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• The first glance at History convinces us that the actions of men proceed from their needs, their passions, their characters and talents; and impresses us with the belief that such needs, passions and interests are the sole spring of actions.

  Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

  Spring, Character, Passion

  Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1861). “Lectures on the Philosophy of History”, p.21

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• The fundamental challenge of achieving anything you wish is first to convince yourself to do it. Once you are totally convinced of its value, you'll find a way to get it done.

  Ralph Marston

  Challenges, Wish, Way

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• The ultimate trick is to convince, persuade. Every single person out there is an idiot, but collectively they're a genius.

  Billy Wilder

  Genius, Idiot, Tricks

  Billy Wilder, Robert Horton (2001). “Billy Wilder: Interviews”, p.96, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• You can't love what you don't know much about. You can't convince, stimulate, hold the attention, teach, if you don't know what you're talking about.

  David McCullough

  Knowledge, Talking, Attention

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• If I can convince others that there is a God and that they need to know Him, then I have done my job.

  Carrie Underwood

  Jobs, Needs, Done

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• The photographer’s vision convinces us to the degree that the photographer hides his hand.

  John Szarkowski

  Hands, Convince Us, Vision

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• The arc of history is longer than human vision. It bends. We abolished slavery, we granted universal suffrage. We have done hard things before. And every time it took a terrible fight between people who could not imagine changing the rules, and those who said, 'We already did. We have made the world new.' The hardest part will be to convince yourself of the possibilities, and hang on.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Fighting, People, Vision

  "2008 Commencement Address by Barbara Kingsolver". today.duke.edu. May 11, 2008.

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• To terrorize a man into believing in God is never the work of God, but the work of human expediency. If we want to convince a congregation of a certain thing, we may use terror to frighten them into it; but never say that is God's way, it is our way. To call that God's method is a travesty to the character of God.

  Oswald Chambers

  Believe, Character, Men

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• One of the adversary's sharpest tools is to convince us that we are no longer worthy to pray. No matter who you are or what you may have done, you can always pray.

  Boyd K. Packer

  Convince Us, Tools, Done

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• A person who is emotionally free has no desire to convince, cajole, insist, beg, seduce, manipulate or control. He/she is free to love

  Deepak Chopra

  Desire, Seducing, Manipulate

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• 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

  Rest Of Your Life, Firsts, Life Is

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• Learn something new. Try something different. Convince yourself that you have no limits.

  Brian Tracy

  Knowledge, Trying, Different

  FaceBook post by Brian Tracy from Aug 27, 2013

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• Change marriage and you change the world. Convince people that government, not God, lays down the rules for marriage, and they will believe more strongly that they determine right and wrong, that not even the world's rulers are subject to a higher authority.

  R. C. Sproul

  Believe, Government, People

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• When a man receives something Divine, in his heart he rejoices; but when he receives something diabolic, he is disturbed. The Christian heart, when it has received something Divine, does not demand anything else in order to convince it that this is precisely from the Lord; but by that very effect it is convinced that this is heavenly, for it senses within itself spiritual fruits: love, joy, peace, and the rest (cf. Gal. 5:22).

  Seraphim of Sarov

  Christian, Spiritual, Heart

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• There's no way to convince people of your greatness. Whatever it is that you want to be, you have to know it inside and knife-fight your way to your dream.

  Lady Gaga

  Dream, Fighting, Greatness

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• A strong player requires only a few minutes of thought to get to the heart of the conflict. You see a solution immediately, and half an hour later merely convince yourself that your intuition has not deceived you.

  David Bronstein

  Time, Strong, Heart

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• Leaders don't convince people to follow them. Leaders walk forward alone and those who want to go down their path decide to follow.

  Simon Sinek

  People, Leader, Want

  Twitter post from Apr 16, 2010

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• If you can convince yourself that you look fabulous, you can save yourself the trouble of primping.

  Andy Warhol

  Looks, Fabulous, Trouble

  Andy Warhol, Pat Hackett (1988). “Andy Warhol's party book”, Crown Pub

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• You have only one way to convince others, listen to them.

  George Washington

  Way, One Way

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• When I want comfort food, I buy Maltesers. I like all chocolates, but especially those. You can eat them, and because they're so light, you can convince yourself that they are not actually that fattening.

  David Walliams

  Light, Chocolate, Comfort

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• After a brief period in which I had let many a Southern Californian convince me that it was all 'in my mind,' I am once again officially allergic to dogs.

  Josh Radnor

  Dog, Southern, Mind

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• A man who is convinced of the truth of his religion is indeed never tolerant. At the least, he is to feel pity for the adherent of another religion but usually it does not stop there. The faithful adherent of a religion will try first of all to convince those that believe in another religion and usually he goes on to hatred if he is not successful. However, hatred then leads to persecution when the might of the majority is behind it.

  Albert Einstein

  Religious, Believe, Successful

  Robert N. Goldman, Albert Einstein (1997). “Einstein's God: Albert Einstein's Quest as a Scientist and as a Jew to Replace a Forsaken God”, Jason Aronson Incorporated

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• 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

  Wise, Feelings, Opponents

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• How could one comfort a disturbed person? He is already assailed with doubts about his faith. He would have to despair with such a doctrine. Rather one must seek to convince him that the Savior is there for him, has already forgiven him, and has already accepted him. As soon as one makes faith even in the least a requirement for justification, one takes from such a person all the comfort of the Gospel.

  C. F. W. Walther

  Doubt, Despair, Comfort

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• In enlightenment you have to convince a teacher not only that you are worthy of teaching, but then that they should show you some of the secrets.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Teaching, Secret

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