Quotes about Persuasion

Position is a poor substitute for influence.

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink." That may be true. But it's also true that you can feed a horse salt and make him thirsty.

I am going to keep a positive attitude and use it to influence others.

If you want people to remember what you say, you need to say the right thing at the right moment in the right way!

if you have to convince them to see the vision, you will have to convince them to take action.

Productive leaders communicate the superiority and the benefits of their ideas.

Even the choicest words lose their power when they are used to overpower.

Connecting is the ability to identify with people and relate to them in a way that increases your influence with them.

You can lead your horse to water, but you can't manage him to drink.

If you don't have influence, you will never be able to lead others.

The very essence of all power to influence lies in getting the other person to participate." Influence is an invitation anyone can make to another person.

When you want to convert someone to your view, you go over to where he is standing, take him by the hand (mentally speaking), and guide him. You don't stand across the room and shout at him; you don't call him a dummy; you don't order him to come over to where you are. You start where he is, and work from that position. That's the only way to get him to budge.