Persuade Quotes

344 Persuade quotes by 293 unique authors

Honesty is one part of eloquence. We persuade others by being in earnest ourselves. — William Hazlitt
What higher obligation does a President have than to explain his intentions to the people and persuade them that the direction he wishes to go… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
With what hope can we endeavor to persuade the ladies that the time spent at the toilet is lost in vanity. — Samuel Johnson
There is nothing so absurd or ridiculous that has not at some time been said by some philosopher. Fontenelle says he would undertake to persuade… — Oliver Goldsmith
If you take a position under the Constitution that is against the majority view, you have to explain it well enough that maybe you can… — Sandra Day O'Connor
Let no one trust so entirely to natural prudence as to persuade himself that it will suffice to guide him without help from experience. — Francesco Guicciardini
If you want to "get in touch with your feelings," fine, talk to yourself. We all do. But if you want to communicate with another… — William Safire
By the worldly standards of public life, all scholars in their work are of course oddly virtuous. They do not make wild claims, they do… — Jacob Bronowski
We have confused God with Santa Claus. And we believe that prayer means making a list of everything you don't have but want and trying… — Harold S. Kushner
My job is to persuade people to toe the line and play within the laws of the game. — Alan Lewis
What you're doing is putting into professional play the way that you relate to other people, the way that you analyze and relate to a… — Trevor Nunn
Good website practice and optimizing for conversion usually makes for good search engine optimization. These work together to ensure you drive quality traffic and can… — Marc Ostrofsky
I think if you're good and you can persuade people you're going to be able to do that role and ultimately the audience buys it,… — Alexander Siddig
No, I'm not rich. I had a tax problem in this country, curiously enough, and my accountant said the British government was patently wrong in… — Donald Sutherland
When evangelical leaders can persuade the president to be concerned about what's happening in Sudan, or sex trafficking around the world, or HIV-AIDS, that's a… — Jim Wallis
Our political parties exist for no other reason than to win power; they are not ideological debating societies designed to present a particular political philosophy… — Tom Wicker
Just once I would like to persuade the audience not to wear any article of blue denim. If only they could see themselves in a… — Ian Anderson
To persuade your enemy to (retreat) before the fight is to defeat them even before the battle begins. An enemy made ally is no longer… — Sun Tzu
One of the best ways to persuade others is by listening to them. — Dean Rusk
Let us not forget that we can never go farther than we can persuade at least half of the people to go. — Hugh Gaitskell
I don't know that you're ever going to persuade New Zealanders that they're not going to own their own homes and I'm not going to… — Helen Clark
Rhetoric, which is the use of language to inform or persuade, is very important in shaping public opinion. We are very easily fooled by language… — Ray Comfort
In any situation that calls for you to persuade, convince or manage someone or a group of people to do something, the ability to tell… — Peter Guber
Most young people haven't used their storytelling skills since they were 8 or 9 or 10 and wanted to persuade Mom and Dad to take… — Peter Guber
When people disagree with you, what you ultimately have to do is persuade people to agree with you - period. — Bill James

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