Top 100 Convince Quotes
#1. There is nothing like the whites of someone's eyes to convince you how very true what you believe is, how very much you must act on it.
Jennine Capo Crucet
#2. I could not take one more minute of trying to convince the people of Los Angeles that a workers' revolution and a complete overhaul of society was a tiny bit more exciting than getting a bit role in a Burger King commercial
Susie Bright
#3. After all, a society with such an enlightened tolerance of corruption and savagery needed to bear down hard on minor offenses to convince itself that it still had standards.
Dean Koontz
#4. It's supposed to be a good thing that he's got this dialogue started. To me, I think, I just took away something bad from it, because, apparently he had to do this not to convince them of anything. To educate them.
Bill Maher
#5. As chemists, we must rename [our] scheme and insert the symbols Ba, La, Ce in place of Ra, Ac, Th. As nuclear chemists closely associated with physics, we cannot yet convince ourselves to make this leap, which contradicts all previous experience in nuclear physics.
Otto Hahn
#6. The aim of the sculptor is to convince us that he is a sculptor; the aim of the orator, is to convince us that he is not an orator.
G.K. Chesterton
#7. Football is about having the best offensive play possible. I always like to play offensive football, and nobody will convince me otherwise.
Johan Cruyff
#8. We all have three characters: the one we really have, the one we try to convince the world we have, and the one we think we have.
Michael Josephson
#9. Demon summoning wasn't illegal, but my foot in their gut a couple of times might convince them it was a really bad idea.
Kim Harrison
#10. How do you even begin to return to someone, much less convince them to do the same for you? I had no idea. More than ever, though, right then I had to believe the answer would just come to me.
Sarah Dessen
#11. We have to convince the people of Bucharest, who are dog lovers, to treat dogs like they treat their children and not just let them roam the streets.
Brigitte Bardot
#12. Anyone? On Snow's visit before the Victory Tour, he challenged me to erase any doubts of my love for Peeta. "Convince me," Snow said. It seems, under that hot pink sky with Peeta's life in limbo, I finally did. And In doing so, I gave him the weapon he needed to break me.
Suzanne Collins
#13. I've got a really hard election. If you had a really hard election and it was after Labor Day would you go to North Carolina to a bunch of parties and glad-handing or would you stay home and work as hard as you know how to convince Missourians they should rehire you?
Claire McCaskill
#14. Trying to convince Warner Bros. to make a $30 million 'Veronica Mars' movie just wasn't going to happen, for understandable reasons.
Rob Thomas
#15. I wonder how they convince their conscience believing in myths and fallacious stories.
M.F. Moonzajer
#16. Those who complete the course will do so only because they do not, as fatigue sets in, convince themselves that the road ahead is still too long, the inclines too steep, the loneliness impossible to bear and the prize itself of doubtful value.
Thabo Mbeki
#17. Convince people and you win their minds. Inspire people and you win their hearts.
Ron Kaufman
#18. You know, I always knew I was a piece of shit
a real fucking asshole. But you know what else? You were always there to convince me I was right.
Elizabeth Finn
#19. Let one who wants to move and convince others, first be convinced and moved themselves. If a person speaks with genuine earnestness the thoughts, the emotion and the actual condition of their own heart, others will listen because we all are knit together by the tie of sympathy.
Thomas Carlyle
#20. Chris just watches, but he can't keep his mouth shut for long. Excellent, everyone is serving me. I'm glad you guys have finally figured out how it should be ... now you just need to convince the world.
Kate Sherwood
#21. The guardians of high culture will try to convince you that the arts belong only to a chosen few, but they are wrong and they are also annoying.
Elizabeth Gilbert
#22. When I'm playing 'Rock Band,' I'm like, 'Man, someday, later on in life when I'm a famous rock star ... ' Which gets a little harder to convince myself of as I reach middle age, but it still happens a lot.
Tim Schafer
#23. The people of Sydney who can speak of my work [on flying-machine models] without a smile are very scarce; it is doubtless the same with American workers. I know that success is dead sure to come, and therefore do not waste time and words in trying to convince unbelievers.
Lawrence Hargrave
#24. The toughest challenge I faced came right at the beginning of my career with 'Blood Knot,' which was trying to convince South African audiences that South African stories also had a place on the stage.
Athol Fugard
#25. God never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.
Francis Bacon
#26. Only reason can convince us of those three fundamental truths without a recognition of which there can be no effective liberty: that what we believe is not necessarily true; that what we like is not necessarily good; and that all questions are open.
Clive Bell
#28. Only [God] can convict nonbelievers of their sins; only He can convince them of the truth of the Gospel.
Billy Graham
#29. But perhaps I'd also pray that somehow I could convince Sir Derrick to fight to win my heart.
Jody Hedlund
#30. It's like half the campaign of selling a record is trying to convince people that you're an artist. Well, I am an artist. This is what I do.
James Vincent McMorrow
#31. Don't let setbacks and disappointments convince you to ever give up and settle for less than you are. Be the great and amazing person, that you were born to be!
Timothy Pina
#32. If you want to convince a criminal to see things your way, start by seeing things theirs.
Aubrea Summer
#33. As long as you as an individual ... can convince yourself that in order to move forward as best you can you have to be optimistic, you can be described as 'one of the faithful,' one of those people who can say, 'Well, look, something's going to happen! Let's just keep trying. Let's not give up.
Tom Hanks
#34. If God had not permitted the people of Jerusalem to be torn asunder and driven them from the land, but had let them keep it after before, no one could convince them that they are not God's chosen people.
Martin Luther
#35. You were looking for somebody, and there was somebody,and you would convince yourself that this random person was what you were really looking for in the first place.
Alexander McCall Smith
#36. Money is a madness, a delusion-illusion. It's not made of metal, really. It's made of time. How much is one's time worth? If one can convince enough people that one's time is an invaluable resource, then one has lots and lots of money. That's why one can spend time - only one can never get a refund.
Jim Butcher
#37. You got a girl who's worth it ... you spoil her rotten. You let her know she's precious, not convince her of that shit, because it's not about convincing. It's about understanding it's just fuckin' true.
Kristen Ashley
#38. Many people, not least those people who come to therapy, convince themselves that there are alternative options to choose where none exist.
Ernesto Spinelli
#39. Never think you can convince God through prayer for a blessing. Praying for prosperity is a wrong weapon for war. If prayer could bring money, all intercessors would be billionaires.
Apostle T. Vutabwashe
#40. Pike hung up. He knew he couldn't convince Darko with more talk. Darko would have to convince himself, and now he would either show or he wouldn't.
Robert Crais
#41. There isn't any poison oak in the winter. It's hard to convince a girl you're sexy when you can't stop scratching your ass because of the rash. -Jax Cullen
Jill Shalvis
#42. Therefore we have to go over the fact that all human beings are afraid by what is new. It is our work to convince them that they will enjoy it, and even if they don't, to allow us just for 14 days to create that work of art.
Christo
#43. First of all, convince yourself that you are the best because the rest of your life is going to go proving this to others.
Wasim Akram
#44. If the British prose style is Churchillian, America is the tobacco auctioneer, the barker; Runyon, Lardner, W.W., the traveling salesman who can sell the world the Brooklyn Bridge every day, can put anything over on you and convince you that tomatoes grow at the South Pole.
Ishmael Reed
#45. MISSION ONE ACCOMPLISHED. The next challenge was bringing in online gamers to join him on his crusade. How was he going to convince online gamers to leave the privacy of their virtual world to work with others in the real world?
Harry Doubt
Anne-Rae Vasquez
#46. Misleaders are slow to work hard but quick to act on greed. They convince their men that dishonest behavior leads to great wealth.
Xenophon
#47. The adrenaline of death is difficult to match. A mind knows when lief is really at stake. You can't convince it otherwise, you can't lie to it.
Sarang Gupta
#48. If I believe that abortion is wrong, and I want to convince you that it's wrong, there's no reason I should recount to you my personal narrative of how I came to believe this.
Jonathan Haidt
#49. If writing is your passion, write and don't let anyone else convince you otherwise. You don't need to quit your day job to do it. Create a realistic schedule and stick with it.
Bindu
#50. Hope can be a mighty powerful thing when you decide to tangle it into a journey. Hope can shake things up a bit. It'll convince you that even if you don't know what direction you're headed in, something will meet you at the end.
Hannah Brencher
#51. Gangsta rap was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other. Gangsta rap didnt exist.
Alicia Keys
#52. 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 Swedish" is not the best way to go.
Maureen Johnson
#53. You have to believe what you're saying if you're going to convince me. I just can't break that rule, even if I want to.
Ashly Lorenzana
#54. Lying is an art, if you can convince yourself with lie, then you are a master.
Nikhil Yadav
#55. I tried to convince the kids at the bus stop to climb up with me, even a little ways, but all of them said they didn't want to get dirty. Turn down a chance to feel magic for fear of a little dirt? I couldn't believe it.
Wendelin Van Draanen
#56. Grammy asshole weekend in LA. Yuck ... The Grammys = the old guard / old media propping up their puppets trying to convince the outside world (and each other) they're relevant.
Trent Reznor
#57. We're losing hope in the idea of trying to convince the American people to pay attention to something that matters. To some extent we are all the enemy, all of us have failed.
Barrett Brown
#58. When I create a false reality, I always try to create a plausible structure to help convince people.
Joey Skaggs
#59. I was trying to find a reason for having had to escape from the place that was my home. To convince myself of my choices, I had to make it a place that everyone should want to escape from.
Portia De Rossi
#60. I was young once, you know. Truth be told, I still am. Now, if I can convince my mirror.
Julie Lessman
#61. Hey, maybe we can even convince her to slather some Three Musketeers on her vagina. We'll just tell her you have a Willy Wonka fetish,
Tara Sivec
#62. People don't change. We only convince ourselves they change. We deny what we can't accept. We are only as smart as we are willing to see the truth.
Katie Kacvinsky
#63. There've been periods where I had to convince the audience or win them over.
Dan Hicks
#64. In physics, your solution should convince a reasonable person. In math, you have to convince a person who's trying to make trouble. Ultimately, in physics, you're hoping to convince Nature. And I've found Nature to be pretty reasonable.
Frank Wilczek
#65. There are some things we do because we convince ourselves it would be better for everyone involved. We tell ourselves that it's the right thing to do, the altruistic thing to do. It's far easier than telling ourselves the truth.
Jodi Picoult
#66. Hype is the awkward and desperate attempt to convince journalists that what you've made is worth the misery of having to review it.
Federico Fellini
#69. Tobin's just a guy - like a ton of guys. Even as I run those words through my head, trying to convince myself, I know it's a lie. Tobin will never be just a guy. Not to me. And he shouldn't be just a guy to anyone who meets him or to anyone else that's lucky enough to love him.
Jolene Perry
#70. With respect to the acceptance of dissociative disorders, as with most issues in life, it is counterproductive to spend time trying to convince people of things they don't want to know.
Warwick Middleton
#71. How was I going to make a man fly? How was I going to convince the public that an actor could fly?
Richard Donner
#72. You have to convince your players that the only reason a play failed was that they didn't execute properly.
Bill McCartney
#73. In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God's existence.
Isaac Newton
#74. Confessions are like tattoos in that 1) You convince yourself that the immediate pain of going through the process means it won't bother you later on; 2) They are permanent.
Gina Barreca
#75. I have loved your daughter from the first time I saw her. We were young. I had no clue what love was, but over the years she has never left my heart. I know with all that I am, I can make her happy."
The lord chuckled, "I believe so too, son. Now all you have to do is convince my daughter.
Julia Mills
#76. Ideas are abundant. Practice giving your ideas away. If you hold onto ideas too tightly, you can convince people (and yourself) that you may not come up with any new ones
Alex Bogusky
#77. If the Church is 'in Christ,' she is involved in mission. Her whole existence then has a missionary character. Her conduct as well as her words will convince the unbelievers and put their ignorance and stupidity to silence.
David Bosch
#78. He's the kind of liar who totally forgets what he told you the last time, but he believes every single lie with such conviction that sometimes he can convince you of it.
Holly Black
#79. In reality, we can prove that the incidents of drug, alcohol abuse and violence have dropped dramatically among professional athletes - but the problem is it would be impossible to convince than fans, because of what they read on the AP wire.
Leigh Steinberg
#81. The lavish presentation appeals to me, and I've got to convince the others.
Freddie Mercury
#82. When a draft looks terrible, I don't try to convince myself that it's actually good or even that someday it will be, only that it's my job to work on it whether it's good or not.
Alice Mattison
#83. Calm down, Ephraim. You seem really certain of what's possible and what's impossible, for a guy who's trying to convince me he has a magic wishing coin.
E.C. Myers
#84. Convince yourself that you are working in clay, not marble, on paper not eternal bronze: Let that first sentence be as stupid as it wishes.
Jacques Barzun
#85. And if you were a very sophisticated con artist, what would you do to convince people that you were from the future? What benefits would that give you? For us, it's also a question of, "Is she or isn't she?" That's really a major part of the movie.
Zal Batmanglij
#86. But a show of force by the mightiest nation on earth isn't going to do anything except convince them that their attitudes are worth holding on to. Soon they'll be martyrs and world opinion will think the British Empire nothing but a big bully too fond of waving the big stick.
Susan Howatch
#87. One chair upon another is pornographic. Ten in a stack is aspirational. I made so many mistakes on purpose just to get them out of the way. One cannot convince another to love anything or anyone. Better than arguing is just pointing and saying Look at that. I've
Sarah Manguso
#88. Folks should be able to harvest, store, use, or sell their own energy as they see fit. This is not a Democratic nor Republican issue, and if anyone tries to convince you it is, they are being purposely misleading.
Mark Ruffalo
#89. If you would convince others, seem open to conviction yourself.
Lord Chesterfield
#90. As Dennis Lindley had argued, if someone attaches a prior probability of zero the hypothesis that the moon is made of green cheese, "then the whole armies of astronauts coming back bearing green cheese cannot convince him.
Sharon Bertsch McGrayne
#91. None of us are ever far from death. Try as we might to convince ourselves otherwise, our vulnerability is profound and intrinsic, our time on this Earth borrowed, fleeting.
Greg F. Gifune
#92. What can convince modern man is not a historical or a psychological or a continually ever modernizing Christianity but only the unrestricted and uninterrupted message of Revelation.
Romano Guardini
#93. Before you meet the love of your life, there's usually one guy you date that you try to convince yourself is him. Let me save you some time: He's not.
Jenny Mollen
#94. That is how sin works. Having nothing in itself by which to convince, on what other resources but good and truth can it draw to make itself attractive and plausible? We must use the natural law to recognize the abuse of the natural law; there is nothing else to use.
J. Budziszewski
#95. It took me years to live down Dracula and convince the film producers that I would play almost any other type of role.
Bela Lugosi
#96. I know I'll never be able control what other people think. It's not my job to convince others of who I am. My only job is to be who I am. All I can do is find what makes me happy, and live it.
Jen Wilde
#97. No one can convince a man of his erring ways as persuasively as experience.
Richelle E. Goodrich
#98. Losing can persuade you to change what doesn't need to be changed, and winning can convince you everything is fine even if you are on the brink of disaster.
Garry Kasparov
#99. It is the others you must convince, the ignorant masses, yet paradoxically, they are the ones hardest for you to reach. Theirs are the minds which, thanks to circumstance, have set and hardened against new concepts and ideas from an early age.
Peter F. Hamilton
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