Persuade Quotes

344 Persuade quotes by 293 unique authors

The Father did not require the death of Christ to persuade Him to love us. Christ died because the Father loves us. — Sinclair B. Ferguson
If you wish to persuade me, you must think my thoughts, feel my feelings, and speak my words. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
We do not suffer by accident. It does not often happen that the interference of friends will persuade a young man of independent fortune to… — Elizabeth Bennett
Only the deepest love will persuade me into matrimony, which is why I shall end up an old maid. — Elizabeth Bennett
If you persuade yourself that you can do a certain thing, provided this thing be possible, you will do it, however difficult it may be.… — Emile Coue
"Maybe I just don't want another rejection," he shrugs. "I've had enough of that in my so-called acting career." Oh, so this is what it's… — Alexandra Potter
The day of my departure at length arrived. Clerval spent the last evening with us. He had endeavoured to persuade his father to permit him… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Politeness is better than logic. You can often persuade when you cannot convince. — Josh Billings
I believe that the intention of Holy Writ was to persuade men of the truths necessary to salvation; such as neither science nor other means… — Galileo Galilei
It is a talent of the weak to persuade themselves that they suffer for something when they suffer from something; that they are showing the… — Eric Hoffer
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

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