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The Orator persuades and carries all with him, he knows not how; the Rhetorician can prove that he ought to have persuaded and carried all… — Thomas Carlyle
Peace with all the world is my sincere wish. I am sure it is our true policy, and am persuaded it is the ardent desire… — George Washington
The man who has his ideals, no matter how thoroughly he may be persuaded to desert them, survives well only so long as he is… — L. Ron Hubbard
Humble patience, tirelessness and persistence in prayer conquer the unconquerable God and incline Him to mercy. According to the Lord's parable, the importunity of the… — Lorenzo Scupoli
Many people are being persuaded that they cannot be considered intelligent or well educated if they insist on the doctrine of the verbal inspiration of… — Alan Redpath
A Leader is one who ventures and takes the risks of going out ahead to show the way and whom others follow, voluntarily, because they… — Robert K. Greenleaf
People are persuaded by reason, but moved by emotion; [the leader] must both persuade them and move them. — Richard M. Nixon
I am persuaded to think that any climate change is bad because of the investments and adaptations that have been made by human beings and… — Fred Singer
That's how oppression works. Thousands of otherwise decent people are persuaded to go along with an unfair system because changing it seems like too much… — Laurie Penny
Christians have burnt each other, quite persuaded. That all the Apostles would have done as they did. — Lord Byron
I do believe that General Washington had not a firm confidence in the durability of our government. He was naturally distrustful of men, and inclined… — Thomas Jefferson
There's a very big gulf between the black civil rights leadership in America and the black middle class in America. The black middle class are… — Pete du Pont
First, President Reagan was not enthusiastic. But I built up a relationship with him in other areas and then persuaded him that this was important… — Brian Mulroney
I am entirely persuaded that the American public is more reasonable, restrained and mature than most of the broadcast industry's planners believe. Their fear of… — Edward R. Murrow
At the very least, they can be persuaded that the bodily position makes no difference to their prayers; for they constantly forget[...]that they are animals… — C.S. Lewis
Oral delivery aims at persuasion and making the listener believe they are converted. Few persons are capable of being convinced the majority allow themselves to… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Executions, far from being useful examples to the survivors, have, I am persuaded, a quite contrary effect, by hardening the heart they ought to terrify.… — Mary Wollstonecraft
I am persuaded that I shall obtain the highest amount of present happiness, I shall do most for God’s glory and the good of man,… — Robert Murray M'Cheyne
At one time, I was persuaded to want to make music, and people answered me that that was not possible. — Yannick Noah
Humans can be the most affectionate and altruistic of creatures, yet they're potentially more vicious than any other. They are the only ones who can… — Benjamin Spock
No hungry man who is also sober can be persuaded to use his last dollar for anything but food. — John Kenneth Galbraith
The theist is persuaded that while nothing that contradicts science is likely to be true, still nothing that stops with science can be the whole… — Gordon W. Allport
Nature has not placed us in an inferior rank to men, no more than the females of other animals, where we see no distinction of… — Mary Wortley Montagu
I am persuaded, that if any attempt is made to improve the education of the poor, and such an unmanly spirit should guide the resolution… — Joseph Lancaster
Time and time again I have been persuaded that a huge potential of goodwill is slumbering within our society. It's just that it's incoherent, suppressed,… — Vaclav Havel

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