A high self-esteem having artist works hard to be understood. A low self-esteem having artist works hard to be agreed with.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Alignment, to us, means bringing pieces into the same line - the same direction. The metaphor is that a magnet will make pieces of iron point toward it. Agreement is share intellectual understanding. Tribes are clusters of people, and people are complex and nonrational at times. If a tribe is united only by agreement, as soon as times change, agreement has to be reestablished. If people learn new ideas or see a problem from a new perspective, they no longer agree, so tribes based on agreement often discourage learning, questioning, and independent thought. Tribes based on alignment want to maximize each person's contribution, provided that they stay pointed in the same direction as magnetized iron filings.

— Dave Logan

A lot of lip service gets paid to being honest, but no one really wants to hear it unless what's being said is the party line.

— Colin Quinn

Arminius, appealing to Acanthus, held that: 'To recommend faith to others, we must make it the subject of persuasion, and not of compulsion'. He insisted that the true religion from Christ does not deteriorate into dissention. In the exercise of Christian liberty there will be sincere and honest differences. These differences cannot and should not be stamped out by means of coercion. In confronting the Scripture, Christians should be able to agree on what is necessary for salvation. But when mutual consent and agreement cannot be obtained on some articles, 'then the right hand of fellowship should be extended by both parties'. Each party should 'acknowledge the other for partakers of the same faith and fellow-heirs of the same salvation, although they may hold different sentiments concerning the nature of faith and the manner of salvation'.

— Gerald O. McCulloh

As uncomfortable as it might be, I refuse to let the comfort of being agreed with suffocate my opinions.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Building on a bond is bankable. Building on bitterness is bankrupt.

— T.F. Hodge

Compromise brings harmony to both, happiness to none.

— Amit Kalantri

Don't agree and believe that success comes free... Gold on the floor is a lie! You must dig deep and then you will reap big!

— Israelmore Ayivor

Effectiveness comes when the opinion of a person comes into agreement with God’s opinion.

— Sunday Adelaja

Elinor agreed to it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition.

— Jane Austen