Silent Persuasion Quotes

I too realize that the less I preach the more likely I am to be heard.

A fair woman shall not only command without authority but persuade without speaking.

Never hold anyone by the button or the hand in order to be heard out; for if people are unwilling to hear you, you had better hold your tongue than them.

Persuasive speech, and more persuasive sighs, Silence that spoke and eloquence of eyes.

For converse among men, beautiful persons have less need of the mind's commending qualities. Beauty in itself is such a silent orator, that it is ever pleading for respect and liking, and by the eyes of others is ever sending, to their hearts for love.

Dumb jewels often, in their silent kind, more than quick words, do move a woman's mind.

I knew I couldn't sing over them, so I decided to sing under them. The more noise they made the more softly I sang. When they discovered they couldn't hear me, they began to look at me. Then they began to listen. As I sang, I kept thinking, 'softly with feeling.' The noise dropped to a hum; the hum gave way to silence. I had learned how to reach and hold my audience -- softly, with feeling.