Quotes about Agreement

Belief requires assent not only of the mind but also of the will.

On this matter I'm inclined to agree with the French, who gaze upon any personal dietary prohibition as bad manners.

I'm about unity.

A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two.

The ability to have our own way, and at the same time convince others they are having their own way, is a rare thing among men. Among women it is as common as eyebrows.

in one point, all nations of the earth and all religions agree. All believe in a God, The things in which they disgrace are the redundancies annexed to that belief;

Where there is union in fundamentals, there ought to be union in affections.

A truth ceases to be true when more than one person believes in it.

There are some with whom we may study in common, but we shall find them unable to go along with us to principles. Perhaps we may go on with them to principles, but we shall find them unable to get established in those along with us. Or if we may get so established along with them, we shall find them unable to weigh occurring events along with us.

It took me years and cost me countless thousands of dollars in lost business before I finally learned that it doesn't pay to argue, that it is much more profitable and much more interesting to look at things from the other person's viewpoint and try to get that person saying 'yes, yes.

Begin by emphasizing—and keep on emphasizing—the things on which you agree. Keep emphasizing, if possible, that you are both striving for the same end and that your only difference is one of method and not of purpose.

Principle 9 - Be sympathetic with the other person's ideas and desires.