John McCarthy Quotes

Some people feel, you make your case, if they listen to you, fine, if they don't, that's it. That's not what leadership is. Leadership is trying to continue to make a case.

I do think it's possible to change people's minds - it's one of my goals with my music.

You dont need to convince everyone. All you need to do is motivate people who choose to follow you.

I'm a big believer if you want to change people's minds or get someone to vote for you, either a voter or a colleague, you've got to first get their attention.

Propaganda has a negative connotation, which it partially deserves, but I think there is some propaganda that is very positive. I feel that if you can do something that gets people's attention, then maybe they'll go and find out more about the person.

I have to have an emotional connection to what I am ultimately selling because it is emotion, whether you are selling religion, politics, even a breath mint.

Support the strong, give courage to the timid, remind the indifferent, and warn the opposed.

You are not going to change the minds of people who are looking for attention.

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.

One must do things in such a way that people believe that they want it to be done this way.

Action by the leader can shift opinion in his direction.

It isn’t leadership if no one follows.

Power comes through public persuasion.

If you can’t bring the people with you, you lose the policy

Power works best when it is indirect - never coercing people; instead, getting them to voluntarily align with your interests.

People appreciate and follow the person who can persuade them properly. Make that person you.

Trump, in the crinkling of an eye, senses better than anyone the insecurity of people, that nobody knows whether anything is good or bad until they are told, and he is quite willing to tell them immediately.

There is that definition of leadership that says, 'Leadership is convincing people to do things that they otherwise wouldn't have done because you've made them believe it's the right thing to do.' And a great speech can do that.

There are people who are unsure, and maybe their minds can be changed based on someone's work and accomplishments. Those people are the ones I'm interested in having stay tuned and watching for the rest of my career.

You can't force your will on people. If you want them to act differently, you need to inspire them to change themselves

Give me the right word and the right accent and I will move the world.

A man who cannot seduce men cannot save them either.

Throughout human history, our greatest leaders and thinkers have used the power of words to transform our emotions, to enlist us in their causes, and to shape the course of destiny. Words can not only create emotions, they create actions. And from our actions flow the results of our lives.

Ads push the principle of noise all the way to the plateau of persuasion. They are quite in accord with the procedures of brainwashing.

Leadership isn't just legislation, that it's a matter of persuading people and giving them confidence, and bringing them together and setting a tone.