Psychological Tactics Quotes

Mountains of gold would not seduce some men, yet flattery would break them down.

The German has not the slightest notion how a people must be misled if the adherence of the masses is sought.

If your opponent is of choleric temper, irritate him.

The best way to get husbands to do something is to suggest that perhaps they are too old to do it.

If you're up against a smart opponent, make him think himself to death.

Mat had tried to make her say she saw a hat floating around Mat's head. That would persuade Tuon to stop trying to get rid of his, would it not?

Modern war has become a struggle for men's minds as well as for their bodies

Engage people with what they expect; it is what they are able to discern and confirms their projections. It settles them into predictable patterns of response, occupying their minds while you wait for the extraordinary moment - that which they cannot anticipate.

In boxing, there are lot of things that happen where they try to slow down the process and try to get to the other team, trying to get into our heads.

You can maintain power over people, as long as you give them something. Rob a man of everything, and that man will no longer be in your power.

If a team intimidate you physically and you let them, they've won.

It is one of the triumphs of human wit ... to conquer by humility and submissiveness ... to make oneself small in order to appear great ... such ... are often the expedients of the neurotic.

No, that nurse ain't some kinda monster chicken, buddy, what she is is a ball-cutter. I've seen a thousand of 'em, old and young, men and women. Seen 'em all over the country and in the homes- people who try to make you weak so they can get you to toe the line, to follow their rules, to live like they want you to. And the best way to do this, to get you to knuckle under, is to weaken you by gettin' you where it hurts the worst.

Honesty is not necessarily the best policy. The best policy would be to acquire a reputation for honesty and then to cheat at the psychological moment.

I will have Derek Fisher wear all 5 of his rings the first time he comes in to talk to Carmelo.

If your opponent offers you a draw, try to work out why he thinks he's worse off

Mind games to me are overrated.

Go after a man's weakness, and never, ever, threaten unless you're going to follow through, because if you don't, the next time you won't be taken seriously.

I succeeded in using my charms like a weapon; I learned to play with other's hearts and to master my own desires.

Every chick I try to intimidate in a different way. You have to think about their personality. You have to think about what would get under that particular person's skin the most.

You have to learn the opponent psychologically inside out and mental strength is one of the important makers. You're either gonna break it or make it.

Christianity has a hunter's instinct for finding out all those who by one means or another may be driven to despair -although only a part of mankind is capable of such despair. Christianity lies in wait for such as those and pursues them

If I know my showboating bothers you, I'll keep doing it. If playing with your mind is part of the arsenal, and I know it works, then I'm going to continue doing it.

Why should I tell you?" he asked, with no small amount of petulance. "If you tell me, I will leave you alone," I said. "And if you don't tell me, I'm going to grab the nearest ghostwritten James Patterson romance novel and I am going to follow you through this store reading it out loud until you relent." Now I could see the fright beneath the defiance.