Quotes About Persuasion

Men freely believe that which they desire.

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

When a person is determined to believe something, the very absurdity of the doctrine confirms them in their faith.

The guy could sell sunlamps in a cancer ward.

It was like leading people to the edge of a cliff, showing them the view, and then shoving them off.

Since, however, a covenantal apologetic affirms Scripture as foundational, it will be obvious to us that it is Scripture's content that must be highlighted as the primary and preeminent logos of persuasion. The content of our discourse and all of its arguments must have its genesis in Scripture. What we wish to communicate, in other words, as the logos of persuasion, is the logos, or Word, of God himself, and ultimately God's Word made flesh, who is the Lord Jesus Christ.

Christian apologetics is the application of biblical truth to unbelief.

Scripture is clear that without holiness no one will see the Lord (Heb. 12:14). In wanting to be "relevant" to those who are not in Christ, we may be displaying more of a life "in Adam" than we might think. This bodes ill for the art of persuasion in covenantal apologetics. If Christianity makes little difference in the way we walk and talk on a day-to-day basis, we should not think that there will be any obvious reason for others to want to consider a life in Christ.23

You can lead the people to water, but you can't make them think. Nobody, it seems, can do that.

The thing about me that seems to puzzle people the most - people who know me, who believe what i tell them - is that I can write the most profound things without actually meaning them. I can persuade people of things I don't believe myself,or (more usually) simply don't care about

The more she sticks the knife in, the more I resent it, the less I actually think about what she's been saying. That, of course, presupposes that the object of the exercise from her point of view is to change my mind about what I'm doing, as opposed to beating me to a pulp.

Words are so powerful. It can win wars, create kings, and sustain civilizations. - Wordwick Games by Kailin Gow

If someone is about to go to hell, then Kundavai Devi possesses the power to send him to heaven instead. That's one kind of power. But do you know what Nandini would do? It wouldn't be amiss to say that her power is a shade stronger than Kundavai's. Nandini would convince you that hell is a much better place than the heaven and would have you jumping happily into hell. That's her power!

Be a forgiver creature not a revenge taker because contentness from forgiving someone is more persuasive than hatred.

You had to hand it to those reformers: They concocted better stories than the ones at the nickel theaters.

I've always been intrigued by why people believe one thing over another.

When you first meet an investor, you've got to be able to say in one compelling sentence - that you should practice like crazy - what your product does, so that the investor that you are talking to can immediately picture the product in their own mind.

I never tried to convince my wife to move to Italy. She wouldn't have liked that.

Chad Curtis told me I was going to hell if I didn't believe that Jesus Christ was my lord and savior.

To join in the political fray, I don't think it convinces anyone. It just becomes a talking point on CNN.

The human understanding when it has once adopted an opinion (either as being the received opinion or as being agreeable to itself) draws all things else to support and agree with it. And though there be a greater number and weight of instances to be found on the other side, yet these it either neglects and despises, or else by some distinction sets aside and rejects, in order that by this great and pernicious predetermination the authority of its former conclusions may remain inviolate.

Ä°nsanlar?n umutlar?n? ustaca, kurnazca beslemek, böylece onlar? bir umuttan ötekine koÅŸturmak, hoÅŸnutsuzluk aÄŸr?s?na kar?? en etkili ilaçlardan biridir.

Kebijaksanaan dalam berbicara lebih berharga daripada kefasihan.

PC advocates deny the existence of objective knowledge and morality, and thus see no point in employing moral suasion and logical argument to convince their fellow citizens that their viewpoint is correct. Their only means available is therefore using the instruments of political power, such as coercion, intimidation, marginalization, and name-calling. To put it philosophically: Ideas are not the power by which to change the world, but rather, the world's ideas are changed by power.