Famous Quotes & Sayings

Edward Gibbon

Persuasion is the resource of the feeble; and the feeble can seldom persuade . . .

Dwight D. Eisenhower

I'll tell you what leadership is. It's persuasion and conciliation, and education, and patience.

Scottish Proverbs

He that winna be ruled by the rudder maun be ruled by the rock.

Plato

Either we shall find what it is we are seeking or at least we shall free ourselves from the persuasion that we know what we do not know.

John Owen

We can have no power from Christ unless we live in a persuasion that we have none of our own.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

At the end of reasons comes persuasion.

Homer

A companion's words of persuasion are effective.

Joan Armatrading

I am not in love / But I'm open to persuasion.

John Calvin

Faith is a knowledge of the benevolence of God toward us, and a certain persuasion of His veracity.

Vladimir Putin

I am convinced that the norm in Russia should become a family with three children.

E. P. Thompson

I am convinced that we are in a terminal process.

Erich Bergen

As an actor, when you are called upon to do a job, you are oftentimes convinced you can't do it. You say to yourself 'I don't have the talent for this; they are going to figure out I'm a fraud.' And then you watch how the others do it, and fake your confidence.

John McCarthy

A true intellectual is a man who, after reading a book and being convinced by its arguments, will shoot someone or, more likely, order someone shot.

Joyce Banda

I convinced myself economic empowerment of women was going to be key, especially in a country like this where most women didn't go to school.

Kylie Minogue

I'm convinced there are a lot of couples who have got together while listening to my music. My songs are not exactly unsexy.

Pierre Lacroix

With this acquisition, we are convinced that we are securing our goaltending position for many years.

Charles Moose

We're still not convinced we've heard from people we want to talk to, ... We still want to hear from people.

Kevin Brady

We're going to have to find a way to serve our constituents and our taxpayers better and quicker and more accurately with fewer workers. I'm convinced we can do it and we don't have a choice.