What does the following quote mean "Before you inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself...

Question

Before you move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you must yourself believe."-Churchill

Answer 1

Most people can tell when most orators are faking it. A great actor can feel the portrayed emotion for as long as the speech and then drop it.

Answer 2

This is how i interpreted it: you have to be perfectly aligned mentally with whatever it is you convey verbally--otherwise you can never be effective in whatever it is you're trying TO convey....whether its a belief, an, idea, etc.

Answer 3

long story short: you can't try to push something on someone else unless you have experienced it too. basicly; don't be a hypocrit. MCL.

Answer 4

To know what someone truly feels, believes, you must first experience it yourself. Until you experience something for youself, you will never TRULY understand.

Answer 5

its another way of saying lead by example.

if you want people to be enthusiastic about that new garage you just built by hand, then YOU better be enthusiastic about it too. Help them get caught up in your enthusiasm.

Answer 6

We can not know until we have had the experience.

Do not judge until you have walked a mile in their shoes.

Nothing is known out side of mind.