Harold H. Greene Quotes

A man with a conviction is a hard man to change.

It is difficult to unlearn a gospel.

It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.

You are not going to change the minds of people who are looking for attention.

There is a holy mistaken zeal in politics as religion. By persuading others, we convince ourselves.

You can change my mind, but you gotta work harder at it.

There is nothing in the world more stubborn than a corpse: you can hit it, you can knock it to pieces, but you cannot convince it.

Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.

A man convinced against his will is not convinced.

Argument is conclusive … but … it does not remove doubt.

Nothing is so difficult to believe that oratory cannot make it acceptable …

… another man‘s opinion rarely convinces.

In order to make a good speech you must have something to say and you have to believe it.

I've always been intrigued by why people believe one thing over another.

We are pleased with one who instantly assents to our opinions, but we love a proselyte.

Belief cannot argue with unbelief, it can only preach to it.

A man will never change his mind if he have no mind to change.

Rebuttals never alter desire.

There is that definition of leadership that says, 'Leadership is convincing people to do things that they otherwise wouldn't have done because you've made them believe it's the right thing to do.' And a great speech can do that.

I am not interested in trying to convince and change the mind of a bigot.

I'm a Catholic, and not because I just happened to wake up as a Catholic. I'm not going to be persuaded on any topic, especially not that.

It's hard to win people's minds over. The only way to change their minds is to perform.

The more facts one introduces, the more truth one shows, the more determined the bigot is to cling to his belief.

I consider myself to be quite persuasive when I want.

My job, as I've said, is to break down sectionalism, vested interests and a fixed mindset of merely following precedents, so that I'm not subjected to the harmful effects of factions.