Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

[M]ere knowledge of the truth will not give you the art of persuasion.

I never failed to convince an audience that the best thing they could do was to go away.

You can change my mind, but you gotta work harder at it.

He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.

I am convinced that great ideas that are powerfully presented can change a mind in five minutes.

I have written every one of my novels to convince somebody of something.

Persuasion is clearly a sort of demonstration, since we are most fully persuaded when we consider a thing to have been demonstrated.

In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.

Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.

Let one persuade many, and he becomes confirmed and convinced, and cares for no better evidence.

Argument is conclusive … but … it does not remove doubt.

Nothing is so difficult to believe that oratory cannot make it acceptable …

There is nothing in the world like persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus.

Would you persuade, speak of interest, not of reason.

The passions are the only orators which always persuade.

Our job is to convince guys that our way is the best way to cross the road. The tactics and training and facilities are important, but I still have to convince you.

Some people you struggle to argue with - they've got a lot of strong backing to what they say and what they do.

I am a very persuasive man.

I consider myself to be quite persuasive when I want.

We are pleased with one who instantly assents to our opinions, but we love a proselyte.

Metaphor is no argument, though it be sometimes the gunpowder to drive one home, and imbed it in the memory.

Money is far more persuasive than logical arguments.

The persuasion of a friend is a strong thing.

Persuasive influences are better than any amount of moralizing.

Gold is a deep-persuading orator.