Quote by Jane Austen

“If I was wrong in yielding to persuasion once, remember that it was to persuasion exerted on the side of safety, not of risk”

— Jane Austen

“You should have distinguished,' replied Anne. 'You should not have suspected me now; the case so different, and my age so different. If I…

— Jane Austen

“Persuasion can go through obstacles that force cannot.”

— Yusuf A. Leinge

“Yielding to an urge or an inspiration, or submitting to an impulse or temptation, or taking advantage of an opportunity with no other warrant…

— H. Spencer Lewis

“You have the choice of deliberately directing your thinking, or allowing other forces to dictate your desires and attitudes.”

— Grant Von Harrison

“...[T]o be unfaithful to my maxim of prudence may often be very advantageous to me, although to abide by it is certainly safer.”

— Immanuel Kant

“Distrust all those in whom the urge to punish is strong.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“There is always a risk in believing that behaviours are set in stone.”

— Steven Redhead

“Of all the virtues, discretion began to seem the most rewarding: it kept people guessing and sometimes, by default, admiring.”

— Julia Glass

“Without speaking, one can win the trust of a person by one's conduct.”

— Ravi Ranjan Goswami

“The fact remains that I am stuck with the risk of being me. I am compelled, therefor, to spread the risk around a little,…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“If you look closely enough, every decision has its roots in what a person wants. Scratch the surface, and you'll find a reason behind…

— Kelly Eileen Hake