Persuade Quotes

344 Persuade quotes by 293 unique authors

You still could go to some industry or some university or the government and if you could persuade them you had something on the ball—why,… — Clifford D. Simak
Losing can persuade you to change what doesn't need to be changed, and winning can convince you everything is fine even if you are on… — Garry Kasparov
Others first. Whatever your corporate mission, paint a clear and compelling picture that others can understand and embrace. State your mission in terms that appeal… — Tony Dungy
I sit here all day trying to persuade people to do the things they ought to have the sense to do without my persuading them.… — Harry S. Truman
It takes time and trouble to persuade ourselves that the things we want to do are the things we ought to do. — Agnes Repplier
In Aristotelian terms, the good leader must have ethos, pathos and logos. The ethos is his moral character, the source of his ability to persuade.… — Mortimer Adler
In the first section of the Doctrine and Covenants we read that 'the Lord shall come to recompense unto every man according to his work,… — Mark E. Petersen
Leaders have two characteristics: first they are going somewhere, and second they are able to persuade other people to go with them. — John C. Maxwell
Baby you should bring your best friend, then you should persuade her to let me get some sex in. Don't get offended, baby, that's just… — Drake
A man who is truly humble is not troubled when he is wronged and he says nothing to justify himself against the injustice, but he… — Isaac of Nineveh
The problem with breaking up with someone, if you are a little unsure — and so often, people are unsure — is that breaking up… — Adam Thirlwell
You will have to relax from the circumference. The first step in relaxing is the body. Remember as many times as possible to look in… — Rajneesh
The invisible government tends to be concentrated in the hands of the few because of the expense of manipulating the social machinery which controls the… — Edward Bernays
The engineering of consent is the very essence of the democratic process, the freedom to persuade and suggest. — Edward Bernays
My dear brothers, never forget, when you hear the progress of enlightenment vaunted, that the devil's best trick is to persuade you that he doesn't… — Charles Baudelaire
The principal effect of the passions is that they incite and persuade the mind to will the events for which they prepared the body. — Rene Descartes
The consumer isn't a moron; she is your wife. You insult her intelligence if you assume that a mere slogan and a few vapid adjectives… — David Ogilvy
Government is force, pure and simple. There's no way to sugar-coat that. And because government is force, it will attract the worst elements of society… — Harry Browne
That, in essence, is the catastrophe of suicide for those who survive: not only the loss of someone, but the loss of the chance to… — Andrew Solomon
If our knowledge is, as I believe, only an island in an infinite sea of ignorance, how can we in our short lifetime find satisfaction… — Daniel J. Boorstin
From this point of view, science - the real game in town - is rhetoric, a series of efforts to persuade relevant social actors that… — Donna J. Haraway
A scientist's aim in a discussion with his colleagues is not to persuade, but to clarify. — Leo Szilard
The thing is, when everyone is trying to persuade you that a thing you know to be true isn't actually true, you start to believe… — Graham Joyce
But when someone is on a winning horse, and everything looks wonderful, it's very hard as an outsider to persuade them something is wrong. — James Wolfensohn
In sex one wants or does not want. And the grief, the sorrow of life is that one cannot make or coerce or persuade the… — Kate Millett

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