Cialdini Persuasion Quotes & Sayings

There's something more surprising than becoming a bestseller, and that's receiving messages of hate by other fellow authors. — Daniel Marques

Martin Luther King gave the 'I Have a Dream' speech, not the 'I Have a Plan' speech. — Simon Sinek

I'm never sick. Why get sick? It's a waste of time. — Martha Stewart

There's a critical insight in all this for those of us who want to learn to be more influential. The best persuaders become the best through pre-suasion - the process of arranging for recipients to be receptive to a message before they encounter it. To persuade optimally, then, it's necessary to pre-suade optimally. But how?

In part, the answer involves an essential but poorly appreciated tenet of all communication: what we present first changes the way people experience what we present to them next. — Robert B. Cialdini

I'm learning quickly, once you quit one thing, it gets easier and easier just to leave situations rather than deal with shit. — Doug Cooper

As Robert Bly laments in Iron John, Some women want a passive man if they want a man at all; the church wants a tamed man - they are called priests; the university wants a domesticated man - they are called tenure-track people; the corporation wants a ... sanitized, hairless, shallow man. — John Eldredge

I'm dead?"
"That body is... yes. — Donna Augustine

Robert Cialdini, author of one of my favorite books, Influence, the Psychology of Persuasion, writes: "A well-known principle of human behavior says that when we ask someone to do us a favor we will be more successful if we provide a reason. People simply like to have reasons for what they — Lior Suchard

Having a blank slate is sometimes as daunting as it is exciting. — Joe Madureira

If you simply write him off as the god of sacrifice and nothing more, then you are way off the mark. He's got more courage, integrity, and heart than anyone I've ever met. — Lisa Kessler