“Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one melts, the other breaks into pieces.”
Henry David Thoreau
“Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.”
Aristotle
“Few are open to conviction, but the majority of men are open to persuasion”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.”
Zig Ziglar
“Peace by persuasion has a pleasant sound, but I think we should not be able to work it. We should have to tame the human race first, and history seems to show that that cannot be done.”
Mark Twain
“Persuasion is often more effectual than force.”
Aesop
“The best way to persuade people is with your ears - by listening to them.”
Dean Rusk