Persuasion Quotes

241 quotes by 195 authors

Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement of the various… — Aristotle
One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering. — Jane Austen
Advertising is fundamentally persuasion and persuasion happens to be not a science, but an art. — William Bernbach
Persuasion is often more effectual than force. — Aesop
I told you I'm not going to criticize my successor. I'll just tell you that there are people at Gitmo that will kill American people… — George W. Bush
In short, I'm not sure that the abortion problem can be solved by legislation. I think it can only be solved through moral persuasion. — Tony Campolo
Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world. — Thomas Carlyle
After many painful trials, which none can know, but those who are taught to relinquish a system in which they had been educated, I settled… — Adoniram Judson
According to the teaching of our Lord, what is wrong with the world is precisely that it does not believe in God. Yet it is… — John Baillie
No higher duty, or more solemn responsibility, rests upon this Court than that of translating into living law and maintaining this constitutional shield deliberately planned… — Hugo Black
We must distinguish between those who depend on others, that is between those who to achieve their purposes can force the issue and those who… — Niccolo Machiavelli
I have been Europe's last hope. She proved incapable of refashioning herself by means of voluntary reform. She showed herself impervious to charm and persuasion.… — Adolf Hitler
It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre are bandits who do not deserve to live; before killing… — Andre Gide
With plants, persuasion is better than force. — Elsa Bakalar
Every fact and every work exercises a fresh persuasion over every age and every new species of man. History always enunciates new truths. — Friedrich Nietzsche
That all persons living in this province, who confess and acknowledge the one Almighty and eternal God, to be the Creator, Upholder and Ruler of… — William Penn
Should this my firm persuasion of the soul's immortality prove to be a mere delusion, it is at least a pleasing delusion, and I will… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Does a firm persuasion that a thing is so, make it so?" He replied, "All poets believe it does. And in ages of imagination, this… — William Blake
To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion. — Ayn Rand

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