There is arguably something wrong with a method of persuasion that cannot pass the test of publicity. — Randal Marlin Copy Share Image
The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion. — Everett Dirksen Copy Share Image
What is common to our societies is the development into a managed mass society, with big bureaucracy, managing people. The Russians do… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Wherever there is persuasion, there is rhetoric, and wherever there is rhetoric, there is meaning. — Kenneth Burke Copy Share Image
“When the evening was over, Anne could not but be amused at the idea of her coming to Lyme, to preach patience… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
The adjectives that are in the book ["Win"] - passion, persuasion, persistence, perfection, prioritization, being people-centered - none of them are as… — Frank Luntz Copy Share Image
...it will always remain my private persuasion that Nature was absorbed in making cabbages when Mrs. Vesey was born, and that the… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
To square the records, however, it should be said that if the Calvinist does not rise as high, he usually stays up… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
India is this great experiment of a billion people of such great diverse persuasions working together, seeking their salvation in the framework… — Manmohan Singh Copy Share Image
Persuasion, indeed, is a kind of force. It consists in showing a person the consequences of his actions. It is, in a… — James Fitzjames Stephen Copy Share Image
“I never saw quite so wretched an example of what a sea-faring life can do: but to a degree, I know it… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
The great enemy of the salvation of man, in my opinion, never invented a more effective means of limiting Christianity from the… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
There are lives lived for love, and lives lived for art. We, happy band, have chosen the later persuasion. — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
The only way to settle questions of an ideological nature or controversial issues among the people is by the democratic method, the… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
To yield readily--easily--to the persuasion of a friend is no merit.... To yield without conviction is no compliment to the understanding of… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
If you wish to win a man over to your ideas, first make him your friend. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I see no reason to believe that the Vietnamese Communist Party will lose control over the reins of power in Vietnam. There… — William J. Duiker Copy Share Image
“Knowing Tim was a sucker for logical deduction and facts, he would pursue that avenue to entice Tim to step into the… — Jasun Ether Copy Share Image
Should this my firm persuasion of the soul's immortality prove to be a mere delusion, it is at least a pleasing delusion,… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
In war, mere appearances have had all the effect of realities; and that a person, under a firm persuasion that he can… — Livy 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
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
Persuasion occurs when trust and confidence meet belief, risk tolerance, and safety. — Jeffrey Gitomer 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