Quotes About Persuasion

Words start wars and end them, create love and choke it, bring us to laughter and joy and tears. Words cause men and women to willingly risk their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor. Our world, as we know it, revolves on the power of words.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

I am, by calling, a dealer in words; and words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Neither irony nor sarcasm is argument.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

The admonitions of those who seldom remonstrate are more effective than the commands of naggers.

A political speech pleases all. Those who agree with it, think it over and those who don't are glad it's over

Strange, isn't it, that it's always more difficult to talk people out of killing each other than into it?

Hepimizi ?stanbul'a ba?layan sadece bu...Burada insan, kafas?n? zerre kadar i?letmeden, mütefekkir bir kimse oldu?una inanmak ve buna ba?kalar?n? da inand?rmak imkan?na malik...Bu ?ehrin ve buradaki muhitlerin dayan?lmaz cazibesi i?te bundan ibaret.

The best way to turn a woman's head is to tell her she has a beautiful profile.

I'll explain it this way, sir. If some men are in a car, driving with a destination in mind, and you know they are going the wrong way, but they are convinced they are going the right way, then you get into the car with them, and ride with them, talking-and finally when they see they are on the wrong road, not getting where they were intending, then you tell them, and they will listen to you then, what road to take.

The Law of the Few says that there are exceptional people out there who are capable of starting epidemics. All you have to do is find them. The lesson of stickiness is the same. There is a simple way to package information that, under the right circumstances, can make it irresistible. All you have to do is find it.

Good writing does not fail or succeed on the strength of its ability to persuade. Not the kind of writing that you'll find in this book, anyway. It succeeds or fails on the strength of its ability to engage you, to make you think, to give you a glimpse into someone else's head -- even if in the end you conclude someone else's head is not a place you'd really like to be. from intro to What The Dog Saw

Every experience you give a journalist or potential customer must explain why you are different and incorporate a clear call to action.

How cruel—to forbid people to want what they think is good for them. And yet that's just what you won't let them do when you get angry at their misbehavior. They're drawn toward what they think is good for them. —But it's not good for them. Then show them that. Prove it to them. Instead of losing your temper.

Persuade me or prove to me that I am mistaken in thought or deed, and I will gladly change—for it is the truth I seek, and the truth never harmed anyone. Harm comes from persisting in error and clinging to ignorance.

A man should always have these two rules in readiness; the one, to do only whatever the reason of the ruling and legislating faculty may suggest for the use of men; the other, to change thy opinion, if there is any one at hand who sets thee right and moves thee from any opinion. But this change of opinion must proceed only from a certain persuasion, as of what is just or of common advantage, and the like, not because it appears pleasant or brings reputation. Hast

Not to contemn any friend's expostulation, though unjust, but to strive to reduce him to his former disposition

27. How cruel—to forbid people to want what they think is good for them. And yet that's just what you won't let them do when you get angry at their misbehavior. They're drawn toward what they think is good for them. —But it's not good for them. Then show them that. Prove it to them. Instead of losing your temper.

Your childish clarity faded, and you started listening to the world around you more closely than you did to yourself. The world was persuasive and loud, and so you resigned yourself to conforming to its demands.

Nam eloquentiam quae admirationem non habet nullam iudico

To teach is a necessity, to please is a sweetness, to persuade is a victory.

being asked by Criton how he would be buried, "I have taken a great deal of pains," saith he, "my friends, to no purpose, for I have not convinced our Criton that I shall fly from hence, and leave no part of me behind. Notwithstanding, Criton, if you can overtake me, wheresoever you get hold of me, bury me as you please: but

Utinam tam facile vera invenire possim quam falsa convincere.