Persuasion Quotes

(His impression of Harvard University) Well, the faculty at the Kennedy School of Government was pretty good when I was there. The most interesting class I had was `Persuasion`, and I use a lot of the points I learned there on the air to try to get people to listen to you so they understand it.

I used all diligence to arrive at London and therefore I now gave my crew a certificate under my hand, of my free and willing return, without persuasion or force by any one or more of them.

When the conduct of men is designed to be influenced, persuasion, kind unassuming persuasion, should ever be adopted. It is an old and true maxim that `a drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall.` So with men. If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey that catches his heart, which, say what he will, is the great highroad to his reason, and which, once gained, you will find but little trouble in convincing him of the justice of your cause, if indeed that cause is really a good one.

A companion`s words of persuasion are effective.

The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion.

We always have hoped that American diplomacy deploys itself in dialogue and persuasion rather than by ultimatums. That is the path we want in international relations.

I have with me two gods, Persuasion and Compulsion.

First of all, my persuasion is what really breeds violence is political differences. But because religion serves as the soul of community, it gets drawn into the fracas and turns up the heat.

In short, I`m not sure that the abortion problem can be solved by legislation. I think it can only be solved through moral persuasion.

Advertising isn`t a science. It`s persuasion. And persuasion is an art.

Advertising is fundamentally persuasion and persuasion happens to be not a science, but an art.

I believe that the will of the people is resolved by a strong leadership. Even in a democratic society, events depend on a strong leadership with a strong power of persuasion, and not on the opinion of the masses.

It is not safe to be in Baghdad, it is patently unsafe and that`s true for whatever political persuasion you are. They will kill you if you are Republican, they will kill you if you are Democrat,

I think we can work together with the port on this. Let`s use community persuasion to help make this work.

Persuasion is better than force.

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