Best Persuasion Lines
241 Persuasion quotes by 190 unique authors
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The use of violence as an instrument of persuasion is therefore inviting and seems to the discontented to be the only effective protest.
— William O. Douglas
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I am guilty of believing that the human race can be humanized and enriched in every spiritual inference through the saner and more beneficent processes…
— Eugene V. Debs
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Racist, sexist, and homophobic thoughts cannot, alas, be abolished by fiat but only by the time-honored methods of persuasion, education and exposure to the other…
— Barbara Ehrenreich
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Still, I have been no one's enemy but my own. My easy nature, either in drinking or anything else, was always ready to submit to…
— John Clare
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2009 was a tough year, but Australia rose to the challenge of the global financial crisis. It shows what can be done when we all…
— Kevin Rudd
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Where visionaries can be good at persuasion, CEOs are good at wielding authority. Visionaries transcend organizations, resources, and current realities, while CEOs master them.
— Robert Metcalfe
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The simple, daily influences of prayer, persuasion, and promoting of godly values are the most powerful tools a mother can use to unleash the potential…
— David Jeremiah
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When we speak our words to God with thanksgiving and release them with the faith that our requests will be granted, we put ourselves in…
— Donna Fargo
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Religion that is imposed upon its recipients turns out to engender either indifference or resentment. Most American religious leaders have recognized that persuasion is far…
— William F. Schulz
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To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical; . .…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Be wary of feeling as through there is not enough room at the table. Oftentimes a female Chinese-American might feel as through she is in…
— ZZ Packer
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The persuasion of a friend is a strong thing.
— Homer
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One of the best ways to persuade others is by listening to them.
— Dean Rusk
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The secret is to always let the other man have your way.
— Clay Pell
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Whatever your religious persuasion, if you believe that that the universe is governed by benign forces, at some point you have to explain why there…
— Julian Baggini
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We need laws that protect everyone - men and women, straights and gays, regardless of sexual perversion...ah, persuasion.
— Bella Abzug
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Meet them halfway with love, peace, and persuasion, and expect them to rise for the occasion.
— Van Morrison
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While a defeat for Obamacare in the Court would be nice, the defeat of President Obama at the polls on November 6 is crucial. If…
— William Kristol
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Your lips are my persuasion, your love will be my cure.
— Billy Squier
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The young mind is pliable and imitates, but in more advanced states grows rigid and must be warmed and softened before it will receive a…
— Joshua Reynolds
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Remarkable is the greater openness of the Catholic Church towards people of other religious traditions and persuasions. The development has not been without problems, since…
— Francis Arinze
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Ammunition beats persuasion when you are looking for freedom.
— Will Rogers
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I highly venerate the Masonic Institution, under the fullest persuasion that, when its principles are acknowledged and its laws and precepts obeyed, it comes nearest…
— Theodore Roosevelt
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Everybody knows that there's a liberal, that there's a heavy liberal persuasion among correspondents.....Anybody who has to live with the people, who covers police stations,…
— Walter Cronkite
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Everybody knows that there's a liberal, that there's a heavy liberal persuasion among correspondents.
— Walter Cronkite
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