Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kenneth Burke

Wherever there is persuasion, there is rhetoric, and wherever there is rhetoric, there is meaning.

Joan Armatrading

I am not in love / But I'm open to persuasion.

Lord Chesterfield

If you would convince others, seem open to conviction yourself.

Herodotus

We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.

Edward Gibbon

Persuasion is the resource of the feeble; and the feeble can seldom persuade . . .

Dwight D. Eisenhower

I'll tell you what leadership is. It's persuasion and conciliation, and education, and patience.

Scottish Proverbs

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

Homer

A companion's words of persuasion are effective.