Failing Quote by Aesop Download Open image “Gentle persuasion succeeds where force fails.” — Aesop ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Failing Force Gentle Persuasion Succeed
Persuasion, indeed, is a kind of force. It consists in showing a person the consequences of his actions. It is, in a word, force… — James Fitzjames Stephen Copy Share Image
The danger inherent in all force grows stronger when it is likely to gain success, for then it becomes temptation. — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
“The excessive use of force creates legitimacy problems, and force without legitimacy leads to defiance, not submission.” — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
The triumph of persuasion over force is the sign of a civilized society. — Mark Skousen Copy Share Image
The punitive use of force tends to generate hostility and to reinforce resistance to the very behavior we are seeking. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Force always attracts men of low morality, and I believe it to be an invariable rule that tyrants of genius are succeeded by scoundrels. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“Lay not the blame on me, O sailor, but on the winds. By nature I am as calm and safe as the land itself,… — Aesop Copy Share Image
It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray. — Aesop Copy Share Image
Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get… — Aesop Copy Share Image
Every man carries two bags about him, one in front and one behind, and both are full of faults. The bag in front contains… — Aesop Copy Share Image
once upon a time all the rivers combined to protest against the action of the sea in making their waters salt. "When we come… — Aesop Copy Share Image
Many individuals spend a considerable portion of their lifetimes in terror of one imagined catastrophe or another. The classic is that your immortal soul… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based on such principles fail? — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share Image
Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any. — Plato Copy Share Image
I would warn against holsters with devices for quick-draw. Devices always fail when you need them most. — William Powell Copy Share Image
You can’t bake a cake without getting the kitchen messy. Halfway through surgery it looks like there’s been a murder in the operating room.… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
When I paint, I never think of selling. People simply fail to understand that we paint in order to experiment and to develop ourselves… — Edvard Munch Copy Share Image
Either dragons should exist completely or fail to exist at all, he felt. A dragon only half-existing was worse than the extremes. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I wake up every morning fearing I am going to fail. But I love a challenge, big or small. There's so much I want… — Michelle Mone Copy Share Image
