Quotes About Persuasion

it does not escape me that one can wield Sword or Musket only upon one Enemy at a time, while Words may be employed upon any Number.

You can't make a horse do anything. You see what he's going to do and then you tell him to do that, and he thinks it's your idea, so next time you tell him something, he's more likely to do what you tell him.

it was uncivilized to use physical force in order to make your point of view prevail.

It took a bit more argument, but at last she consented

Talk to her; persuade her to

appealing than truth and rationality. The words

Weirdly, my dad didn't want me to become an actor, he was always quite resistant to it. He told me as much many times. That just made it more attractive to me.

Trump has a way of driving a message so people hear it.

Why wouldn't I like to walk into a room full of people who are dying to hear everything I say?

In an easy matter. Anybody can be eloquent.

nunca te fíes de quienes dicen servir a Dios. Te hablarán con serenidad y buenas palabras, tan cultas que no alcanzarás a entenderlas. Tratarán de convencerte con argumentos que sólo ellos saben hilvanar hasta adueñarse de tu razón y tu conciencia.

Author says her father was so diplomatic that when people came to him for solutions, people not only accepted them, but they believed they thought of them.

High pressure salesmen focus on the short term incentives to outweigh the long term cons

Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

When we lead by persuasion rather than command, patience is essential. Leaders rightly cultivate the art of persuasion that allows maximum individual decision making and ownership of a plan. Often, a leader's plan of action must wait for collegial support—ever patient—until the team is ready.

An unsound thinker goes where his motives and interests invite him; a sound thinker goes where the argument takes him.

It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to.

How can we be persuaded to go on preaching, and learn to do so effectively? The essential secret is not mastering certain techniques but being mastered by certain convictions. In other words, theology is more important than methodology.1

there is nothing wrong in talking quietly; it only makes people listen harder.

Honestly, Im having trouble with the fact that youre having difficulty believing us. You are the only one in the room levitating.

Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience.

The best argument is that which seems merely an explanation.

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