Convince Quote by Josh Billings Download Open image “Our continual desire for praise ought to convince us of our mortality, if nothing else will.” — Josh Billings ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Convince Convince us Death Desire Ifs Mortality Ought Praise
When we are dead we are praised by those who survive us, though we frequently have no other merit than that of being no… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
We wish to attract praise to ourselves even as we seem to be praising others — François De La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
They do not need our praise. They do not need that our admiration should sustain them. There is no immortality that is safer than… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
Our days of praise shall ne'er be past While life, and thought, and being last, And immortality endures. — William Morley Punshon Copy Share Image
Let us give thanks for what we are and for the circumstances God has given us for our personal journey through mortality. — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
It is a sign of a creeping inner death when we no longer can praise the living. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
We increase whatever we praise. The whole creation responds to praise, and is glad. — Charles Fillmore Copy Share Image
It ain't because lovers are so sensitive that they quarrel so often; it is because there is so much fun n the making up. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Man was created a little lower than the angels and has been getting a little lower ever since. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
There is only one good substitute for the endearments of a sister, and that is the endearments of some other fellow's sister. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds a man down or polishes him up depends on the stuff he's made of. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Its harly my dog A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Unless we put heart and soul into our labor we but brutify our actions. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
A secret ceases to be a secret if it is once confided - it is like a dollar bill, once broken, it is never… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
If a man is right, he can't be too radical; if he is wrong, he can't be too conservative. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
As a general rule, if you want to get at the truth - hear both sides and believe neither. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Economy is a savings-bank, into which men drop pennies, and get dollars in return. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Self-made men are most always apt to be a little too proud of the job. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
“Sometimes we want something to be true so badly that we convince ourselves that it is true.” — Wally Lamb Copy Share Image
The privilege of prayer to me is one of the most cherished possessions, because faith and experience alike convince me that God himself sees… — Wilfred Grenfell Copy Share Image
Jesus never met a disease he could not cure, a birth defect he could not reverse, a demon he could not exorcise. But he… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
The first duty of a wise advocate is to convince his opponents that he understands their arguments, and sympathies with their just feelings. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Once you convince people that they're victims, you really own them because you've just told them that whatever problems they have in life, it's… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The people on the QVC shopping channel convince me that life is worth living. They see the good in everything. People who go to… — Johnny Vegas Copy Share Image
“What can I say to convince you the Houses of Parliament dissolve night after night to become the fluid dream of the Thames? I… — Lisel Mueller Copy Share Image
Human beings have the incredible capacity for denial. I think they do. And although it's really hard to believe, I have my doubts. But… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
Don't lie to yourself about what you can't or can achieve. Convince yourself on a realistic level that you can do it. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Don't ever let anyone convince you that your imagination is wrong.” — Giuseppe Bianco Copy Share Image
It's hard to convince your agents and managers to do theater, because it's not as financially rewarding and it takes up a lot of… — Simon Helberg Copy Share Image