Marriage Persuasion Quotes

Colonel Brandon was now as happy, as all those who best loved him, believed he deserved to be; - in Marianne he was consoled for every past affliction; - her regard and her society restored his mind to animation, and his spirits to cheerfulness; and that Marianne found her own happiness in forming his, was equally the persuasion and delight of each observing friend. Marianne could never love by halves; and her whole heart became, in time, as much devoted to her husband, as it had once been to Willoughby. ~ Jane Austen

Miss Bingley was very deeply mortified by Darcy's marriage; but as she thought it advisable to retain the right of visiting at Pemberley, she dropt all her resentment; was fonder than ever of Georgiana, almost as attentive to Darcy as heretofore, and paid off every arrear of civility to Elizabeth.

Pemberley was now Georgiana's home; and the attachment of the sisters was exactly what Darcy had hoped to see. They were able to love each other, even as well as they intended. Georgiana had the highest opinion in the world of Elizabeth; though at first she often listened with an astonishment bordering on alarm at her lively, sportive manner of talking to her brother. He, who had always inspired in herself a respect which almost overcame her affection, she now saw the object of open pleasantry. Her mind received knowledge which had never before fallen in her way. By Elizabeth's instructions she began to comprehend that a woman may take liberties with her husband which a brother will not always allow in a sister more than ten years younger than himself.

Lady Catherine was extremely indignant on the marriage of her nephew; and as she gave way to all the genuine frankness of her character, in her reply to the letter which announced its arrangement, she sent him language so very abusive, especially of Elizabeth, that for some time all intercourse was at an end. But at length, by Elizabeth's persuasion, he was prevailed on to overlook the offence, and seek a recon ~ Jane Austen

Advertising is fundamentally persuasion and persuasion happens to be not a science, but an art. ~ William Bernbach

Gentle persuasion succeeds where force fails. ~ Aesop

The talent of insinuation is more useful than that of persuasion, as everybody is open to insinuation, but scarce any to persuasion. ~ Lord Chesterfield

If I was wrong in yielding to persuasion once, remember that it was to persuasion exerted on the side of safety, not of risk ~ Jane Austen

A person under the firm persuasion that he can command resources virtually has them. ~ Livy

At the end of reasons comes persuasion. ~ Ludwig Wittgenstein

The object of oratory alone in not truth, but persuasion. ~ Thomas Babington Macaulay

If what the philosophers say be true, that all men's actions proceed from one source; that as they assent from a persuasion that a thing is so, and dissent from a persuasion that it is not, and suspend their judgment from a persuasion that it is uncertain, so likewise they seek a thing from a persuasion that it is for their advantage. ~ Epictetus

Let us reject the spirit of making proselytes to particular creeds by any other means than persuasion. ~ Noah Webster

Persuasion is not a science but an art ~ William Bernbach

Persuasion is better than force. ~ Aesop

Most people don't have the power of persuasion. ~ James Altucher

It is no part of a physician's business to use either persuasion or compulsion upon the patients. ~ Aristotle.

Marriage, like a submarine, is only safe if you get all the way inside. ~ Frank Pittman

I have with me two gods, Persuasion and Compulsion. ~ Themistocles

A heart can no more be forced to love than a stomach can be forced to digest food by persuasion. ~ Alfred Nobel

Ninety percent of selling is conviction, and 10 per cent is persuasion. ~ Shiv Khera

Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman. ~ Joseph Joubert

From him [Death] alone of all the powers of heaven Persuasion holds aloof. ~ Aeschylus

The persuasion of a friend is a strong thing. ~ Homer

Persuasion is clearly a sort of demonstration, since we are most fully persuaded when we consider a thing to have been demonstrated. ~ Aristotle.

[M]ere knowledge of the truth will not give you the art of persuasion. ~ Plato

Persuasion with good intention helps problem-solving; manipulation often serves the ego. ~ Pearl Zhu

Ammunition beats persuasion when you are looking for freedom. ~ Will Rogers

Children should be led into the right paths, not by severity, but by persuasion. ~ Terence

Heart language is logic set on fire. ~ Charles Haddon Spurgeon

What is illiberal is not persuasion but imposition of one's views. ~ Richard Dawkins

Hitler's strength as a leader is that he almost always works through the power of his persuasion; rarely does he command. ~ Rudolf Hess

I'll tell you what leadership is. It's persuasion and conciliation, and education, and patience. ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower

A lot of people think that persuasion is all about values and aligning values. I largely disagree. I think persuasion generally, and political persuasion more particularly, has much more to do with explaining in new ways and connecting dots in new ways than just invoking emotions and values. ~ Nick Hanauer

Persuasion is the resource of the feeble; and the feeble can seldom persuade ... ~ Edward Gibbon

A man wants too many things before marriage, but only peace after it. ~ Pawan Mishra

We can have no power from Christ unless we live in a persuasion that we have none of our own. ~ John Owen

Your lips are my persuasion, your love will be my cure. ~ Billy Squier

Presentations are the most amazing persuasion tool available in organizations today ~ Nancy Duarte

The secret of all true persuasion is to induce the person to persuade himself. ~ Harry Allen Overstreet

Human free will implies God's prior decision not to tamper with the metaphysical base of that free will. It also implies man's ability to reject the persuasion God uses to influence that free will while leaving its metaphysical base intact! Persuasion, not compulsion, is what even He must rely upon! And persuasion, by its very definition, must be resistible! ~ Don Richardson

Rhetoric may be defined as the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion. This is not a function of any other art. ~ Aristotle.

Marriage is a marriage- love or arranged. Both require the same level of commitment. ~ Swati Kumar

Faith is a knowledge of the benevolence of God toward us, and a certain persuasion of His veracity. ~ John Calvin

What happens when two people talk? That is really the basic question here, because, that's the basic context in which all persuasion takes place. ~ Malcolm Gladwell

Odors have a power of persuasion stronger than that of words, appearances, emotions, or will. The persuasive power of an odor cannot be fended off, it enters into us like breath into our lungs, it fills us up, imbues us totally. There is no remedy for it. ~ Patrick Suskind

The art of persuasion. The actor persuades himself, first, and through himself, the audience. ~ Laurence Olivier

In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement of the various parts of the speech. ~ Aristotle.

[A] sick mind cannot be cured by the sheer force of persuasion. ~ Vincent De Paul

Because, Cat, it's the feminine persuasion that's always the deadliest. ~ Jeaniene Frost

Influence is just persuasion in slow motion. ~ Robert McKee

Marriage is an adventure, like going to war. ~ Gilbert K. Chesterton

Marriage is the only war in which you sleep with the enemy. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

The power a wife is not to prove her husband but to improve him. ~ Johnnie Dent Jr.

Persuasion, kind, unassuming persuasion, should be adopted to influence the conduct of men. The opposite course would be a reversal of human nature, which is God's decree and can never be reversed. ~ Abraham Lincoln

What is marriage, is marriage protection or religion, is marriage renunciation or abundance, is marriage a stepping-stone or an end. What is marriage. ~ Gertrude Stein

I only have disdain for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. He raised taxes and has increased regulations. What else is new? He's a bully who wants to micro-manage people's lives by mandate, not persuasion. ~ Mark Skousen

I have sung for Americans of every political persuasion, and I am proud that I never refuse to sing to an audience, no matter what religion or color of their skin, or situation in life. ~ Pete Seeger

Enchantment and seduction were fine means of persuasion, but when time is short, an awkward but quick concussion could better serve a girl's purpose. ~ Christopher Moore

Two things are owed to truthfulness: lasting marriages and short friendships. ~ Robert Breault

A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day. ~ Andre Maurois

Every self-respecting act of persuasion must find appeal to curiosity, then to vanity, and lastly to kindness or remorse. Isabella looked down and slowly nodded. ~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Persuasion has become a kind of force. The more the advertiser knows about what consumers want, and the more desires the product and packaging seek to fulfill, the more coercive the force. ~ Virginia Postrel

I almost thought that marriage was a cure to loneliness, alas! so many are lonely inside marriage. Then I realized it is not marriage that takes the loneliness away, but when both within marriage honour God and the vows made before Him. ~ Gift Gugu Mona

Most of a husband's life is spent in doing research on his wife. ~ Pawan Mishra

To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion. ~ Ayn Rand

A spouse who refuses to cultivate or fan physical intimacy first devalued the marriage in their mind and priorities. Spouses who defile their marriage bed first lost honor for their marriage. ~ Ngina Otiende

It wasn't an unhappy marriage? Could a marriage be happy, standing on a shaky ground of adultery and a disregard for the wife's feelings? He didn't say anything; he listened to her quietly. ~ Neena H. Brar

At the beginning, your love supports your marriage. Later on, your marriage supports your love. ~ Larry Christiansen

Persuasion is effected through the medium of the hearers, when they shall have been brought to a state of excitement under the influence of speech; for we do not, when influenced by pain or joy, or partiality or dislike, award our decisions in the same way; about which means of persuasion alone, I declare that the system-mongers of the present day busy themselves. ~ Aristotle.

A good marriage isn't something you find; it's something you make. ~ Gary L. Thomas

And things don't change in a marriage until the spouse who is taking responsibility for a problem that is not hers decides to say or do something about it. ~ Henry Cloud

Photography is a powerful medium of persuasion and propaganda. It has that ring of truth when all the time, in artful hands, it can make any statement the manipulator chooses. ~ Michael Langford

Facts and credibility only support persuasion. ~ Dan S. Kennedy

There is such pleasure in long-term marriage that I really would hate to be
my age and not have had a long-term marriage. Remember, sustaining a pleasurable,
long-term marriage takes effort, deliberateness and an intention to learn about
one another. In other words, marriage is for grown-ups. ~ Cokie Roberts

Each divorce is the death of a small civilization. ~ Pat Conroy

There are lives lived for love, and lives lived for art. We, happy band, have chosen the later persuasion. ~ Clive Barker

The first step in persuasion is to entice your target to imagine doing the thing you want them to do. ~ Roy H. Williams

It is lack of communication that leads to unhappy marriage. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

In olden times sacrifices were made at the altar - a practice which is still continued. ~ Helen Rowland

If one of you is walking through a dark valley personally of course it affects the marriage. But it is not about the marriage. ~ John Eldredge

When we are at peace within our marriage, the effects can be astounding! We will raise happier children, become better employees, and overall find the joy in life. ~ Lindsey Rietzsch

Everybody knows that there's a liberal, that there's a heavy liberal persuasion among correspondents. ~ Walter Cronkite

Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient. ~ Voltaire

Such a mad marriage never was before. ~ William Shakespeare

The use of violence as an instrument of persuasion is therefore inviting and seems to the discontented to be the only effective protest. ~ William O. Douglas

Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory. ~ Abraham Lincoln

We should respect each other as rational beings by trying to achieve our goals through reason and persuasion rather than threats and coercion. ~ Ron Paul

Oral delivery aims at persuasion and making the listener believe they are converted. Few persons are capable of being convinced the majority allow themselves to be persuaded. ~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Try praising your wife, even if it does frighten her at first. ~ Billy Sunday

Real persuasion comes from putting more of you into everything you say. Words have an effect. Words loaded with emotion have a powerful effect. ~ Jim Rohn

We've managed to make a good marriage. This I say with all humility. It's a marriage in which there is nothing that can be hurt by the roughest usage. It's a marriage that you can let yourself go in, a marriage in which you can put your feet up and relax. ~ Louise Dickinson Rich

It's as if we have returned to the era of Protagoras and the sophists, the era when the art of persuasion
for which slogans, commercials, public propaganda meetings, newspapers, cinema, radio are the modern equivalent
took the place of thought, determined the fate of cities and accomplished coups ~ Simone Weil

We need uniform protection of traditional marriage. You can't have different definitions on something as fundamental as marriage. The Marriage Protection Amendment is the only solution to this problem. ~ Ernest Istook

Few are open to conviction, but the majority of men are open to persuasion ~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

I thought there was no use for me in reading Sun Tzu and Machiavelli because I am neither a warrior nor a politician, but it turned out to be useful when I married ~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

What we need is not more learning, not more eloquence, not more persuasion, not more organization, but more power from the Holy Spirit. ~ John Stott

It is not love to ignore your spouse's sin, or brokenness, or immaturity. ~ John Eldredge

Marriage is a blast. Like a bomb. ~ Julieanne O'Connor

Social and cultural change, however desirable, should not be effected by the engines of national power. Let us, through persuasion and education, seek to improve institutions we deem defective. But let us, in doing so, respect the orderly processes of the law. Any other course enthrones tyrants and dooms freedom. ~ Barry Goldwater

The older I get, the less time I want to spend with the part of the human race that didn't marry me. ~ Robert Breault

Patriotism is a survival from barbarous times which must not only be evoked and educated but which must be eradicated by all means - by preaching, persuasion, contempt and ridicule. ~ Leo Tolstoy