"People think you have only to 'tell' a person that he 'ought' to do something in order to put him on the right track. But whether he can or will do it is another matter."

Persuasion, Change, Will, Behavior

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"If you want people to believe you, appeal to their hearts not to their brains."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

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"We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

Persuasion, Arguments, Man, Temper

"People think you have only to 'tell' a person that he 'ought' to do something in order to put him on the right track. But whether he can or will do it is another matter."

Carl Jung, Swiss Psychologist

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"Flattery and insults raise the same question: What do you want?"

Mason Cooley, American Writer

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"Just hear me out. While you were napping, I was busy chatting up our allies. Didn't you know--your woman's a golden-tongued ambassador! My sisters always said I graduated from the shock-and-awe school of diplomacy, but joke 'em if they can't take a fuck, right?"

Kresley Cole, American Author

Persuasion, Diplomacy, Confidence, Speech, Power

"It is acceptable to bring someone to tears if it explains to them in an emotional way why a product, a service, or a candidate is the right person, is the right thing to do."

Frank Luntz, American Politician

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"The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

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"Never force a man to do your wish, but let them wish to do it by force."

Michael Bassey Johnson, Nigerian Philosopher

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"If you are always persuasive, you would be able to make new friends in society."

Saaif Alam, Indian Writer

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"Persuasion is often more effectual than force."

Aesop, Greek Author

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"As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being."

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"It is a fact that cannot be denied: the wickedness of others becomes our own wickedness because it kindles something evil in our own hearts."

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"If you want people to believe you, appeal to their hearts not to their brains."

"We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself."

"People think you have only to 'tell' a person that he 'ought' to do something in order to put him on the right track. But whether he can or will do it is another matter."

"Flattery and insults raise the same question: What do you want?"

"Just hear me out. While you were napping, I was busy chatting up our allies. Didn't you know--your woman's a golden-tongued ambassador! My sisters always said I graduated from the shock-and-awe school of diplomacy, but joke 'em if they can't take a fuck, right?"

"It is acceptable to bring someone to tears if it explains to them in an emotional way why a product, a service, or a candidate is the right person, is the right thing to do."

"The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way."

"Never force a man to do your wish, but let them wish to do it by force."

"If you are always persuasive, you would be able to make new friends in society."

"Persuasion is often more effectual than force."

Explore more quotes by Carl Jung

"Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang upon the most slender twigs that are easily snapped off."

"Nights through dreams tell the myths forgotten by the day."

"Man's task is to become conscious of the contents that press upward from the unconscious."

"As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being."

"Know all the theories, master all the techniques, but as you touch a human soul be just another human soul."

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"You are what you do, not what you say you'll do."

"The gods have become our diseases."

"There is no coming to consciousness without pain."

"It is a fact that cannot be denied: the wickedness of others becomes our own wickedness because it kindles something evil in our own hearts."