Persuasion is better than force.
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Persuasion is often more effectual than force.
AESOP There is often more spiritual force in a proverb than in whole philosophical systems.
THOMAS CARLYLE It is better to walk than curse the road. - Wolof proverb, Senegal
AFRICAN PROVERBS Which form of proverb do you prefer Better late than never, or Better never than late?
LEWIS CARROLL The triumph of persuasion over force is the sign of a civilized society.
MARK SKOUSEN A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.”
- Chinese pr...
ALVIN TOFFLER Given that some social processes must convey inherent constraints, the choice is among various mixtu...
THOMAS SOWELL To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion.
AYN RAND Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world.
THOMAS CARLYLE Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent. •Spanish Proverb Lawless are they th...
SPANISH PROVERB It's the old proverb: 'It is better to give than to receive.' Without knowing it, I had brought alon...
ETHAN ZOHN Better ride safe in the dark, says the proverb, than in the daylight with a cut-throat at your elbow
SIR WALTER SCOTT Men are not governed by justice, but by law or persuasion. When they refuse to be governed by law or...
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Loves by all pros and cons is better than force it to look perfect
CG9SYXJHZGL0AWE= One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters. English Proverb (17th century)
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BRUCE ERIC KAPLAN There is no greater force for change than people inspired to live a better life.
STEVE MARABOLI Advertising isn't a science. It's persuasion. And persuasion is an art.
WILLIAM BERNBACH Given that some social processes must convey inherent constraints, the choice is among various mixtu...
THOMAS SOWELL Persuasion has become a kind of force. The more the advertiser knows about what consumers want, and ...
VIRGINIA POSTREL Setting a good example is a far better way to spread ideals than through force of arms.
RON PAUL He was more than comfortable with the language of imperious persuasion.
DAN JONES When your mouth stumbles, it's worse than feet. - Oji proverb
AFRICAN PROVERB In a republican nation, whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and not by force, the ...
THOMAS JEFFERSON A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it.
JOHN KEATS A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it
JOHN KEATS A lot of people think that persuasion is all about values and aligning values. I largely disagree. I...
NICK HANAUER Advertising is fundamentally persuasion and persuasion happens to be not a science, but an art.
WILLIAM BERNBACH A proverb is not a proverb to you until life has illustrated it.
JOHN KEATS A new untruth is better than an old truth.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, JR. Love is a better teacher than duty.
ALBERT EINSTEIN The power of a movement lies in the fact that it can indeed change the habits of people. This change...
STEVE BIKO The power of a movement lies in the fact that it can indeed change the habits of people. This change...
STEVEN BIKO Our Constitution recognises no other power than that of persuasion, for enforcing religious observan...
RICHARD MENTOR JOHNSON A tree not taller than an ant cannot shade you. - Kanuri proverb, Nigeria
AFRICAN PROVERBS In order to have an enemy, one must be somebody. One must be a force before he can be resisted by an...
ANNE SOPHIE SWETCHINE In order to have an enemy, one must be somebody. One must be a force before he can be resisted by an...
SOPHIE SWETCHINE In order to have an enemy, one must be somebody. One must be a force before he can be resisted by an...
ANNE SWETCHINE The proverb is something musty.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one melts, the other...
HENRY DAVID THOREAU Nothing ever becomes real till experienced – even a proverb is no proverb until your life has illu...
JOHN KEATS Fantasy love is much better than reality love.
ANDY WARHOL Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE A harmful truth is better than a useful lie.
THOMAS MANN Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced -- even a proverb is no proverb to you till your li...
JOHN KEATS He will hold thee, when his passion shall have spent its novel force, something better than his dog,...
ALFRED LORD TENNYSON He will hold thee, when his passion shall have spent its novel
force,
Something better than his d...
LORD ALFRED TENNYSON Lasting influence is achieved through persuasion not coercion.
JEFFREY BENJAMIN Right reason is stronger than force.
JAMES A. GARFIELD Gratitude is the heart's memory. -French Proverb.
FRENCH PROVERB A proverb is the child of experience.
ENGLISH PROVERB The Neoconservative Persuasion
IRVING KRISTOL . . . gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force...
HERMANN HESSE The knee felt a lot better than last week. I scored when I can. I'm not going to force anything.
DAVE WOODALL Life is raw material. We are artisans. We can sculpt our existence into something beautiful, or deba...
CATHY BETTER The persuasion of a friend is a strong thing.
HOMER The driving force is to serve the fan better tomorrow than we do today, because we know if we do tha...
MANISH JHA Knowledge is more than equivalent to force.
SAMUEL JOHNSON What force is more potent than love?
IGOR STRAVINSKY The object of oratory alone is not truth, but persuasion.
THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY A heart can no more be forced to love than a stomach can be forced to digest food by persuasion.
ALFRED NOBEL We always have hoped that American diplomacy deploys itself in dialogue and persuasion rather than b...
MAHMOUD ABBAS A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.
R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.
RICHARD BUCKMINSTER FULLER A proverb is good sense brought to a point.
JOHN MORLEY The heart that loves is always young. -Greek Proverb.
GREEK PROVERB Wonder is the beginning of wisdom. -Anonymous (Greek Proverb).
GREEK PROVERB A good rest is half the work. -Yugoslav Proverb.
YUGOSLAV PROVERB Nothing is as burdensome as a secret. French Proverb
FRENCH PROVERB There is no proverb without a grain of truth
RUSSIAN PROVERB One beggar at the door is enough. French Proverb
FRENCH PROVERB Ninety percent of selling is conviction, and 10 per cent is persuasion.
SHIV KHERA It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre are bandits who do ...
ANDRE GIDE "For your own good" is a persuasive argument that will eventually make a man agree to his own destru...
JANET FRAME The young mind is pliable and imitates, but in more advanced states grows rigid and must be warmed ...
JOSHUA RENOLDS The real persuaders are our appetites, our fears and above all our vanity. The skillful propagandis...
ERIC HOFFER Even if the committee carried the message in the exact words with no words missing, but left out the...
JOAN OF ARC There's a lot more power in calm than in vituperation.
DENNIS PRAGER The best way to persuade people is with your ears - by listening to them.
DEAN RUSK Oral delivery aims at persuasion and making the listener believe they are converted. Few persons are...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE exercised through patient diplomatic persuasion and coalition-building.
KOFI ANNAN It is not safe to be in Baghdad, it is patently unsafe and that's true for whatever political persua...
DAVID ENDERS It sounds great from an institutional standpoint. Maybe the Court could do a better job of persuasio...
EDWARD LAZARUS Non posso più ascoltare tacendo. Devo parlarvi con i mezzi che ho a disposizione. Voi mi trafiggete...
JANE AUSTEN We have quite the same ideas. No; I think our ideas are quite different. But he has been most pleasa...
OSCAR WILDE Tell me what to do to change your mind.
LISA DESROCHERS At the end of reasons comes persuasion
LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
JOHN RUSSELL A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
LORD JOHN RUSSELL (1) The beginning, as the proverb says, is half the whole
ARISTOTLE A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom
JOHN RUSSELL It's a larger, better trained force than it's ever been before. No doubt. It's one of the finest pol...
LEO SCODA In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more potent than love?
IGOR STRAVINSKY What is illiberal is not persuasion but imposition of one's views.
RICHARD DAWKINS Yuyeh sesh. Despise your heart. Ni weh sesh. I have no heart.
LEIGH BARDUGO Plant an expectation; reap a disappointment." (Quoting an old adage)
ELIZABETH GILBERT An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN In Shoshone, there's a saying. It's a long one, and it doesn't have an English equivalent, so bear w...
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