Bo Bennett Quotes

A word after a word after a word is power.

He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense.

All big changes of the world come from words.

I'm not in power, but my ideas are in power. And my ideas will prevail.

There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.

The winged words uttered in this House have gone forth to the world, on their mission of good or of evil.

Stories are the single most powerful tool in a leader's toolkit.

Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.

I think the power of persuasion would be the greatest superpower of all time.

I love the power of words - no music or special effects - and I want to demonstrate that power.

Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement, or destructively using words of despair. Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate and to humble.

Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.

I don't believe in the power of words.

You do not need to be in a position of power. You need only be in a position to influence those in power.

If you want to permanently change men's minds and hearts, you have to trust in the power of the spoken word.

One person with a belief is a social power equal to ninety-nine who only have interests.

Success depends on three things: who says it, what he says, how he says it; and of these three things, what he says is the least important.

Great men don't 'move to the center' — great men move the center!

It doesn’t matter if you’ve got the right side of the argument, it just matters whether you have the right ear.

Power comes through public persuasion.

Turning Intellect Into Influence

Once you can express yourself, you can tell the world what you want from it. All the changes in the world, for good or evil, were first brought about by words.

Kennedy understood something that is not so obvious, and that is that words are more important than deeds. You can’t govern 300 million people—or 180 million when Kennedy was president—by doing things. You can only do it by rhetoric.

You can't just give a speech and expect people to fall down and agree with you.

I gravitate towards strong messages and things that make an impact.