self-persuasion Quotes

People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come in to the mind of others.

One comes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whether the statement be true of false. It comes to be dominating thought in one's mind.

Gradually, between his 15th and 25th years, during the ascendancy of Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin began to persuade himself that he would become God’s chosen, and the American people’s constitutionally elected, instrument for the stewardship of the country.

We are usually convinced more easily by reasons we have found ourselves than by those which have occurred to others

I can talk myself so much into my part.

There is a holy, mistaken zeal in politics, as well as in religion. By persuading others, we convince ourselves.

Lately I've been working to convince myself that everything is a computation.

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

We're as good at talking ourselves out of fear as into it, aren't we? Maybe better.

I dream up things, and then I convince myself that they're possible.

We often persuade ourselves to love people who are more powerful than we are, yet interest alone produces our friendship; we do not give our hearts away for the good we wish to do, but for that we expect to receive.

[Having monologue] are talking to somebody even if it's just to yourself, convince yourself if that's what you're trying to do.

If you're not convinced, how can you convince others?

The worst is when I talk myself into something. Sometimes you take things because you want to work with a certain actor, or you want to work with a director, even if the script or the part's not that great.

Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.

Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair.

I want people to be able to influence themselves. We convince ourselves, and that allows us to convince others.

There are two ways of avoiding fear: one is by persuading ourselves that we are immune from disaster, and the other is by the practice of sheer courage. The latter is difficult, and to everybody becomes impossible at a certain point. The former has therefore always been more popular. Primitive magic has the purpose of securing safety, either by injuring enemies, or by protecting oneself by talismans, spells, or incantations.

I don't like it, but this afternoon I've told myself I am going to go and get a dress.

...and the funny thing was that people who weren't entirely certain they were right always argued much louder than other people, as if the main person they were trying to convince were themselves.

There is a holy mistaken zeal in politics as religion. By persuading others, we convince ourselves.

The mind never fully accepts any convictions that it does not owe to its own efforts.

I am ultimately convinced that people must first be told that so and so is great, and then, after a period of given time, they come to believe it for themselves.

One comes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whether the statement be true or false.

People don't believe what you tell them. They rarely believe what you show them. They often believe what their friends tell them. They always believe what they tell themselves.