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Persuaded Quotes

People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come in to the mind of others Picture Quote #1

What a man really says when he says that someone else can be persuaded by force, is that he himself is incapable of more rational means of communication Picture Quote #1

I do not believe that any peacock envies another peacock his tail, because every peacock is persuaded that his own tail is the finest in the world. The consequence of this is that peacocks are peaceable birds Picture Quote #1

Oral delivery aims at persuasion and making the listener believe they are converted. Few persons are capable of being convinced the majority allow themselves to be persuaded Picture Quote #1

I am persuaded, you will permit me to observe, that the path of true piety is so plain as to require but little political direction Picture Quote #1

I beg you be persuaded that no one would be more zealous than myself to establish effectual barriers against the horrors of spiritual tyranny, and every species of religious persecution Picture Quote #1

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If I could not be persuaded into doing what I thought wrong, I will never be tricked into it Picture Quote #1

I am increasingly persuaded that the earth belongs exclusively to the living and that one generation has no more right to bind another to it’s laws and judgments than one independent nation has the right to command another Picture Quote #1

I persuaded him to throw the dirk away; and it was as easy as persuading a child to give up some bright fresh new way of killing itself Picture Quote #1

When I didn’t argue he was satisfied he had persuaded me, and was not the first to make that mistake Picture Quote #1

A man never lies with more delicious languor under the influence of a passion than when he has persuaded himself that he shall subdue it tomorrow Picture Quote #1

If you can cut the people off from their history, then they can be easily persuaded Picture Quote #1

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Examine the religious principles which have, in fact, prevailed in the world, and you will scarcely be persuaded that they are anything but sick men’s dreams Picture Quote #1

Peace with all the world is my sincere wish. I am sure it is our true policy, and am persuaded it is the ardent desire of the government Picture Quote #1

Executions, far from being useful examples to the survivors, have, I am persuaded, a quite contrary effect, by hardening the heart they ought to terrify. Besides, the fear of an ignominious death, I believe, never deterred anyone from the commission of a crime, because in committing it the mind is roused to activity about present circumstances Picture Quote #1

I had supposed until that time that it was quite common for parents to love their children, but the war persuaded me that it is a rare exception. I had supposed that most people liked money better than almost anything else, but I discovered that they liked destruction even better. I had supposed that intellectuals frequently loved truth, but I found here again that not ten per cent of them prefer truth to popularity Picture Quote #1

Campaigns fail if they waste resources courting voters who are unpersuadable or already persuaded. Their most urgent task is to find and persuade the few voters who are genuinely undecided and the larger number who are favorably disposed but need a push to actually vote Picture Quote #1

... for when women are the advisers, the lords of creation don’t take the advice till they have persuaded themselves that it is just what they intended to do. Then they act upon it, and, if it succeeds, they give the weaker vessel half the credit of it. If it fails, they generously give her the whole Picture Quote #1

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What! Would I be turned back from doing a thing that I had determined to do, and that I knew to be right, by the airs and interference of such a person, or any person I may say? No, I have no idea of being so easily persuaded. When I have made up my mind, I have made it Picture Quote #1

Every decent man of our age must be a coward and a slave. That is his normal condition. Of that I am firmly persuaded. He is made and constructed to that very end. And not only at the present time owing to some casual circumstance, but always, at all times, a decent man is bound to be a coward and a slave Picture Quote #1

There is no true and constant gentleness without humility. While we are so fond of ourselves, we are easily offended with others. Let us be persuaded that nothing is due to us, and then nothing will disturb us. Let us often think of our own infirmities, and we will become indulgent towards those of others Picture Quote #1

I am entirely persuaded that the agitations of the public mind advance its powers, and that at every vibration between the points of liberty and despotism, something will be gained for the former. As men become better informed, their rulers must respect them the more Picture Quote #1

I am persuaded that a leader is not made in one life. He has to be born for it. For the difficulty is not in organisation and making plans; the test, the real test, of the leader, lies in holding widely different people together along the line of their common sympathies. And this can only be done unconsciously, never by trying Picture Quote #1

If I tell you that I would be disobeying the God and on that account it is impossible for me to keep quiet, you won’t be persuaded by me, taking it that I am ionizing. And if I tell you that it is the greatest good for a human being to have discussions every day about virtue and the other things you hear me talking about, examining myself and others, and that the unexamined life is not livable for a human being, you will be even less persuaded Picture Quote #1

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None but those who have learned the art of subjecting their senses as well as reason to hypothetical systems can be persuaded by the most specious rhetorician that the lots of life are equal; yet it cannot be denied that every one has his peculiar pleasures and vexations, that external accidents operate variously upon different minds, and that no man can exactly judge from his own sensations what another would feel in the same circumstances Picture Quote #1

We are generally the better persuaded by the reasons we discover ourselves than by those given to us by others Picture Quote #1

It was the last weakness he meant to indulge in; and a man never lies with more delicious languor under the influence of a passion than when he has persuaded himself that he shall subdue it tomorrow Picture Quote #1

Speculations? I have none. I am resting on certainties. I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day Picture Quote #1

I am persuaded that the rights of woman, like the rights of slaves, need only be examined to be understood and asserted Picture Quote #1

To what excesses do men rush for the sake of religion, of whose truth they are so little persuaded, and to whose precepts they pay so little regard! Picture Quote #1

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People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come in to the mind of others (Persuaded Quotes) What a man really says when he says that someone else can be persuaded by force, is that he himself is incapable of more rational means of communication (Persuaded Quotes) I do not believe that any peacock envies another peacock his tail, because every peacock is persuaded that his own tail is the finest in the world. The consequence of this is that peacocks are peaceable birds (Persuaded Quotes) Oral delivery aims at persuasion and making the listener believe they are converted. Few persons are capable of being convinced the majority allow themselves to be persuaded (Persuaded Quotes) I am persuaded, you will permit me to observe, that the path of true piety is so plain as to require but little political direction (Persuaded Quotes) I beg you be persuaded that no one would be more zealous than myself to establish effectual barriers against the horrors of spiritual tyranny, and every species of religious persecution (Persuaded Quotes) If I could not be persuaded into doing what I thought wrong, I will never be tricked into it (Persuaded Quotes) I am increasingly persuaded that the earth belongs exclusively to the living and that one generation has no more right to bind another to it’s laws and judgments than one independent nation has the right to command another (Persuaded Quotes) I persuaded him to throw the dirk away; and it was as easy as persuading a child to give up some bright fresh new way of killing itself (Persuaded Quotes) When I didn’t argue he was satisfied he had persuaded me, and was not the first to make that mistake (Persuaded Quotes) A man never lies with more delicious languor under the influence of a passion than when he has persuaded himself that he shall subdue it tomorrow (Persuaded Quotes) If you can cut the people off from their history, then they can be easily persuaded (Persuaded Quotes) Examine the religious principles which have, in fact, prevailed in the world, and you will scarcely be persuaded that they are anything but sick men’s dreams (Persuaded Quotes) Peace with all the world is my sincere wish. I am sure it is our true policy, and am persuaded it is the ardent desire of the government (Persuaded Quotes) Executions, far from being useful examples to the survivors, have, I am persuaded, a quite contrary effect, by hardening the heart they ought to terrify. Besides, the fear of an ignominious death, I believe, never deterred anyone from the commission of a crime, because in committing it the mind is roused to activity about present circumstances (Persuaded Quotes) I had supposed until that time that it was quite common for parents to love their children, but the war persuaded me that it is a rare exception. I had supposed that most people liked money better than almost anything else, but I discovered that they liked destruction even better. I had supposed that intellectuals frequently loved truth, but I found here again that not ten per cent of them prefer truth to popularity (Persuaded Quotes) Campaigns fail if they waste resources courting voters who are unpersuadable or already persuaded. Their most urgent task is to find and persuade the few voters who are genuinely undecided and the larger number who are favorably disposed but need a push to actually vote (Persuaded Quotes) ... for when women are the advisers, the lords of creation don’t take the advice till they have persuaded themselves that it is just what they intended to do. Then they act upon it, and, if it succeeds, they give the weaker vessel half the credit of it. If it fails, they generously give her the whole (Persuaded Quotes) What! Would I be turned back from doing a thing that I had determined to do, and that I knew to be right, by the airs and interference of such a person, or any person I may say? No, I have no idea of being so easily persuaded. When I have made up my mind, I have made it (Persuaded Quotes) Every decent man of our age must be a coward and a slave. That is his normal condition. Of that I am firmly persuaded. He is made and constructed to that very end. And not only at the present time owing to some casual circumstance, but always, at all times, a decent man is bound to be a coward and a slave (Persuaded Quotes) There is no true and constant gentleness without humility. While we are so fond of ourselves, we are easily offended with others. Let us be persuaded that nothing is due to us, and then nothing will disturb us. Let us often think of our own infirmities, and we will become indulgent towards those of others (Persuaded Quotes) I am entirely persuaded that the agitations of the public mind advance its powers, and that at every vibration between the points of liberty and despotism, something will be gained for the former. As men become better informed, their rulers must respect them the more (Persuaded Quotes) I am persuaded that a leader is not made in one life. He has to be born for it. For the difficulty is not in organisation and making plans; the test, the real test, of the leader, lies in holding widely different people together along the line of their common sympathies. And this can only be done unconsciously, never by trying (Persuaded Quotes) If I tell you that I would be disobeying the God and on that account it is impossible for me to keep quiet, you won’t be persuaded by me, taking it that I am ionizing. And if I tell you that it is the greatest good for a human being to have discussions every day about virtue and the other things you hear me talking about, examining myself and others, and that the unexamined life is not livable for a human being, you will be even less persuaded (Persuaded Quotes) None but those who have learned the art of subjecting their senses as well as reason to hypothetical systems can be persuaded by the most specious rhetorician that the lots of life are equal; yet it cannot be denied that every one has his peculiar pleasures and vexations, that external accidents operate variously upon different minds, and that no man can exactly judge from his own sensations what another would feel in the same circumstances (Persuaded Quotes) We are generally the better persuaded by the reasons we discover ourselves than by those given to us by others (Persuaded Quotes) It was the last weakness he meant to indulge in; and a man never lies with more delicious languor under the influence of a passion than when he has persuaded himself that he shall subdue it tomorrow (Persuaded Quotes) Speculations? I have none. I am resting on certainties. I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day (Persuaded Quotes) I am persuaded that the rights of woman, like the rights of slaves, need only be examined to be understood and asserted (Persuaded Quotes) To what excesses do men rush for the sake of religion, of whose truth they are so little persuaded, and to whose precepts they pay so little regard! (Persuaded Quotes)

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