Adoniram Judson

When Paul was exhorted to be baptized and to wash away his sins, there was an evident allusion to the use of water in the ordinance of baptism, and had there been no application of water on which to ground such an allusion, we may be certain that we should never have heard of washing away sins in baptism.

American Clergyman

Liberty Hyde Bailey

Extension work is not exhortation. Nor is it exploitation of the people, or advertising of an institution, or publicity work for securing students. It is a plain, earnest, and continuous effort to meet the needs of the people on their own farms and in the localities.

American Scientist

John Holt

No use to shout at them to pay attention. If the situations, the materials, the problems before the child do not interest him, his attention will slip off to what does interest him, and no amount of exhortation of threats will bring it back.

American Educator

Jonathan Mayhew

For which reason I would exhort you to pay all due Regard to the government over us; to the KING and all in authority; and to lead a quiet and peaceable life.

Marc Morial

We have to remember that Dr. King was not an idle dreamer. Dr. King was a man of action. If Dr. King were here, he would challenge us and exhort us.

American Politician

Zora Neale Hurston

Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at the sun.' We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground.

American Dramatist

Plato

I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.

Greek Philosopher

Annie Dillard

When I teach, I preach. I thump the Bible. I exhort my students morally. I talk to them about the dedicated life.

American Author

Russell Smith

I am so sick of being exhorted, as a writer, to improve the world by representing it in a more hopeful way.

Canadian Novelist

Pierre Charron

God, Nature, the wise, the world, preach man, exhort him both by word and deed to the study of himself.

French Philosopher

Use 'exhort' to motivate someone to improve or work harder, often in teamwork or group activities.

Motivational Intent

'Exhort' implies a level of intensity and earnestness in trying to persuade someone.

Persuasive Tone

'Exhort' often conveys an emotional plea, stressing on the urgency or importance of the action.

Emotional Appeal

Use 'exhort' when the focus is on inciting immediate action or a change in behavior.

Action Oriented

In religious contexts, 'exhort' often refers to guiding towards moral or spiritual actions.

Moral Urgency

'Exhort' is used when the appeal is serious and there is an element of warning or caution.

Conveys Seriousness

 to pursue their interests, we have to think about who has influence in the world. If you're trying to influence corporations to change their behavior, with regard to producing pollutants, one approach, the common approach, is to exhort them to be better,

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 I tried to think about what was going through her mind when this picture was taken and all I could think of was this joyful exuberant exuberance urging us exhorting us to do whatever we can to save this amazing part of the planet

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 or exhort his audience to rule justly and virtuously. Instead, he focused on the question of power– how to acquire it, and how to keep it. And in the decades after it was published, The Prince gained a diabolical reputation.

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