Persuade Quotes

344 Persuade quotes by 293 unique authors

A ruler must learn to persuade and not to compel. — Frank Herbert
People try to persuade us that the objections against Christianity spring from doubt. That is a complete misunderstanding. The objections against Christianity spring from insubordination,… — Soren Kierkegaard
Without your wounds where would your power be? It is your melancholy that makes your low voice tremble into the hearts of men and women.… — Thornton Wilder
Getting to the top has an unfortunate tendency to persuade people that the system is OK after all. — Alain de Botton
We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were silent. I remembered the line… — J. Robert Oppenheimer
I earnestly wish to point out in what true dignity and human happiness consists. I wish to persuade women to endeavor to acquire strength, both… — Mary Wollstonecraft
I think my reputation will look after itself," Holmes said. "If they hang me, Watson, I shall leave it to you to persuade your readers… — Anthony Horowitz
Mat had tried to make her say she saw a hat floating around Mat's head. That would persuade Tuon to stop trying to get rid… — Robert Jordan
When it comes to controlling human beings there is no better instrument than lies. Because, you see, humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be… — Michael Ende
It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness. A handsome woman talks nonsense, you listen and hear not nonsense but cleverness.… — Leo Tolstoy
I imagine that it will not be easy to persuade Mortmain into a bonnet," Magnus observed. "Though the color would be fetching on him." Henry… — Cassandra Clare
I don't believe in "original sin." I don't believe in "guilt." I don't believe in villains or heroes - only right or wrong ways that… — Tennessee Williams
You have witchcraft in your lips, there is more eloquence in a sugar touch of them than in the tongues of the French council; and… — William Shakespeare
He hadn't realized yet that Gansey could persuade even the sun to pause and give him the time. — Maggie Stiefvater
It is a great thing if you can persuade people that they are somehow or other partakers in a mystery. It makes them feel bigger. — Robert Louis Stevenson
Our ordinary mind always tries to persuade us that we are nothing but acorns and that our greatest happiness will be to become bigger, fatter,… — E F Schumacher
No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. We cannot… — Marilyn Ferguson
It's actually easier to truly become a person of good character than to persuade others we are what we are not. — Michael Josephson
To design is much more than simply to assemble, to order, or even to edit: it is to add value and meaning, to illuminate, to… — Paul Rand
In a way, my father was lucky. He had a hunch that his vision of the National Gallery would interest other collectors and persuade them… — Paul Mellon

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