Persuasion

(251 votes)   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.

Marcus Aurelius
121-80 AD, Roman Emperor, Philosopher

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(184 votes)   People have a peculiar pleasure in making converts, that is, in causing others to enjoy what they enjoy, thus finding their own likeness represented and reflected back to them.

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
1749-1832, German Poet, Dramatist, Novelist

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(143 votes)   To convert somebody go and take them by the hand and guide them.

St. Thomas Aquinas
1225-1274, Italian Scholastic Philosopher and Theologian

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(129 votes)   You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time.

Abraham Lincoln
1809-1865, Sixteenth President of the USA

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(107 votes)   Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response.

Amos Bronson Alcott
1799-1888, American Educator, Social Reformer

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(106 votes)   Secrecy has many advantages, for when you tell someone the purpose of any object right away, they often think there is nothing to it.

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
1749-1832, German Poet, Dramatist, Novelist

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(102 votes)   Whenever he met a great man he groveled before him, and my-lorded him as only a free-born Briton can do.

William M. Thackeray
1811-1863, Indian-born British Novelist

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(96 votes)   That which we do not believe, we cannot adequately say; even though we may repeat the words ever so often.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist

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(89 votes)   If I have said something to hurt a man once, I shall not get the better of this by saying many things to please him.

Samuel Johnson
1709-1784, British Author

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(88 votes)   Call the bald man, ''Boy;'' make the sage thy toy; greet the youth with solemn face; praise the fat man for his grace.

Helen Rowland
1875-1950, American Journalist

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(80 votes)   Before you try to convince anyone else, be sure you are convinced, and if you cannot convince yourself, drop the subject.

John H. Patterson
American Businessman, Founder of National Cash Register

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(79 votes)   If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect.

Benjamin Franklin
1706-1790, American Scientist, Publisher, Diplomat

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(77 votes)   The persuasion of a friend is a strong thing.

Homer
c. 850 -? BC, Greek Epic Poet

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(73 votes)   The truth isn't the truth until people believe you, and they can't believe you if they don't know what your saying, and they can't know what you've saying if they don't listen to you, and they won't listen to you if you're not interesting, and you won't be interesting until you say things imaginatively, originally, freshly.

William Bernbach
1911-1982, American Advertising Executive

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(72 votes)   More flies are caught with honey than with vinegar.

French Proverbs
Sayings of French Origin

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