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People have a peculiar pleasure in making converts, that is, in ca

People have a peculiar pleasure in making converts, that is, in causing others to enjoy what they enjoy, thus finding their own likeness represented and reflected back to them. – Johann von Goethe

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I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him, he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone. – Dwight D Eisenhower

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Oral delivery aims at persuasion and making the listener believe they are converted. Few persons are capable of being convinced; the majority allow themselves to be persuaded. – Johann von Goethe

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If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect. – Benjamin Franklin

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He that winna be ruled by the rudder maun be ruled by the rock. – Scottish Proverb

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