Quotes about Manipulation

Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.

More than forty of them were involved in this plot.

For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.

Be that as it may, I was not a burden to you; but crafty as I am, I caught you by trickery.

Those people are zealous for you, but not in a good way. Instead, they want to isolate you from us, so that you may be zealous for them.

They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions,

These men are discontented grumblers, following after their own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others for their own advantage.

I despise you. You are exactly the kind of man God warns against. Evil and vindictive, scheming and deceiving." "Be that as it may," Lockhart said, tracing her cheek with his finger, "you will marry me. Now I suggest you gather your things and then allow me to escort you to get the wagon. We will find the nearest preacher and then we'll leave immediately. You will take your brother and sister and settle into my house.

If you want to control someone, all you have to do is to make them feel afraid.

Fear again. If you want to control someone, all you have to do is to make them feel afraid.

if a lie is repeated often enough, it ends up convincing everyone

Give me the facts, and I will twist them the way I want, to suit my argument.