Quotes about Persuasion
Screw the truth into men's minds.
— Richard Baxter
It matters enormously if I alienate anyone from the truth.
— CS Lewis
Evangelizing includes the endeavor to elicit a response to the truth taught.
— JI Packer
The catchword I use with my classes is: The authority of the writer always overcomes the skepticism of the reader.
— Nikki Giovanni
The power of belief alone could change the course of history.
— Ted Dekker
PC advocates deny the existence of objective knowledge and morality, and thus see no point in employing moral suasion and logical argument to convince their fellow citizens that their viewpoint is correct. Their only means available is therefore using the instruments of political power, such as coercion, intimidation, marginalization, and name-calling. To put it philosophically: Ideas are not the power by which to change the world, but rather, the world's ideas are changed by power.
— Francis J. Beckwith
The most effective apologist is not one who has the greatest academic prowess alone, but the one who has excellent intellectual preparation and reflects Christ's love in every way.
— Francis J. Beckwith
Passion makes one persuasive.
— Fred Craddock
The gospel will persuade no one unless it has so convicted us that we are transformed by it.
— Brennan Manning
Words without poetry lack passion; words without passion lack persuasion; words without persuasion lack power.
— Brennan Manning
Don't allow others to persuade you to compromise your integrity as you follow God's will.
— Henry Blackaby
If you look upon the rule in Titus it is a rule to me. If you convince me that it is no rule I shall yield.
— Anne Hutchinson