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Leadership appears to be the art of getting others to want to do something you are convinced should be done.
Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only by your death.
I consider myself sort of like a pseudo lawyer. Like, I'm convinced I can solve every case and argue my way.
Kate [DiCamillo] tends to be more reluctant about change. I convinced her to give it a try and she came over.
Einstein explained his theory to me every day, and on my arrival I was fully convinced that he understood it.
Asimov was the reason why we changed some rules in the SFWA, and I'm not convinced we changed it for the best.
I went overseas hoping to prove that all our POWs were home. I came back convinced that they were still alive.
I don't think that people in power can be convinced by words or articles. They will never give it up by choice.
I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity.
There will be people who don't like you or aren't convinced. I'd rather let my work talk than justify in words.
Sometimes I'm convinced that one day I'm going to draw the cartoon that offends everyone, and that'll be the end.
I'm totally convinced that the battleground of banking is not the front office. The battleground is the back end.
I used to hate flying. I would sit there, rigid, convinced that if I relaxed, the plane would drop out of the sky.
People always say life is short. I've never been convinced of that - mine seems to have a tendency to go on and on.
I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer.
I am convinced that the reason so many fans leave Dodger Stadium after the seventh inning is that they become bored.
I am deeply convinced that God is present both in the lives of every person and also in the lives of entire nations.
I'm pretty convinced there's a chemical reality to who I am, regarding my brain, that makes me kind of a strange guy.
The one thing I'm convinced George W. Bush is good at is bipartisanship. It's clearly something he enjoys personally.
Manuel Pellegrini had convinced me to go with him to Manchester City. I was doing very well at Malaga, but I accepted.
At many a moment on many a day, I am convinced that pro football must be a game for madmen, and I must be one of them.
With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that the books have a life of their own, quite apart from me.
I have a philosophy. I was convinced of it, and by winning trophies in four countries, I proved the philosophy worked.
The first thing we become convinced of is that man is organized so as to be far more sensible of pain than of pleasure.
We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion.
I'm convinced that what kids need today are parents - not buddies. They need someone who will exercise mature judgment.
I am convinced that military action will not prevent further acts of international terrorism against the United States.
No one writes as slowly as I do, I'm convinced. It's so hard for me. I learn slowly; I make decisions at a snail's pace.
The more I see of the Swedes, the more I am convinced that there is no kinder, simpler, and honester people in the world.
My heart has always been truly convinced that in serving the cause of America, I am fighting for the interests of France.
I'm totally convinced that the end of my football career is just the beginning of something I haven't even discovered yet.
I'm firmly convinced that true beauty only springs from the acceptance of oneself, from an awareness of who we really are.
After two years at UCLA, I decided to leave. I was convinced that no amount of education would help a black man get a job.
For a long time I was convinced that the conflict between Jewish people and black people in this country was a media event.
To be successful in your life, you have to be convinced in your own mind that you have the ability to accomplish your goals.
Every Englishman is convinced of one thing, viz.: That to be an Englishman is to belong to the most exclusive club there is.
In high school I had sex with girls quite a few times. They were straight women who I convinced to jump in the sack with me.
Over the years I have become convinced that we learn best - and change - from hearing stories that strike a chord within us.
I think it was my study of history that convinced me that the Democratic Party was more on the side of the average American.
I'm convinced that had I not changed my name, I don't think I would have had quite the same career curve that I eventually had.
As a writer, I'm not convinced that we are the best equipped to understand how we go about the business of literary production.
I've never drunk coffee. I'm convinced it has something to do with why my skin is good. I have either mint, green or black tea.
When I was a really young child, I felt like I could see fairies. I was convinced there were fairies in my grandmother's garden.
The very phrase 'foreign affairs' makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat of subjects with which he has no concern.
It is no good my telling you. One never believes other people's experiencem and one is only very gradually convinced by one's own.
I loss that fight to Phil Davis, but I'm not convinced on that fight. Because it wasn't fair for me. I'd like to do another fight.
I'm convinced we all have a God-shaped space in us, and until we fill that space with God, we'll never know what it is to be whole.
I don't like tracking and over dubbing and all that. I love live recording where everybody is playing. I, I'm convinced it's better.
It's hard to tell whether the ship or airplane - they're all the same, I'm convinced - is male or female; it may shift back and forth.
Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.