason to go to war. It is the saddest thing. They… — Kate DiCamillo
We can lie to ourselves, saying we believe one thing, and sometimes we convince other's it's true, with the hope that by convincing others, we… — Neal Shusterman
The best programs are written so that computing machines can perform them quickly and so that human beings can understand them clearly. A programmer is… — Donald Knuth

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