Quotes about Persuasion

You have very little morally persuasive power with people who can feel your underlying contempt.

If you only talk to a person's head and not their heart people won't listen to you.

Structure your presentation so that you appeal to the different interests of the different decision-makers involved.

He was not blind to her crudity and her limitations, but they were a part of her grace and her persuasion. Diverse et ondoyante—so he had seen her from the first.

You know what charm is a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.

Arguing from facts never wins a definitive victory against skillfully presented opinion.

Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.

I do know plenty of atheists, agnostics and skeptics who have become Christians through the years. In fact, several of my friends were once strong atheists but are now committed followers of Jesus.

Donald Trump doesn't necessarily stay mad for very long. He's a transactional guy. If you can offer him something, he will take it. Or from a salesman's point of view, if he's not making the sale, you're of no use to him. But if you suddenly come back into the showroom and are willing to buy, he's willing to sell.

Lord, will you send me with such an unbelieving heart to persuade others to believe? Must I daily plead with sinners about everlasting life and everlasting death, and have no more belief or feeling of these weighty things myself? Oh send me not naked and unprovided to the work; but, as you command me to do it, furnish me with a spirit suitable thereto." Prayer

Threats of hell are unfortunately more memorable to people than promises of heaven.

You are never persuasive when you're abrasive.