Convince Quotes

805 Convince quotes by 672 unique authors

I didn't start running because somebody asked me to become a runner. Just like I didn't become a novelist because someone asked me to. One… — Haruki Murakami
The American press exists for one purpose only, and that is to convince Americans that they are living in the greatest and most envied country… — Gore Vidal
In any event, parents never underestimated the abilities of their own children. Quite the reverse. Sometimes it was well nigh impossible for a teacher to… — Roald Dahl
On the one hand, the Republicans are telling industrial workers that the high cost of food in the cities is due to this government's farm… — Harry S. Truman
Humans are creatures, who spent their lifes trying to convince themselves, that their existence is not absurd — Albert Camus
There's no way to convince her that just because you put half. planet between you and someone else, you can't drive that person out of… — Jodi Picoult
The present system under the control of the whites trains the Negro to be white and at the same time convinces him of the impropriety… — Carter G. Woodson
I earnestly wish to point out in what true dignity and human happiness consists. I wish to persuade women to endeavor to acquire strength, both… — Mary Wollstonecraft
Something must always remain that eludes us ... For power to have an object on which it can be exercised, a space in which to… — Italo Calvino
What will he [Satan] do first? Prevent spirits from coming to earth. How will he do this? He'll do all in his power to promote… — John Bytheway
I don't hate it here," she said automatically. Surprising herself, she realized that as much as she'd been trying to convince herself otherwise, she was… — Nicholas Sparks
When we too are armed and trained, we can convince men that we have hands, feet, and a heart like yours; and although we may… — Veronica Franco
And I have tried to forget him, I have tried to convince myself that it was just one of those things, but it’s difficult to… — John Boyne
The voice that arises out of the silence is something no one can imagine until it is heard. It roars when it speaks, it lies… — Alice Hoffman
It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled. — Mark Twain
Nothing in the world is so soft and pleasing to the touch, as the skin of a woman's thigh. No flower, feather or fabric, can… — Gregory David Roberts
You can't convince a believer of anything; for their belief is not based on evidence, it's based on a deep seated need to believe — Carl Sagan
I receive a lot of letters like yours. Most go on in length, describing all sorts of maddening situations and communications in bewildered detail, but… — Cheryl Strayed
That's just your ego, trying to make sure it stays in charge. This is what ego does. It keeps you feeling separate, keeps you with… — Elizabeth Gilbert
The books were a private part of me that I carried inside and guarded and didn't talk to anybody about; as long as I had… — MacDonald Harris
The easiest thing in the world is to convince yourself that you're right. As one grows old, it is easier still. — Robert Ludlum
I am not out to liberate anybody. You have to liberate yourself, and you are unable to do that. What I have to say will… — U.G. Krishnamurti
I'm not better than anyone, and I'm not trying to convince people to live by my standards of what's right. I'm trying to convince them… — Jonathan Safran Foer
Sure, when you're in the midst of your own suffering, it's easy to convince yourself that you're no good—but we are all tested in this… — Neal Shusterman
On an incredibly simplistic level, you can think of depression as occurring when your cortex thinks an abstract thought and manages to convince the rest… — Robert M. Sapolsky

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