I realized I was more convincing to myself and to the people who were listening when I actually said what I thought, versus what I thought people wanted to hear me say.
Intelligent people simply aren’t willing to accept answers that they don’t understand — no matter how many other people try to convince them of it, or how many other people believe it, if they aren’t able to convince them selves of it, they won’t accept it.
We may convince others by our argument; but we can only persuade them by their own.
Learn something new. Try something different. Convince yourself that you have no limits.
One believes in what one wants to believe in.
I like to make sure that I'm believable. If I don't believe me, then there's a lot of people that don't believe me, but if I can believe that I'm doing it, then I know the audience will, too.
A lot of healing is in the mind. I'm not talking about serious illnesses like cancer. I'm talking about ordinary broken bones. Healing begins in the head. You have to convince yourself you can do it.
It was important to me to believe, because if I don't believe, how can I expect them to believe?
I have to convince myself I know what I'm doing.
Prosecutors frequently overcharge, load up charges on individual defendants, knowing that three strikes laws and harsh mandatory minimum sentences will force people to plea bargain and essentially convict themselves because they're terrified of doing a life sentence for a relatively minor crime.
The most intolerant advocate is he who is trying to convince himself.
If I know what's true in my heart and my soul, then what people say can't shape that.
What we sincerely believe regarding ourselves is true for us.
I have a vision, and I know I'm right.
Now go back and meet all those people who you think know everything. Convince yourself that they're right, because we all know everything, it's merely a question of believing.
To bring one's self to believe in a truth that has just dawned upon one is the first step towards progress; to persuade others is the second.
A man must be himself convinced if he is to convince others. The prophet must be his own disciple, or he will make none. Enthusiasm is contagious: belief creates belief.
I have crossed over to a place where I never thought I’d be. I am someone I would have never imagined. A secret. A dream. I am this, body and soul. Burn me. Drown me. Tell me lies. I will still be who I am.
If we say something often enough, we come to believe it. We don't usually delude others until after we have first deluded ourselves.
If you believe you are right, or you believe you are wrong, you're right. Whenever you are certain about it, you will support it. Remember that.
I want people to be able to influence themselves. We convince ourselves, and that allows us to convince others.
Trusting yourself is trusting the wisdom that created you.
I believe the way to write a good play is to convince yourself it is easy to do, then go ahead and do it with ease.
No one HAS to do something he doesn’t want to do for the rest of his life. But then again, if that’s what you wind up doing, by all means convince yourself that you HAD to do it. You’ll have lots of company.
All I have is my truth, and all I have is my truth to stand on it.
