265 Quotes About Persuasion

Rebels aren't persuaded by arguments such as 'People are counting on you,' 'You've already paid for it'...'Things should be done this way,' 'You have an appointment,' 'You said you'd do it'...'It's against the rules,' 'It's a tradition,' 'This is the deadline,' or 'It's rude.'They're much more apt to respond to being told 'This will be fun,' 'This is what *you* want'...Rebels can do anything they *want* to do.

Get what you can with words, because words are free, but the words of an armed man ring that much sweeter.

When manipulation flutters around everywhere, neither pull nor push anyone. Just do one thing - don't trust anyone!

It's intelligence mixed with less than innocence, it's cruelty mixed with a sense of elegance. It's a trap set for seduction to those that are persuaded by speech.

Well, that depends, I suppose. I heard someone once say that men dance the same way they have sex. So, if you want everyone here to think you're the kind of guy who just sits around and—" He stood up. "Let's dance.

Let me run game, talk is cheap, so let me take aim. Actions without distraction, simple conversations mean more to you than diamonds and the mansions, Haa, let me stop. Go ahead & run some game of your own; Feed my inner animal with your voice, your gestures, your walk. Those glances, all so intentional. Filling my senses like you got all the sense in this.

All things are possible; if something seems like it’s not, it’s only because enough people aren't being deceived into the possibilities yet.

ADAMANT, n. A mineral frequently found beneath a corset. Soluble in solicitate of gold.

Therapy requires a collaborative working relationship in which both partners act on the basis of their implicit confidence in the value and efficacy of persuasion rather than coercion, ideas rather than force, mutuality rather than authoritarian control.