Persuade Quotes

344 Persuade quotes by 293 unique authors

Let no one persuade you by word or deed to do or say whatever is not best for you. — Pythagoras
And when I say that is certainly true, that our marriage is over. I know what else she will say: "Then you must save it."… — Amy Tan
At the moment that we persuade a child, any child, to cross that threshold, that magic threshold into a library, we change their lives forever,… — Barack Obama
Good writing does not succeed or fail on the strength of its ability to persuade. It succeeds or fails on the strength of its ability… — Malcolm Gladwell
I feel the greatest destroyer of peace today is 'Abortion', because it is a war against the child... A direct killing of the innocent child,… — Mother Teresa
I never wish to offend, but I am so foolishly shy, that I often seem negligent, when I am only kept back by my natural… — Jane Austen
The Sophists had this idea: Forget this idea of what's true or notâ€”what you want to do is rhetoric; you want to be able to… — David Foster Wallace
But I cannot forget that, at other times I have been deceived in sleep by similar illusions; and, attentively considering those cases, I perceive so… — Rene Descartes
At this point two elderly security guards in parkas, the guys who normally work the front desk at the plant, asked John to step behind… — David Wong
I had to persuade a dog to swallow a pill. I twittered for advice and I got suggestion after suggestion. Most of them didn't work.… — Neil Gaiman
We all want to believe in impossible things, I suppose, to persuade ourselves that miracles can happen. — Paul Auster
To teach is a necessity, to please is a sweetness, to persuade is a victory. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
For, besides what has been said, it should be borne in mind that the temper of the multitude is fickle, and that while it is… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Especially difficult when the first and best unconscious move of a dedicated liar is to persuade himself he's sincere. And once he's sincere, all deception… — Ian Mcewan
Nothing frustrates me more than someone who reads something of mine or anyone else's and says, angrily, 'I don't buy it.' Why are they angry?… — Malcolm Gladwell
You count snouts,â€ Straha said. â€œWhichever side can persuade most snouts to join it prevails. It does not have to be clever. It does not… — Harry Turtledove
Yes you're getting your tattoo." I threw my arms around Dad's neck. "Thank you!" "Hey," Mom said. "I'm the one who had to persuade him… — Kelley Armstrong
I know people who will gently persuade you to be forthcoming. — Ilona Andrews
I certainly will not persuade myself to feel more than I do. I am quite enough in love. I should be sorry to be more — Jane Austen
Yes, I think it's okay to abandon the big, established, stuck tribe. It's okay to say to them, "You're not going where I need to… — Seth Godin

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