Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.

Best man describes himself by remarkable actions, not by persuasive words.

Growing a culture requires a good storyteller. Changing a culture requires a persuasive editor.

People think kindness is a soft, weak, submissive influence when in reality it is the most potent, persuasive force in existence.

Casting a curious gaze down on planet Earth, extra-terrestrial beings could well be forgiven for assuming that we humans are programmed in every move we make, by a palm-sized, oblong, slab of glass. More perplexing than that, who on earth could convince them otherwise ?

Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive.