It is one thing to persuade, another to command; one thing to press with arguments, another with penalties. — John Locke Copy Share Image
“If you want to persuade someone, listen and listen again, and ask them to restate it several times.” — John Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
Let us not forget that we can never go farther than we can persuade at least half of the people to go. — Hugh Gaitskell Copy Share Image
For years, I have been trying to persuade people that George W. Bush, although no Einstein, is not stupid. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Everyone has a price but you cant persuade me with false hopes and dreams. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We confess to little faults only to persuade ourselves we have no great ones. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
To persuade is more trouble than to dominate, and the powerful seldom take this trouble if they can avoid it. — Charles Horton Cooley Copy Share Image
We may convince others by our arguments; but we can only persuade them by their own — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
When you start writing things to try to persuade someone who's not already part of your guild or your profession that something… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
I think if you're good and you can persuade people you're going to be able to do that role and ultimately the… — Alexander Siddig Copy Share Image
Sisters, some will try to persuade you that because you are not ordained to the priesthood, you have been shortchanged. They are… — Sheri L. Dew Copy Share Image
“Try to persuade a person by appealing to their consciousness, by saying outright what you want, by showing all your cards, and… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I don't really usually push an agenda, and I don't feel that my main job is to persuade people of something. My… — Louis Menand Copy Share Image
It was not hard to persuade people that the market was sound; as always in such times they asked only that the… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
But the idea is to provoke and persuade, not to soothe. And the best way to make an argument is to make… — Maud Newton Copy Share Image
“Some speak to inform some speak to influence some speak to entertain some speak to persuade some speak to enlighten whatever the… — Srinivart Copy Share Image
“We don't persuade our neighbors by mimicking their angry power-protests. We persuade them by holding fast to the gospel, by explaining our… — Russell D. Moore Copy Share Image
“I can see by your face that I'll never persuade you. And that's surprising, because usually you at least try to see… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
It is highly probable that in most cases, war could be avoided or ended. For discussions allow passion to subside, and to… — Charles Albert Gobat Copy Share Image
Whenever there is an organized movement to persuade people to believe or do something, whenever an effort is made to "propagate" a… — Edwin Way Teale Copy Share Image
Insight into character comes from listening intently to the spoken word. The physical person, their charisma, charm and dramatic flair is more… — Maximillian Degenerez Copy Share Image
“The most effective way to stop people from trying to persuade me is to say, ‘I’m not interested.’ You should try it.… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
“How could I persuade the in-laws I was the right one for their daughter when, instead of focusing on small talk, all… — Jayde Scott Copy Share Image
“Good words were the difference between Emily eating well and not. And what she had found worked best were not facts or… — Max Barry Copy Share Image
“Convince—Then Persuade Perhaps the most frustrating experience a salesperson has is to gain agreement from the customer that yes, the product is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The only way to resonate at a level that persuades is to know who you are addressing. If it's true that the… — Nancy Duarte Copy Share Image
Nothing frustrates me more than someone who reads something of mine or anyone else's and says, angrily, 'I don't buy it.' Why… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
Leadership is a word and a concept that has been more argued than almost any other I know. I am not one… — Dwight David Eisenhower Copy Share Image
“When your turn comes to jump into the Nothing, you too will be a nameless servant of power, with no will of… — Michael Ende Copy Share Image
“Roman authorities recommended that a very effective way to persuade and move a person or a council to adopt a particular policy… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
