Convince Quote by Josh Billings Download Open image “Politeness is better than logic. You can often persuade when you cannot convince.” — Josh Billings ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Convince Inspirational Logic Politeness
Politeness is fictitious benevolence. Depend upon it, the want of it never fails to produce something disagreeable to one or other. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Politeness is only one half good manners and the other half good lying. — Mary Wilson Little Copy Share Image
Rudeness is better than any argument; it totally eclipses intellect. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Politeness is one of those advantages which we never estimate rightly but by the inconvenience of its loss. — Samuel Johnson 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
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
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
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
I guess that is the strange part of the human brain that people have studied for eons - is hatred and self-hatred. You can… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
The statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Convince people and you win their minds. Inspire people and you win their hearts. — Ron Kaufman Copy Share Image
I realize that my opinion is my opinion, not everybody has to believe it and I never tried to shove anything down anyone's throat,… — Bernie Finkelstein Copy Share Image
How the American right managed to convince itself that the programs to alleviate poverty are responsible for the consequences of poverty will someday be… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
