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.

Thomas Peterffy

You win a few, you lose a few.

Turkish Proverbs

Part with your head, but not with your secret.

Alicia Figgs

If you want something done, do it yourself; other wise it'll never get done.

Turkish Proverb

If you are an anvil, be patient; if you are a hammer, be strong.

Jewish Proverb

Do not make yourself so big, you are not so small.

English 14th Century Proverbs

When the wine is in, the wit is out.

Mexican Proverb

As you see yourself, I once saw myself; as you see me now, you will be seen.

English 16th Century Proverbs

A woman and a ship ever want mending.

Turkish Proverb

The sage speaks of what he sees; the fool, of what he hears.

Tom Daschle

I haven't ruled anything out or anything in at this point.

Andrew Walpole

Vaughan is ruled out. He is going home.