convince quotes

I have observed, in the course of a dishonest life, that when a rogue is outlining a treacherous plan, he works harder to convince himself than to move his hearers.

- George MacDonald Fraser
  Flashman.

All the arguments which are brought to represent povertyasno evil, show ittobe evidentlyagreatevil.You never find people labouring to convince you that you may live very happily upon a plentiful fortune.

- Samuel known as Dr Johnson Johnson
  Remark, 20  Jul. Quoted in  James Boswell The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), vol.1.

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

-'Junius' possibly the pseudonym of  Sir Philip Francis
  Public  Advertiser,19 Dec, Letter 35.