Quotes About Persuasion

As we study the Evangelists' accounts of Jesus' life and death, we discover that their main goal is to persuade readers of Jesus' supreme importance to all humankind and to win their allegiance to a king infinitely superior to any earthly ruler.

Advertising - A judicious mixture of flattery and threats.

I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so.

Most believe that the key to influence is communication—getting your point across clearly and speaking persuasively. In fact, if you think about it, don't you find that, while others are speaking to you, instead of really listening to understand, you are often busy preparing your response?

as Marilyn Ferguson observed, "No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either by argument or by emotional appeal.

The real beginning of influence comes as others sense you are being influenced by them—when they feel understood by you—that you have listened deeply and sincerely, and that you are open. But most people are too vulnerable emotionally to listen deeply—to suspend their agenda long enough to focus on understanding before they communicate their own ideas.

No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either by argument or by emotional appeal.

Nadie puede convencer a otro de que cambie. Cada uno de nosotros custodia una puerta del cambio que solo puede abrirse desde adentro. No podemos abrir la puerta de otro, ni con argumentos ni con apelaciones emocionales.

the last analysis, as Marilyn Ferguson observed, "No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either by argument or by emotional appeal.

In the last analysis, as Marilyn Ferguson observed, "No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either by argument or by emotional appeal.

You must be open and influenceable; then ironically, you will also discover an increase in your own power to influence

words, that man got hold of our best missionary

No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside.

No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either by argument or by emotional appeal." If you decide

The real beginning of influence comes as others sense you are being influenced by them—when they feel understood by you—that you have listened deeply and sincerely, and that you are open.

And being influenceable is the key to influencing others.

No matter how good the idea, there's always an advocate extreme enough to deter people.

Words are indeed the true weapons of mass destruction.

Churchill said, Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.

Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe.

He who frames an issue, wins that issue more often than not. - unknown

If what you're saying is bouncing off their psychological armor, it makes little difference how good you are at saying it. You are not being heard. Your people have to hear you to be moved by you.

una intención de comprar y nada son la misma cosa. Prevenda, prevenda, prevenda y asegure esa firma.

My plan was to walk by on my side of the street and not look over her way. This, I felt, was a very clever masculine move: to meet and ultimately seduce through no contact at all. She would be made aware of me as a mysterious figure, someone with no need of her whatsoever. This is compelling to a woman.