Persuasive Quotes

• The more informative your advertising, the more persuasive it will be.

  David Ogilvy

  Marketing, Advertising, Economy

  David Ogilvy (1963). “Confessions of an advertising man”, Holiday House

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• To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful.

  Edward R. Murrow

  Truth, Honesty, Integrity

  Testimony before a Congressional Committee, pdaa.publicdiplomacy.org. May 1963.

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• Real persuasion comes from putting more of you into everything you say. Words have an effect. Words loaded with emotion have a powerful effect.

  Jim Rohn

  Powerful, Real, Emotion

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Feb 22, 2014

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• The simplest man with passion will be more persuasive than the most eloquent without.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Passion, Men, Oratory

  "The Moral Maxims and Reflections". Book by François de La Rochefoucauld. Maxim 8, 1678.

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• The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. Too often we hold fast to the cliches of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

  John F. Kennedy

  Lying, Enemy, Comfort

  Yale University Commencement Address, delivered 11 June 1962

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• A drunk driver is very dangerous. So is a drunk backseat driver if he's persuasive.

  Demetri Martin

  Drunk, Dangerous, Backseat Drivers

  "Comedy Central Presents/ Demetri Martin". www.imdb.com. 2004.

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• For your own good is a persuasive argument that will eventually make a man agree to his own destruction.

  Janet Frame

  Freedom, Men, Liberty

  Janet Frame (1980). “Faces in the water”

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• There is nothing in the world like persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus.

  Mark Twain

  Oratory, World, Speech

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.452, Courier Corporation

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• Our kindness may be the most persuasive argument for that which we believe.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

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• I try to be careful with my persuasiveness. When my heart is really behind it, and when I have no ulterior motive, then I know I’m truly persuasive.

  Giancarlo Esposito

  Heart, Trying, Be Careful

  "Q&A – Giancarlo Esposito (Gus Fring)". AMC Interview, www.amc.com.

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• Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.

  Laozi

  Beauty, Beautiful, Thought Provoking

  Laozi, D. C. Lau (1989). “Tao Te Ching”, p.117, Chinese University Press

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• Odors have a power of persuasion stronger than that of words, appearances, emotions, or will. The persuasive power of an odor cannot be fended off, it enters into us like breath into our lungs, it fills us up, imbues us totally. There is no remedy for it.

  Patrick Süskind

  Stronger, Odor, Scent

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• How difficult it is to sound persuasive at the top of one's voice!

  Aldous Huxley

  Voice, Sound, Difficult

  Aldous Huxley (1950). “The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley: Brave new world”

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• Persuasive speech, and more persuasive sighs, Silence that spoke and eloquence of eyes.

  Homer

  Eye, Silence, Speech

  Homer, Alexander Pope (1809). “The Iliad of Homer”, p.1072

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• Money is far more persuasive than logical arguments.

  Euripides

  Money, Logical Arguments, Argument

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• All creative art is magic, is evocation of the unseen in forms persuasive, enlightening, familiar and surprising.

  Joseph Conrad

  Art, Creativity, Creative

  Joseph Conrad (2015). “The Complete Novels of Joseph Conrad - All 20 Works in One Premium Edition: Including Unforgettable Titles like Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, The Secret Agent, Nostromo, Under Western Eyes and Many More (With Author’s Letters, Memoirs and Critical Essays)”, p.4543, e-artnow

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• The carrot and the stick are prevasive and persuasive motivators. But if you treat people like donkeys, they will perform like donkeys.

  John Whitmore

  People, Sticks, Donkey

  John Whitmore (2010). “Coaching for Performance: GROWing Human Potential and Purpose: The Principles and Practice of Coaching and Leadership”, p.106, Nicholas Brealey Publishing

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• Story is morally neutral. It can express profound truth or propaganda. The two greatest political storytellers of the 20th Century were Winston Churchill and Adolph Hitler. Because storytelling is a form of persuasive jujitsu, and because world is full of black belt storytellers, the corporate leader has to train both his offensive and defensive moves

  Robert McKee

  Moving, Two, Profound

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• I know of no teachers so powerful and persuasive as the little army of specialists. They carry no banners, they beat no drums; but where they are men learn that bustle and push are not the equals of quiet genius and serene mastery.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

  Teacher, Powerful, Army

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• There is nothing in the world like a persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus and upset the convictions and debauch the emotions of an audience not practiced in the tricks and delusions of oratory

  Mark Twain

  Upset, Oratory, World

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.452, Courier Corporation

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• I met him while I was imprisoned," I say, and my voice sounds far away even to me. "I was just curious." "I wouldn't judge him too harshly," says Fernando. "Jeanine can be extraordinarily persuasive to those who aren't naturally suspicious. I have always been naturally suspicious." ... "Yeah," I say. "So have I.

  Veronica Roth

  Voice, Judging, Sound

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• Keep the corners of your mouth turned up. Speak in a low, persuasive tone. Listen; be teachable. Laugh at good stories and learn to tell them...For as long as you are green, you can grow.

  Mother Teresa

  Long, Laughing, Tone

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• If somebody harbours delusions, I think that should disqualify them from office, regardless whether the delusions are religious. Letting someone who thinks the god Jehovah will bail him out serve in public office is like letting a man who believes in Santa Claus run a Toys 'R Us.
  The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie - deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

  John F. Kennedy

  Running, Religious, Lying

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• Properly practiced creativity MUST result in greater sales more economically achieved. Properly practiced creativity can lift your claims out of the swamp of sameness and make them accepted, believed, persuasive, urgent.

  William Bernbach

  Creativity, Design, Swamps

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

  John F. Kennedy

  Trust, Peace, Fear

  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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