Persuade Quotes

344 Persuade quotes by 293 unique authors

I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created parasitic wasps with the express intention of their feeding within the… — Charles Darwin
I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him, he will stick. If I scare him, he… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
We are not directly involved in Syria. But we will be working with our partners in the European Union and at the United Nations to… — William Hague
I grew up in Mexico, not the U.S., and the fact is that there just aren't any parts for Latin actresses. I have to persuade… — Salma Hayek
Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't there. Theologians can persuade themselves… — Robert A. Heinlein
It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good. — Thomas Jefferson
There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second best is anything but second best. — Doris Lessing
Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will… — Abraham Lincoln
It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea. — Nelson Mandela
For when they see the people swarm into the streets, and daily wet to the skin with rain, and yet cannot persuade them to go… — Thomas More
I don't know the rules of grammar... If you're trying to persuade people to do something, or buy something, it seems to me you should… — David Ogilvy
We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The passions are the only orators which always persuade. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
In our system leadership is by consent, not command. To lead a President must persuade. Personal contacts and experiences help shape his thinking. They can… — Donald Rumsfeld
If only we could persuade galleries to observe a fallow period in which, for two months every other year, new and old works of art… — Jerry Saltz
If you think aficionados of a living Constitution want to bring you flexibility, think again. You think the death penalty is a good idea? Persuade… — Antonin Scalia
Do not let arguments of expediency persuade you. That is the slow road to oblivion. That is the tortured path to undoing step by step,… — Charles Schumer
John Foster Dulles had called on me in his capacity as Secretary of State, and he had exhausted every argument to persuade me to place… — Norodom Sihanouk
It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles. — Muriel Spark
The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same. — Stendhal
Campaigns fail if they waste resources courting voters who are unpersuadable or already persuaded. Their most urgent task is to find and persuade the few… — James Surowiecki
The wonderful thing about God is he knows what we need to persuade us. — Charles R. Swindoll
I covered two presidents, LBJ and Nixon, who could no longer convince, persuade, or govern, once people had decided they had no credibility, but we… — Helen Thomas
Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair. — Ieyasu Tokugawa
I never did very well in math - I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn't meant my answers literally. — Calvin Trillin

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