Persuasive Quotes - Page 2

• Beauty has a persuasive power all its own.

  Janette Rallison

  Janette Rallison (2009). “How to Take the Ex Out of Ex-Boyfriend”, p.119, Penguin

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• Music has charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. I've read that things inanimate have moved, and, as with living souls, have been inform'd, by magic numbers and persuasive sound.

  William Congreve

  Music, Rocks, Numbers

  William. II Congreve William Wycherley (John Vanbrugh and Farquhar George), William. II Wycherley, William Congreve, George Farquhar, John Vanbrugh (1840). “Dramatic Works with Biographical and Critical Notices by Leigh Hunt. - London, Moxon 1840”, p.237

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• Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.

  Friedrich Schiller

  Power, Rhetoric

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• I haven’t even really tried to win you over, Roza. When I want to, I can be very persuasive.

  Richelle Mead

  Winning, Roza, Want

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• A woman in the depths of despair proves so persuasive that she wrenches the forgiveness lurking deep in the heart of her lover. This is all the more true when that woman is young, pretty, and so decollete as to emerge from the neck of her gown in the costume of Eve.

  Honore de Balzac

  Heart, Despair, Costumes

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

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, People, Disrespect

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• Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive.

  John Kenneth Galbraith

  Wealth, Prosperity, Finance

  John Kenneth Galbraith (1998). “The Affluent Society”, p.1, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I have a theory that the best ads come from personal experience. Some of the good ones I have done have really come out of the real experience of my life, and somehow this has come over as true and valid and persuasive.

  David Ogilvy

  Business, Real, Done

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• Neither revolution nor reformation can ultimately change a society, rather you must tell a new powerful tale, one so persuasive that it sweeps away the old myths and becomes the preferred story, one so inclusive that it gathers all the bits of our past and our present into a coherent whole, one that even shines some light into the future so that we can take the next step… If you want to change a society, then you have to tell an alternative story.

  Ivan Illich

  Powerful, Past, Light

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• Persuasive communication involves enthusiasm, animation, audience participation, authenticity and spontaneity.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leadership, Communication, Enthusiasm

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• Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than do all the arguments of atheists.

  Dennis Prager

  Religious, Atheist, People

  FaceBook post by Dennis Prager from Jan 16, 2014

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• Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention, but it has no persuasive value at all.

  John Kenneth Galbraith

  Humor, Attention, Economy

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• Find the simple story in the product, and present it in an articulate and intelligent, persuasive way.

  William Bernbach

  Simple, Intelligent, Stories

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• Kindness is more persuasive than force.

  Aesop

  Wise, Wisdom, Kindness

  Albert Cullum, Aesop (1972). “Aesop in the afternoon”

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• The great enemy of the truth is not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest but the myth persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.

  John F. Kennedy

  Lying, Enemy, Truth Is

  Kennedy, John F. (1963). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1962”, p.471, Best Books on

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• The Christian truth is attractive and persuasive because it responds to humanity's deepest needs.

  Pope Francis

  Faith, Christian, Inspiration

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• The goal is not to make something factually impeccable, but seamlessly persuasive.

  John Szarkowski

  Goal, Impeccable

  William Eggleston, John Szarkowski (2002). “William Eggleston's Guide”

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• We like to imagine that in history, truth will prevail through sheer persuasive power. Sadly, this is not the case. Truth needs champions.

  Llewellyn Rockwell

  Champion, Truth Will Prevail, Needs

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• I can be pretty persuasive if I believe in something strongly enough.

  Rashida Jones

  Believe, Enough, Ifs

  Interview with Sean O'Neal, www.avclub.com. April 8, 2009.

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• Nobody is more persuasive than a good listener

  Dale Carnegie

  Good Listener, Listeners

  Dale Carnegie (2012). “The Leader In You”, p.65, Simon and Schuster

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• To have a true investment, there must be a true margin of safety. And a true margin of safety is one that can be demonstrated by figures, by persuasive reasoning, and by reference to a body of actual experience.

  Benjamin Graham

  Safety, Body, Investment

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• McIntosh is persuasive in his arguments that the scientific facts of evolution cannot stand alone ... science shows that historical evolution, whatever its contingencies, is itself on a trajectory of values development. McIntosh has well-researched his sources and integrated them with seminal insight.

  Holmes Rolston III

  Historical, Development, Facts

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• Questions are often more effective than statements in moving others. Or to put it more appropriately, since the research shows that when the facts are on your side, questions are more persuasive than statements, don't you think you should be pitching more with questions?

  Daniel H. Pink

  Leadership, Moving, Thinking

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• When any kind of military action is popular it's because either there's been a very clear, direct threat to us - 9/11 - or an administration uses various hooks to suggest that American interests were directly threatened - like in Panama or Grenada. And sometimes, those hooks are more persuasive than others, but typically, they're not put before Congress.

  Barack Obama

  Military, Hook, Action

  Source: www.politico.com

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• Perfection, in the form of a flawless stream of words delivered with cool composure, is never as persuasive as realness. An impassioned but imperfect speech, which shows you care too much to hide flaws, is far more compelling.

  Charlotte Beers

  Perfection, Care, Speech

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