Persuasion Quotes · Page 18

I believe that the will of the people is resolved by a strong leadership. Even in a democratic society, events depend on…

— Yitzhak Shamir

A friend is someone who allows you to make your own decisions without persuasion from their own selfishness.

— Superman

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

Technology creates the context for persuasion, but content persuades. Technology helps get content to the right people at the right time. The…

— Colleen Jones

“Persuasion can go through obstacles that force cannot.”

— Yusuf A. Leinge

When gentle persuasion [of children] falls on deaf ears, we resort to ridicule and rebuke. Then we return to threats and punishment.…

— Haim Ginott

I am not a difficult man by any stretch, and I'm saying that with a full and honest inventory going on. I'm…

— George Carlin

[A] sick mind cannot be cured by the sheer force of persuasion.

— Vincent de Paul

A person under the firm persuasion that he can command resources virtually has them.

— Livy

The art of persuasion. The actor persuades himself, first, and through himself, the audience.

— Laurence Olivier

I have learned nothing in twenty years that would suggest that evil people can be rapidly influenced by any means other than…

— M. Scott Peck

I have studied many religions, many different persuasions of thought in Christian belief, and I have come, in this experience to this:…

— Anonymous

We knew our Father. There was no need for persuasion. Would not His Fatherliness be longing to give us our hearts' desire…

— Amy Carmichael

“The key to Lincoln's famous employment of humor is not that he failed to appreciate the tragic aspects of human existence, but…

— Elton Trueblood

Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.

— Aristotle

Advertising is fundamentally persuasion and persuasion happens to be not a science, but an art.

— William Bernbach

Crying is never an effective means of negotiation.

— Cailleach Bheur

To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion.

— Ayn Rand

“Its all about perception, that is how you look at. Your own thoughts and outlook defines whether it is good or bad.…

— Stella Payton

“Anne did think on the question with perfect decision, and said as much in replay as her own feelings could accomplish, or…

— Jane Austen

“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

No higher duty, or more solemn responsibility, rests upon this Court than that of translating into living law and maintaining this constitutional…

— Hugo Black

“He did what good lawyers always do. He shifted his argument in the direction his audience was already going.”

— Jeffrey Toobin

Maybe tomorrow when He looks down Every green field and every town All of his children every nation There'll be peace and…

— Tommy James

There are a lot of great technicians in advertising. And unfortunately they talk the best game. They know all the rules ...…

— William Bernbach