Oliver Goldsmith Quotes

And fools who came to scoff remain'd to pray.

Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading.

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

Can you love people into truth? Absolutely.

I am a very persuasive man.

When you go after someone who has a deep ideological belief set that is contradictory with your own, it's conversion. Conversion is hard. Conversion is miraculous. We have entire religions built around the idea of conversion. Politics is not a religion. Politics is about persuasion.

I consider myself to be quite persuasive when I want.

If you believe, so will they.

We are pleased with one who instantly assents to our opinions, but we love a proselyte.

Make converts to your own thoughts and opinions.

My father has always prayed that his words would reflect God's standard of truth as the basis to claim, 'I have given them Your word' (John 17:14). In this book, I believe you will see that he has faithfully spoken God's Word that quenches the thirst of those seeking to draw from the wellsprings of Life. It is highly meaningful to see these statements now collected in one volume.

... whoever believes anything esteems that it is a work of charity to persuade another of it.

Hitler understood the demagogues' essential principle to teach or persuade is far more difficult than to stir emotion.

No one ever converted to Christianity because they lost the argument.

Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him, and from the top of it offer up his prayers for the observers of his law. The people assembled: Mahomet called the hill to come to him again and again; and when the hill stood still, he was never a whit abashed, but said, 'If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill.'

People may refuse to see the truth of our arguments, but they cannot evade the evidence of a holy life.

What can not be overcome in prayer? Answer me! What cannot be done by the hand of the Almighty? Answer me! What can be done by your feeble arms!? ANSWER ME! He can take down the iron curtain in a day, He CAN convert a nation in an hour. Call upon Him, believe Him.

Prayer can truly change your life. For it turns your attention away from yourself and directs your mind and your heart toward the Lord. If we look only at ourselves, with our own limitations and sins, we quickly give way to sadness and discouragement. But if we keep our eyes fixed on the Lord, then our hearts are filled with hope, our minds are washed n the light of truth, and we come to know the fullness of the Gospel with all is promise and life.

A good symbol is the best argument, and is a missionary to persuade thousands.

No matter how improbable an assertion is, if it is made with enough assurance it has an affect.

Gold is a deep-persuading orator.

‎"Sincerity is the biggest part of selling anything -- including the Christian plan of salvation.

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring another out of his bad sense into your good sense.

To make converts is the natural ambition of everyone.

No, truth is something desperate, an' she's got it. Believe me, it's something desperate, an' she's got it.