Quotes about Persuasion

“You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.”

“There is a holy, mistaken zeal in politics, as well as in religion. By persuading others, we convince ourselves.”

“The real persuaders are our appetites, our fears and above all our vanity. The skillful propagandist stirs and coaches these internal persuaders.”

“Remember that what pulls the strings is the force hidden within; there lies the power to persuade, there the life -- there, if one must speak out, the real man.”

“The tongue can paint what the eye can't see.”

“The persuasion of a friend is a strong thing.”

“Those that will not hear must be made to feel.”

“The art of pleasing consists in being pleased.”

“More flies are caught with honey than with vinegar.”

“Would you persuade, speak of interest, not of reason.”

“To make converts is the natural ambition of everyone.”

“The secret is to always let the other man have your way.”

“It is nobler to convert souls, than to conquer kingdoms.”

“The object of oratory alone in not truth, but persuasion.”

“You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.”

“Why harass with eternal purposes a mind to weak to grasp them?”

“He that winna be ruled by the rudder maun be ruled by the rock.”

“If you would convince others, seem open to conviction yourself.”

“To convert somebody go and take them by the hand and guide them.”

“Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.”

“If you wish to win a man over to your ideas, first make him your friend.”

“If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect.”

“Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world.”

“He makes people pleased with him by making them first pleased with themselves.”

“The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.”

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

“Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response.”

“Whenever he met a great man he groveled before him, and my-lorded him as only a free-born Briton can do.”

“People are usually more convinced by reasons they discovered themselves than by those found out by others.”

“That which we do not believe, we cannot adequately say; even though we may repeat the words ever so often.”