Saint Teresa of Avila

My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much so, that he never could be persuaded to keep slaves, for he pitied them so much: and a slave belonging to one of his brothers being once in his house, was treated by him with as much tenderness as his own children.

Spanish Saint

Kevin Whately

I initially thought 'Lewis' was a terrible idea. The character had very much been Morse's work donkey and sounding board. But I was persuaded to do it, thinking if it was a flop, at least ITV would stop asking me. But the pilot took off, so we got back on this moving train, and we've never looked back.

English Actor

Peggy Noonan

You don't tell people who disagree with you they'd be better off somewhere else. And you don't reduce them to stereotypes; you address them as fully formed people worthy of respect. You try to persuade them.

American Writer

John Cleese

If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And if I can persuade you to laugh at the particular point I make, by laughing at it you acknowledge its truth.

John Berger

I wanted to write about looking at the world, so it's more about helping people, or persuading people, to see what is around us; both the marvellous and the terrible.

English Artist

Gilbert Highet

What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and endure these for the promise of those?

Scottish Writer

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

When you have nothing important or interesting to say, don't let anyone persuade you to say it.

American Author

Kristen Soltis Anderson

For thousands of years, humans have used the art of storytelling to motivate and persuade.

Nelson Mandela

It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea.

South African Statesman

Buffalo Bill

I was persuaded now that I was destined to lead a life on the Plains.

American Celebrity

Use 'persuade' when appealing to someone's emotions to encourage a decision.

Emotional Appeal

Highlight logical reasons when trying to persuade someone to take action.

Rational Arguments

'Persuade' often implies a positive action or result, unlike 'coerce' or 'force'.

Positive Connotation

'Persuade' in this context is about creating a sense of trust in your assertion.

Building Trust

Use facts or evidence to help persuade someone that something is true.

Factual Evidence

Persuading someone can mean changing their pre-existing beliefs or opinions.

Changing Beliefs

Use 'persuade' to indicate a change achieved through dialogue or debate.

Reasoned Discussion

Persuasion is not just about winning an argument but reaching a consensus.

Emphasize Collaboration

 pulled into a situation like you're being persuaded to do something and you're not quite sure about it a lot of times the difficulty in influence or in negotiation or persuasion is when you feel the inability to walk away as long as you maintain the ability that you can

Apollo Robbins on...

 Life is but a dream, and I bet you aren't row, row, rowing the boat merrily at all, are you? No, you're rowing it wearily like the duped, nonexistent doof you are/aren't. Do you find that convincing? Are you persuaded? If you aren't, good; if you are, even better,

How do you know you...

 a contagion, a belief, a motivation. It requires pressuring policymakers, using the media to change narrative, making arguments in public, persuading skeptical neighbors one by one by one. None of this is as sexy as a protest,

How to turn protest into...

 To persuade females the come close and admire his plumes, he sings the most complex song he can manage and he does that by copying the songs of all the other birds he hears around him, such as the kookaburra.

Attenborough: the...

 Lions are mostly active at night and seldom roar during the day. We tried to persuade them to do so with the help of scientists, by playing back the roar of a strange lion to a resident pride.

Extraordinary Lion Hunt...

 traditional herbs and techniques that are ancestresses used to naturally afro hair somehow we've been persuaded that our culture is primitive and barbaric we are quickly losing the enriching

Combatting the decline...

 to persuade females to come close and admire his plumes he sings the most complex song he can manage and he does that by copying the songs of all the other birds he hears around him

10 TOP Natural History...

 parenting but the father needs persuading to surrender the chick he's been caring for all winter he must now put his chick at risk in these temperatures it could freeze in seconds

BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...

 You started Tesla with the goal of persuading the world that electrification was the future of cars, and a few years ago, people were laughing at you. Now, not so much.

Elon Musk: The future...

 She's keen to start parenting but the father needs persuading to surrender the chick he's been caring for all winter.