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Quotes About Agreement

The audience begins to applaud in spite of itself. It's as if they can't stop themselves from applauding, from agreeing with something that they don't quite understand, but that makes too much sense to ignore.
~ Terry Trueman
WARRIORS ARE NEVER AGREEABLE PARTICIPANTS. SHOULD WARRIORS CHOOSE TO INVOLVE THEMSELVES IN SOMETHING IT IS ONLY BECAUSE IT SUITS THEIR STRATEGY TO DO SO.
~ Théun Mares
Con respecto a lo negativo, el hecho de que no pueda hacer otra cosa que darle la razón me obliga a un cierto grado de laconismo.
~ Theodor W. Adorno
Only those thoughts which go to extremes can face up to the all-powerful powerlessness of certain agreement.
~ Theodor W. Adorno
Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.
~ Theodore Roosevelt
I am for such a League [of Nations] provided we don't expect too much from it. . . . I am not willing to play the pan which even Aesop held up to derision when he wrote of how the wolves and the sheep agreed to disarm, and how the sheep as a guarantee of good faith sent away the watchdogs, and were then forthwith eaten by the wolves.
~ Theodore Roosevelt
Nature takes the decision first, man agrees, reconciles, modifies, refutes, contradicts etc., subsequently. It means the application of reason, the discretionary power of a man, only happens afterwards!
~ Thiruman Archunan
All men desire peace, but very few desire those things that make for peace.
~ Thomas a Kempis
True it is that every man willingly followeth his own bent, and is the more inclined to those who agree with him. But if Christ is amongst us, then it is necessary that we sometimes yield up our own opinion for the sake of peace. Who is so wise as to have perfect knowledge of all things? Therefore trust not too much to thine own opinion, but be ready also to hear the opinions of others.
~ Thomas a Kempis
Many are needed to plant and water what has been planted now that the faith has spread so far and there are so many people... No matter who plants or waters, God gives no harvest unless what is planted is the faith of Peter and unless he agrees to his teachings.
~ Thomas Becket
4. Spend more time considering areas of agreement than disagreement. The doctrines you share with other true believers are the foundational doctrines; the ones you do not share are necessarily less central to the faith. Acknowledging that you and those with whom you disagree will spend eternity together should encourage you to not allow peripheral doctrines to separate you here on earth.
~ Thomas Brooks
A promise is binding in the inverse ratio of the numbers to whom it is made.
~ Thomas de Quincey
People don't understand that I have a great relationship with my parents - like, how that can exist. There isn't any judgment. They don't necessarily agree with everything I do, but I don't necessarily agree with everything they do.
~ Katy Perry
Where force is necessary, there it must be applied boldly, decisively and completely. But one must know the limitations of force; one must know when to blend force with a maneuver, a blow with an agreement.
~ Leon Trotsky
We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.
~ Larry Wall
When people agree with you, they'll just like it and keep it moving, but when people don't agree with you, that's when they come for your whole neck.
~ Amanda Seales
Compromise has a negative connotation.
~ Abdolkarim Soroush
You do not get what you want. You get what you negotiate.
~ Harvey Mackay
You don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.
~ Harris Faulkner
You can't negotiate in public. People won't make concessions in public. They will do that in private. Like sausage making, you have to do it behind closed doors.
~ Jonathan Powell
Generally, the president's power and capital is used to close a deal and not always to negotiate bit by bit.
~ Leon Charney
I'm always ready to negotiate in good faith with others.
~ Jeb Hensarling
A no deal Brexit would be a complete failure by the government to negotiate for Britain.
~ Keir Starmer
You don't get what you ask for, you get what you negotiate in this business.
~ Jadakiss