Convince Quote by Joseph Joubert

“Convince is for thought; persuade is for action.”

— Monica Wood

We may convince others by our arguments; but we can only persuade them by their own

— Joseph Joubert

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.

— Robert A. Heinlein

If you want others to accept your ideas, simply explaining the ideas behind logic and arguments isn't enough - you need to see and…

— Senoraroy

A false mind is false in everything, just as a cross eye always looks askant. But one may err once, nay, a hundred times,…

— Joseph Joubert

I always believed as a speechwriter that if you could persuade the president to commit himself to certain words, he would feel himself committed…

— David Frum

I know people who will gently persuade you to be forthcoming.

— Ilona Andrews

For thousands of years, humans have used the art of storytelling to motivate and persuade.

— Kristen Soltis Anderson

I have noticed that no sooner do people embark on a course of action which they do not find wholly satisfactory than they muster…

— Anne Morice

I like [Barak] Obama. I like him. So how far does rationality help to persuade anybody? You know, I'm not so sure.

— George Saunders

One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

— Dean Rusk

Presidents are evaluated not by what they did by the stroke of their own pen; it's what they persuade Congress to do.

— H. W. Brands

“And if I am asked today to advise a young writer who has not yet made up his mind what way to go, I…

— Stefan Zweig

To design is much more than simply to assemble, to order, or even to edit: it is to add value and meaning, to illuminate,…

— Paul Rand

“Don't think you can persuade me with appeals to my intellectual vanity.”

— Thomas Harris