Swayed Quotations

Make sure of your commitment to Jesus Christ, and seek to follow Him every day. Don't be swayed by the false values and goals of this world, but put Christ and His will first in everything you do.

But Eddie does not make all the decisions. Eddie can listen to reason; Eddie can be swayed or talked in or out of certain things. Eddie allows other people to lead in this band and to have certain roles that are very fundamental to the decision-making process.

The great effort of civilization has been, and still is, the attempt to introduce a principle of control into that casual swarm of impressions which makes up men's thought and of which, especially with swayed by emotion, spontaneous action is the law.

He laid down the law. He was like, 'We have to make this kind of a Gomez record are you in or are you out? The songs are gonna be about the vocals and the harmonies.' And he never swayed away from that line. ... He kept stopping us from throwing in all the whistles and bells, as he would always call it.

Given equal prices, most consumers would pick a vehicle from a manufacturer they trust first, although some still will be swayed by a lower price.

I don't think we ought to be swayed by an emotional appeal that there are thousands of people dying in pain and this drug will solve that.

Business conditions at the banks will not be swayed by the latent loss.

The practice of speaking to an audience outside of the chamber is very old. These people are professional politicians, and they will not be swayed by others' oratory.

We know that teenagers aren't going to be swayed by dire warnings, but we know they love music, and maybe they will protect their ears if they realize it will allow them to enjoy music for many more years.

We can't be swayed by individuals. We have to look at the whole community. We can't really control what other people do. We have to do what we believe is right.

Would they be swayed by seeing coverage on-air of neighborhoods up in arms and the N.C. Central campus up in arms? Does that sway them? I think they're human, and it probably would.

The works of art, by being publicly exhibited and offered for sale, are becoming articles of trade, following as such the unreasoning laws of markets and fashion; and public and even private patronage is swayed by their tyrannical influence.

A wicked person, swayed by evil motives and evil actions, is described as a demon.

Back in December I decided to become a donor. Two factors swayed me. My brother-in-law received one from his dad; he lasted four and a half years until he died of pneumonia, ... I was very close to him for a brother in law. That was 30 years ago, and it's still in my mind after all these years.

There's no question investors are swayed by personalities. It's propelled mutual fund managers into the ranks of rock stars.

There's no question that gas prices will play a factor, but I don't think that the fallout will be as concerning as many analysts have feared, ... The holidays are something that consumers . . . plan ahead for. They tend not to be swayed by short-term economic circumstances.

Yet again, the U.S. consumer has phenomenal resilience and is not being swayed by the employment numbers coming out.

You probably average about five spots that teams are trying to shake out, where you can be swayed one way or another.

Indian democracy has often been likened to the stately progress of the elephant - ponderous in its gait and reluctant to change course, but not easily swayed from its new path when it does.

I'm necessarily swayed by the outcome more than by what he does with his pitches. If he's showing pretty decent location with his ball and he's able to throw his pitches over the plate and use something other than his fastball when he gets behind, that will be good. He was sharp today, he went right after hitters.

I'm not terribly swayed by polls at this point.

If I were a betting man, and I hate to bet on people's lives, I'd say that it is more likely that they'll come back with the death penalty. Having said that, I hope that the jurors will weigh the evidence very carefully and guard against being swayed by emotions.

If you are swayed by $300, maybe you shouldn't be doing this job. If your decision is that you're not going to take money from those people, then more power to you, you know your own limitations.

If your daughter has diabetes, if your father has Parkinson's, if your sister has a spinal cord injury, ... your views will be swayed more powerfully than you can imagine by the hope that a cure will be found in those magnificent cells, recently discovered, that today originate only in an embryo.

The bargain prices you get in the sub-$1,000 PC category are exceptional. A new user is going to be much more easily swayed to the IBM world than they are to the Mac world.

It's really a problem of appearances in most cases. In 99 percent of the cases, it's something that looks bad, but you don't frequently have legislators who are necessarily swayed by this. But it is a concern. It can undermine public confidence. What people see they tend to believe, whether or not at its core it really is as nefarious as all that.

Don't be swayed by bells and whistles, like reward programs or miles. A lot of consumers are drawn to these, but if you carry a balance, the interest rate may not be worth it.

I hoped that academy voters weren't swayed by the dogma that was being thrown around. Fortunately, they weren't.

I hope he won't be swayed by any concern for diversity, but this time will seek the best nominee. There is no shortage of such nominees on the appellate courts.

Honda clearly has a very loyal owner group; they're highly satisfied, they're not going to be swayed by incentives elsewhere.

I don't think so. I was already pretty much swayed that students need all the information because they're going to be seeking information and I think they need to hear terms medically presented in class.

The building just swayed one way and just kept going yards, yards further,

It's so easy for us to get excited and just be swayed because somebody says the right words at the right time, hitting all the right buttons,

The public is more easily swayed by persons than by principles.

We had them on the ropes and on their heels once we got up by 12. You could tell they were a little shaken. All we had to do was play tough for another three, four minutes and things would have probably swayed our way.

Those two people were swayed more by sympathy and emotion for the family than anything objective. That's my feeling.

There were a lot of qualified applicants. In the end, we were swayed by Jensen's strong resource and operations management skills and . . . his keen love of Baxter State Park. He understands how it should be cared for.

I couldn't stand to be thought of as a big butch lady. But I know that I'm as perfectly capable of being swayed by a girl as by a boy.

Male superiority in former days was easily demonstrated, because if a woman questioned her husband's he could beat her. From superiority in this respect others were thought to follow. Men were more reasonable than women, more inventive, less swayed b

The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify the minor blunders and not to be swayed by petty doubts.

Though leaves are many, the root is one;Through all the lying days of my youthI swayed my leaves and flowers in the sun;Now I may wither into the truth.