Quotes about Persuasion
Faith is a knowledge of the benevolence of God toward us, and a certain persuasion of His veracity.
— John Calvin
If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see. Let them see.
— Henry David Thoreau
Your life as a Christian should make non believers question their disbelief in God.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
You'd have a better chance persuading someone to change their sexual orientation than reaching people who have rendered themselves so deaf and blind.
— Epictetus
Language is powerful. Words matter.
— Eric Metaxas
If you hold a rose up before a man and he shuts his eyes tight and just holds out his hands and says "Here, I am ready to be persuaded; convince me by touch that your rose is red;" then you are helpless.
— Phillips Brooks
We hear many persuasive voices demanding freedom from restrictions, particularly from moral restraints. However, we learn from the history of the earth that any successful society has had boundaries.
— James Faust
The Muslims want to force conversion. Christians want to persuade you to voluntarily change your heart to where you would say yes to Jesus Christ.
— Franklin Graham
You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time.
— Abraham Lincoln
Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment nothing can fail. Without it nothing can succeed. He who molds opinion is greater than he who enacts laws.
— Abraham Lincoln
Foulgrin: If you can keep Fletcher from saying a definitive no to a temptation, you've won. Whatever is not a no is merely a postponed yes. (advice to the tempter Squaltaint)
— Randy Alcorn
God does something to us as well as for us through the cross. He persuades us that He loves us." —Sinclair Ferguson
— Randy Alcorn