Convince Quotes
805 Convince quotes by 672 unique authors
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Oh, that we could but convince men and women that murmuring spirit is a greater evil than any affliction, whatever the affliction!
— Jeremiah Burroughs
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It is an excellent rule to be observed in all disputes, that men should give soft words and hard arguments; that they should not so…
— John Wilkins
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Remember that as a vegan, you save dozens of animals every year from the horrors of factory farms, which is great. And when you convince…
— Bruce Friedrich
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Logic can convince but only emotion can motivate.
— Jonathan Alter
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In theory it is easy to convince an ignorant person; in actual life, men not only object to offer themselves to be convinced, but hate…
— Epictetus
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We spend a good part of our lives trying desperately to convince ourselves as well as everybody else that we know more than we really…
— Charles Osgood
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Complexity has and will maintain a strong fascination for many people. It is true that we live in a complex world and strive to solve…
— Niklaus Wirth
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A man who is furnished with arguments from the mint, will convince his antagonist much sooner than one who draws them from reason and philosophy.…
— Joseph Addison
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Here's what I like about God: Trees are crooked, mountains are lumpy, a lot of his creatures are funny looking, and he made it all…
— Julia Cameron
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Reason, too late perhaps, may convince you of the folly of misspending time.
— George Washington
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Hardly a competent workman can be found who does not devote a considerable amount of time to studying just how slowly he can work and…
— Frederick Winslow Taylor
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A price drop in a good stock is only a tragedy if you sell at that price and never buy more. To me, a price…
— Peter Lynch
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Golf is a terrible, hopeless addiction, it seems: it makes its devotees willing to trudge miles in any manner of weather, lugging a huge, incommodious…
— Mike Seabrook
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Don't convince yourself you're over, don't convince yourself you're done, just because the things around you seem heavy, doesn't mean you can't get off this…
— Dave Matthews
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We have nearly complete misunderstanding between people of different faiths in Lake Wobegon, and that's probably one reason why we get along so very well.…
— Garrison Keillor
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Surrounded by the self -sufficiency of American culture, we can convince ourselves that we have what it takes to achieve something great.
— David Platt
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A man who is furnished with arguments from the mint will convince his antagonist much sooner than one who draws them from reason and philosophy.
— Joseph Addison
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Leadership is about doing what you know is right - even when a growing din of voices around you is trying to convince you to…
— Bob Ehrlich
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Darwinism by itself did not produce the Holocaust, but without Darwinism neither Hitler nor his Nazi followers would have had the necessary scientific underpinnings to…
— Richard Weikart
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The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend you remember
— Harold Pinter
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It is true that the American colonials have "free elections," in which they have the absolute right to vote for one of two opposing candidates,…
— Eustace Mullins
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He can talk to himself about his dreams, hopes and aspirations. He can convince himself that there is a place for him and an important…
— Wilferd Peterson
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If optimism is important, it's because many outcomes are determined by how much of it we bring to the task. It is an important ingredient…
— Alain de Botton
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The ability to have our own way, and at the same time convince others they are having their own way, is a rare thing among…
— Thomas Bailey Aldrich
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I have a friend. He keeps trying to convince me he's a compulsive liar, but I don't believe him.
— Unknown Author
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