“The character of people varies, and it is easy to persuade them of a thing, but difficult to keep them in that… — Nancy Goldstone Copy Share Image
The secret of all true persuasion is to induce the person to persuade himself. — Harry Allen Overstreet Copy Share Image
The art of persuasion. The actor persuades himself, first, and through himself, the audience. — Laurence Olivier Copy Share Image
Baby you should bring your best friend, then you should persuade her to let me get some sex in. Don't get offended,… — Drake Copy Share Image
“I don't need to see the trail to know you're at the end of it. My grandfather's compass may not work, but… — Diana Peterfreund Copy Share Image
You can't show up at a church every 4 October and say, 'Vote for me,' and call that persuasion. — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
Get what you can with words, because words are free, but the words of an armed man ring that much sweeter. — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
“He did what good lawyers always do. He shifted his argument in the direction his audience was already going.” — Jeffrey Toobin Copy Share Image
I think it doesn't actually matter what your political persuasion is, but if you are interested in the country that you live… — Karren Brady Copy Share Image
There are a lot of great technicians in advertising. And unfortunately they talk the best game. They know all the rules ...… — William Bernbach Copy Share Image
[There are m]oral precepts that we consider really important, such as 'don't pick your nose' or 'don't eat peas with a knife'.… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“If nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come, nothing is more harmful than an idea which is manipulated… — Mohammad Badrul Ahsan Copy Share Image
“Its all about perception, that is how you look at. Your own thoughts and outlook defines whether it is good or bad.… — Stella Payton Copy Share Image
I urge our people everywhere, with all of the persuasiveness of which I am capable, to live worthy to hold a temple… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
I don't think the people of the slave states will ever consider the subject of slavery in its true light till some… — John Brown Copy Share Image
Half the sum of attraction, on either side, might have been enough, for he had nothing to do, and she had hardly… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
The cold war provided the perfect excuse for Western governments to plunder and exploit the Third World in the name of freedom;… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
“For, besides what has been said, it should be borne in mind that the temper of the multitude is fickle, and that… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
There are, then, these three means of effecting persuasion. The man who is to be in command of them must, it is… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
God has given us a revelation in regard to celestial marriage. I did not make it. He has told us certain things… — John Taylor Copy Share Image
We can sit here and talk about all the negativity, which we've done a little bit, but for every act of evil… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
I have studied many religions, many different persuasions of thought in Christian belief, and I have come, in this experience to this:… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Agnosticism is a perfectly respectable and tenable philosophical position; it is not dogmatic and makes no pronouncements about the ultimate truths of… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
“Dale turned back to slander the bitter hippie who was wearing a tie-dye shirt with colorful text that read ACID BATH. “Looks… — Jasun Ether Copy Share Image
He that has truth in his heart need never fear the want of persuasion on his tongue — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
If I have said something to hurt a man once, I shall not get the better of this by saying many things… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
It is no part of a physician's business to use either persuasion or compulsion upon the patients. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Hitler's strength as a leader is that he almost always works through the power of his persuasion; rarely does he command. — Rudolf Hess Copy Share Image
The use of violence as an instrument of persuasion is therefore inviting and seems to the discontented to be the only effective… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
We should respect each other as rational beings by trying to achieve our goals through reason and persuasion rather than threats and… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
the wrongs of society can be more deeply impressed on a large class of readers in the form of fiction than by… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
The only form of ethical persuasion that exists is when the goals of the persuader are aligned with the goals of the… — Tristan Harris Copy Share Image
A friend is someone who allows you to make your own decisions without persuasion from their own selfishness. — Superman Copy Share Image
A person under the firm persuasion that he can command resources virtually has them. — Livy Copy Share Image
Love and attraction is all about feelings... You cannot use logic to persuade yourself into relationship... — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I listen. I meet with everybody, I don't care what their political persuasion is - whether it be a labor union or… — Tom Latham Copy Share Image
To be inspired is to be moved in an extraordinary manner by the power or Spirit of God to act, speak, or… — Henry More Copy Share Image
Thus rhetoric, it seems, is a producer of persuasion for belief, not for instruction in the matter of right and wrong ...… — Plato Copy Share Image
No higher duty, or more solemn responsibility, rests upon this Court than that of translating into living law and maintaining this constitutional… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
“Modern formulations are necessary even in defense of very ancient truths. Not because of any alleged anachronism in the old ideas –… — William F. Buckley Jr Copy Share Image