A person of definite character and purpose who comprehends our way of thought is sure to exert power over us. He cannot altogether be resisted because, if he understands us, he can make us understand him, through the word, the look, or other symbol . .
More Quotes from Charles Horton Cooley:
So far as discipline is concerned, freedom means not its absence but the use of higher and more rational forms as contrasted with those that are lower or less rational.Charles Horton Cooley
The imaginations which people have of one another are the solid facts of society.
Charles Horton Cooley
A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius.
Charles Horton Cooley
A man may lack everything but tact and conviction and still be a forcible speaker; but without these nothing will avail... Fluency, grace, logical order, and the like, are merely the decorative surface of oratory.
Charles Horton Cooley
When one ceases from conflict, whether because he has won, because he has lost, or because he cares no more for the game, the virtue passes out of him.
Charles Horton Cooley
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Mind Quotes, Thought & Thinking QuotesBased on Keywords: comprehends
It was considered that you were stepping down by doing television. I almost turned Cybill down because I so wanted to remain a theater actress.
Christine Baranski
The gastric laboratory uses its protein ferment under an acid reaction.
Ivan Pavlov
People want performers, personality and drama, and you got that in the .
Kim Wilde