“Anne did think on the question with perfect decision, and said as much in replay as her own feelings could accomplish, or… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
There are many Americans who regardless of the intelligence or the profound political persuasion of a figure will never vote for a… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
To have a firm persuasion in our work - to feel that what we do is right for ourselves and good for… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
“But some of it (evangelistic persuasion) is going to come through service. The deficit that many Christians face is that people look… — Skip Vaccarello Copy Share Image
I believe that feminists of the more aggressive persuasion are frustrated women unable to find the proper male leadership. If a woman… — Tony Evans Copy Share Image
Of all the gods, Death only craves not gifts: Nor sacrifice, nor yet drink-offering poured Avails; no altars hath he, nor is… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
The spiritual power in the gospel is denied when we augment or adjusting gospel into no gospel at all. When we doubt… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
“Robbed of a rapt audience, advertisers know that influencing how you spend what to do while depends on having some control over… — Greg Carlson Copy Share Image
If the Humanists wish to be champions of reason, they should consider the following: just as they would not admit mystics into… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Screens provoke action instead of persuasion. Propaganda is less effective in a world of screens, because while misinformation travels as fast as… — Kevin Kelly 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
No government by experts in which the masses do not have the chance to inform the experts as to their needs can… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
If what the philosophers say be true, that all men's actions proceed from one source; that as they assent from a persuasion… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Thought as such… is an act of negation, of resistance to that which is forced upon it; this is what thought has… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Persuasion is not at command; but pardon me, if I cannot even endeavour to persuade him. I have myself told him that… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Just because they write something In this font And break apart their lines To rhyme To dramatize To imitate Doesn’t make what… — Karl Kristian Flores Copy Share Image
There are only two means by which men can deal with one another: guns or logic. Force or persuasion. Those who know… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Ce n'est pas la première fois que je remarque combien, en France particulièrement, les mots ont plus d’empire que les idées." ("It's… — George Sand Copy Share Image
“When we lead by persuasion rather than command, patience is essential. Leaders rightly cultivate the art of persuasion that allows maximum individual… — J Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
All of which raises the question – your task, burden, privilege, call it what you like – a question which men and… — Ron Currie Jr Copy Share Image
Whatever your religious persuasion, if you believe that the universe is governed by benign forces, at some point you have to explain… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
“The obvious danger for most corporate storytellers is that they see themselves as needing to cast spells of persuasion and enchantment with… — Calvin Niles Copy Share Image
We always have hoped that American diplomacy deploys itself in dialogue and persuasion rather than by ultimatums. That is the path we… — Mahmoud Abbas 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… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Businessmen are not in business to lose customers, and schools do not exist to free their clients from the agencies of mass… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
The Heaneys were aristocrats, in the sense that they took for granted a code of behavior that was given and unspoken. Argumentation,… — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image
Persuasion has become a kind of force. The more the advertiser knows about what consumers want, and the more desires the product… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
Moral persuasion over a period of time makes a difference, but we shouldn't be naive to think that just because we raise… — John Key Copy Share Image
Patriotism is a survival from barbarous times which must not only be evoked and educated but which must be eradicated by all… — Leo Tolstoy 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
'Powers of Persuasion: The Story of British Advertising' by Winston Fletcher - the impression you get from reading this book, which covers… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
The [nonprofit] sector is the natural home of nonmajoritarian impulses, movements and values. It comfortably harbors innovators, maverick movements, groups which feel… — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
First of all, my persuasion is what really breeds violence is political differences. But because religion serves as the soul of community,… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
My neighbour, or my servant, or my child, has done me an injury, and it is just that he should suffer an… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
The simple, daily influences of prayer, persuasion, and promoting of godly values are the most powerful tools a mother can use to… — David Jeremiah Copy Share Image
A dowried wife, friends, beauty, birth, fair fame, These are the gifts of money, heavenly dame: Be but a moneyed man, persuasion… — Horace Copy Share Image
“I discovered that night (in his college's student politics) that an audience has a feel to it, and, in the parlance of… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The Lost Sale. The sale is lost more often than not due to a lack of patience. Pushy is not persuasive, true… — Bobby Compton Copy Share Image
Persuasion, kind, unassuming persuasion, should be adopted to influence the conduct of men. The opposite course would be a reversal of human… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The notion that you would initiate a new product without preparing the way by persuasion and advertising and salesmanship is fantastic. It's… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image