Persuade Quotes

344 Persuade quotes by 293 unique authors

Even within the band, if I cannot manage to persuade the members of what I see to be the next course of action, how do… — Robert Fripp
Their term project consists of a fieldwork collection of folklore that they create by interviewing family members, friends, or anyone they can manage to persuade… — Alan Dundes
I not only urge you to vote that ticket yourself, but I beg that you will persuade others to do so. Personal effort can accomplish… — Thomas Jordan Jarvis
It was said that Mr. Gladstone could persuade most people of most things, and himself of anything. — Dean Inge
One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them. — Dean Rusk
There is all of this protesting against corporate power, but in reality, corporations have to persuade you - they could have a ton of money,… — John Stossel
I always believed as a speechwriter that if you could persuade the president to commit himself to certain words, he would feel himself committed to… — David Frum
There are different kinds of terrorist movements, and specifically you occasionally face a bully, a Qaddafi. But a bully is different from a zealot. A… — Robert Macfarlane
When the initial effort of political and business leaders to influence public opinion on an issue is to threaten rather than to engage and persuade,… — Preston Manning
I find that the hardest work in the world... is to persuade Easterners that growing up in the West is not intellectually crippling. — Marilynne Robinson
Advertising seemed almost natural to me because it was a business where you had to inform, persuade and educate. And so from being a junior… — Bryce Courtenay
I try to persuade people to act in ways that are not only in their own interest, but in the interest of society at large. — Eric Schlosser
Over many years, the United States has worked to persuade and compel governments around the world to abide by the rules. By spurning our own… — Anthony Lewis
Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can ... As a peace-maker the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man.… — Abraham Lincoln
When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It… — Unknown Author
Leadership is a word and a concept that has been more argued than almost any other I know. I am not one of the desk-pounding… — Dwight David Eisenhower
Laws do not persuade because they threaten — Seneca
Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish — Thomas Fuller
Once I could persuade these guys that all I wanted to hear from them was what they did - Tell me what you do -… — Roger Angell
There must be several young women who would render the Christian life intensely difficult to him if only you could persuade him to marry one… — C.S. Lewis

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