Convince
To overpower; to overcome; to subdue or master.
To overcome by argument; to force to yield assent to truth; to satisfy by proof.
To confute; to prove the fallacy of.
To prove guilty; to convict.
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Convince Quotations
I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.
Muhammad Ali
First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself that I'm an actress.
Marilyn Monroe
A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
George Washington
If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see.
Henry David Thoreau
He that has eyes to see and ears to hear may convince himself that no mortal can keep a secret. If his lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore.
Sigmund Freud
Poetry has done enough when it charms, but prose must also convince.
H. L. Mencken
We convince by our presence.
Walt Whitman
Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced.
Jonathan Swift
Watching President Obama apologize last week for America's arrogance - before a French audience that owes its freedom to the sacrifices of Americans - helped convince me that he has a deep-seated antipathy toward American values and traditions.
Rick Santorum
If you can't convince them, confuse them.
Harry S. Truman
Convince Translations
convince in Danish is overtyde
convince in Dutch is overtuigen
convince in Finnish is vakuuttaa
convince in French is convainquez, convaincre, convaincs, convainqent
convince in Italian is persuadere, persuadere
convince in Norwegian is overbevise
convince in Spanish is persuadir, convencer
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