Influence Methods Quotes

You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can get with just a kind word.

There are only two ways to influence human behavior: you can manipulate it or you can inspire it.

When you insist someone submit to your will, it is accomplished most easily if you give them a small victory so they can retain their dignity while they do as you insist. ~ Kahlan Mother Confessor

Human models are more vivid and more persuasive than explicit moral commands.

He was telling the students about the hypnotic technique of using quotes in a conversation. An idea is more palatable ... if it comes from someone else. The unconscious thinks in terms of content and structure. If you introduce a pattern with the words, 'My friend was telling me,' the critical part of her mind shuts off.

Is it better to be loved or feared?

If you're a leader, you don't push wet spaghetti, you pull it.

If you've ever had somebody try to sell you something - people who can sell, they really are not manipulating you. They are selling themselves.

Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.