Quotes about persuasion

"If you can't get people to listen to you any other way, tell them it's confidential."

Proverb on persuasion   

"The tongue can paint what the eye can't see."

Proverb, Chinese on persuasion
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"More flies are caught with honey than with vinegar."

Proverb, French on persuasion   

"Those that will not hear must be made to feel."

Proverb, German on persuasion   

"He that winna be ruled by the rudder maun be ruled by the rock."

Proverb, Scottish on persuasion   

"You must make the product interesting not just make the ad different. And that's what too many of the copywriters in America today don't yet understand."

Reeves, Rooser on persuasion   

"The young mind is pliable and imitates, but in more advanced states grows rigid and must be warmed and softened before it will receive a deep impression."

Renolds, Joshua on persuasion   

"Call the bald man, Boy; make the sage thy toy; greet the youth with solemn face; praise the fat man for his grace."

Rowland, Helen on persuasion   

"One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears - by listening to them."

Rusk, Dean on persuasion   

"Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting."

Sun Tzu on persuasion
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"Whenever he met a great man he groveled before him, and my-lorded him as only a free-born Briton can do."

Thackeray, William M. on persuasion   

"You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward."

Thurber, James on persuasion   

"The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity."

Ziglar, Zig on persuasion
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"Propaganda is persuasion by illusion."

Kayla McCarthy on persuasion   

"Life is a play, and if your a good actor and can convince the people of your role than the role is truly yours in reality."

Tousignant Maximillian Guy on persuasion