"It is wise to persuade people to do……" — Nelson Mandela
"It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea."
More Idea Quotes
- I love the idea of anthropomorphizing machines. I love the idea of taking technology and giving it a personality. — J. J. Abrams
- Never in my wildest dreams did I entertain the idea that I would become a fashion designer. — Giorgio Armani
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and… — Paul Auster
- In the United States Christmas has become the rape of an idea. — Richard Bach
- It's tough to be a 15- or 16-year-old athlete competing around the country. There's tension, there's media. I had no… — Lance Armstrong
- There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium… — Antonin Artaud
- Writing comes more easily if you have something to say. — Sholem Asch
- A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one. — Mary Kay Ash
- The whole idea of a stereotype is to simplify. Instead of going through the problem of all this great diversity… — Chinua Achebe
- I'm a practised writer now. But when I began, I had no idea what this was going to be. I… — Chinua Achebe
- I began writing at the age of 5, but there was a dark period between the ages of 8 and… — Margaret Atwood
- All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden