Definition of Persuasive

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Definition of Persuasive
	Persuasive Tending to persuade; having the power of persuading; as, persuasive eloquence. That which persuades; an inducement; an incitement; an exhortation. Related Definitions: An, As, Eloquence, Exhortation, Having, Incitement, Inducement, Of, Persuade, Persuading, Persuasive, Power, Tending, That, The, To, Which

Persuasive Quotations

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.
John F. Kennedy

Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.
Lao Tzu

I have a theory that the best ads come from personal experience. Some of the good ones I have done have really come out of the real experience of my life, and somehow this has come over as true and valid and persuasive.
David Ogilvy

The more informative your advertising, the more persuasive it will be.
David Ogilvy

Properly practiced creativity must result in greater sales more economically achieved. Properly practiced creativity can lift your claims out of the swamp of sameness and make them accepted, believed, persuasive, urgent.
William Bernbach

Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention, but it has no persuasive value at all.
John Kenneth Galbraith

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

To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful.
Edward R. Murrow

Human models are more vivid and more persuasive than explicit moral commands.
Daniel J. Boorstin

Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.
Friedrich Schiller

Persuasive Translations

persuasive in Latin is eloquens
persuasive in Spanish is persuasivo

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