Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes

People don't like to be nagged. When people nag us, we instantly resist, but when the facts force us in that same direction, we instantly adapt.

People may oppose you, but when they realize you can hurt them, they'll join your side.

I have with me two gods, Persuasion and Compulsion.

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's somebody doing something because I pushed them in that direction.

I know a way to stay friends forever, There's really nothing to it, I tell you what to do, And you do it.

Influence is a very unpleasant subject and I deal with it in a maybe irresponsible way, which is to really ignore it. It would be a nightmare if we started to really think about it; it would tie our hands, it would tie everyone else's hands.

You know, you can't make the people do what you want them to do.

When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat.

If I get ‘em by the short and curlies, the hearts and minds will follow.

You have convinced me that you are right. Now go out there and force me to do it.

Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.

Telling a man to go to hell and making him go are two different propositions.

It is one thing to persuade, another to command …

Once a person insists on how you are to think he immediately begins to insist on how you are to behave.

If you've got 'em by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.

If someone is talking to you and tells you that you ought to do something, and you can tell they mean it, those are the scary people. Those are the people you want to watch out for.

You can't push and force people to do what they don't want to do.

I can frighten or buy ninety-nine out of every one hundred men.

Children use all their wiles to get their way with adults. Adults do the same with children.

If someone likes you, they'll buy what you're selling, whether or not they need it.

When the initial effort of political and business leaders to influence public opinion on an issue is to threaten rather than to engage and persuade, they further arouse public opposition rather than win support.

There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.

Always remember the first rule of power tactics; power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.

It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to.

I consider myself a persuasive person. With the ability to persuade comes a certain level of power.