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“Conflict builds character. Crisis defines it.”
“Conflict is inevitable, but combat is optional.”
“Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.”
“Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplike passivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.”
“A good manager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wasting the energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight you openly when they think that you are wrong - that's healthy.”
“The greatest conflicts are not between two people but between one person and himself.”
“In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.”
“Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.”
“Nothing is given to man on earth - struggle is built into the nature of life, and conflict is possible - the hero is the man who lets no obstacle prevent him from pursuing the values he has chosen.”
“Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.”
Conflict Quotations
-- Steven V. Thulon
-- Max Lucade
-- M. Esther Harding
-- John Dewey
-- Robert Townsend
-- Garth Brooks
-- Tao Te Ching
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.
-- Andrew Bernstein
-- William James