Olive Branches Quotes

• I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.

  Yasser Arafat

  Fall, Islamic, Gun

  Yasser Arafat's UN General Assembly speech, November 13, 1974.

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• Humility has such power. Apologies can disarm arguments. Contrition can defuse rage. Olive branches do more good than battle axes ever will.

  Max Lucado

  Humility, Apology, Axes

  Max Lucado (2008). “Cast of Characters: Lost and Found: Encounters with the Living God”, p.71, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove Dance me to the end of love

  Leonard Cohen

  Poetry, Burning, Violin

  Song: Dance Me To The End Of Love, Album: Various Positions, 1984

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• Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.

  Yasser Arafat

  Fall, Hands, Branches

  Yasser Arafat's UN General Assembly speech, November 13, 1974.

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• Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove Dance me to the end of love.

  Leonard Cohen

  Olives, Dove, Ends

  Song: Dance Me To The End Of Love, Album: Various Positions, 1984

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• Why is it that an extended olive branch often turns to a clinched fist of hatred?

  Don Williams

  Hatred, Fists, Olives

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• In war the olive branch of peace is of use.
  [Lat., Adjuvat in bello pacatae ramus olivae.]

  Ovid

  War, Use, Olives

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• Request an apology when you believe you deserve one, but don't get in a tug of war about it. Instead, be a role model and tender a genuine apology yourself when an apology is due. Your willingness to apologize can be contagious and models maturity for your partner. Also, your non-apologizing partner may use a nonverbal way to reconnect after a fight, defuse the tension, or show you he's in a new place and wants to repair a disconnection. Accept the olive branch however it's offered.

  Harriet Lerner

  War, Believe, Apology

  "Waiting For An Apology? Don’t Hold Your Breath" by Harriet Lerner, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 5, 2012.

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• I simply want tomorrow to be better than today. I want Palestine to be independent and sovereign... Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.

  Mahmoud Abbas

  Fall, Independent, Hands

  "Hamas rejects Abbas unity pledge". Mahmoud Abbas' address to the UN General Assembly, news.bbc.co.uk. September 21, 2006.

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• What can the dove of Jesus give
  You now but wisdom, exile? Stand and live,
  The dove has brought an olive branch to eat.

  Robert Lowell

  Wisdom, Jesus, Giving

  Robert Lowell (1979). “Robert Lowell: A Tribute”

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• A fence can be protective around your family - a familial fence. Then, there are the people who only know how to take, to abuse, to offend and they build fences to keep you out. They don't have time to talk, they don't have kind words, they only talk about themselves. They never give an olive branch or forgiveness - they create a fence because of their personality or behavior and they want to create a barrier to keep people out.

  Russell Hornsby

  People, Giving, Personality

  Source: hollywoodlife.com

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• [W]ar is a question, under our constitution, not of Executive, but of Legislative cognizance. It belongs to Congress to say whether the Nation shall of choice dismiss the olive branch and unfurl the banners of War.

  Alexander Hamilton

  War, Choices, Olives

  Alexander Hamilton, Harold Coffin Syrett, Jacob Ernest Cooke (1969). “Papers: Harold C. Syrett, Editor; Jacob E. Cooke, Associate Editor”

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• Information is a beacon, a cudgel, an olive branch, a deterrent--all depending on who wields it and how.

  Steven Levitt

  Information, Olives, Beacons

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• The very first thing the President [Truman] did was to show me the new Presidential Seal, which he had just redesigned. He explained, 'The seal has to go everywhere the President goes. It must be displayed upon the lectern when he speaks. The eagle used to face the arrows but I have re-designed it so that it now faces the olive branches ... what do you think?' I said, 'Mr. President, with the greatest respect, I would prefer the American eagle's neck to be on a swivel so that it could face the olive branches or the arrows, as the occasion might demand.'

  Winston Churchill

  Thinking, Eagles, Arrows

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• There are sayings and mantras that sometimes occur in filmmaking discussions, and one of them is that sometimes filmmaking is an olive branch or a reason or an excuse to be able to reach out and create an encounter with someone.

  Debra Granik

  Encounters, Able, Olives

  "Debra Granik on "poverty porn," self-worth, and her new film, Stray Dog". Interview with Sam Fragoso, www.avclub.com. July 11, 2015.

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• WWE has not called me to be a part of any roster. My relationship with WWE stands with the video game and the video game only. If they want to extend an olive branch and pick up the phone, then I will make a comment on that once they do it. But prior to that, nothing's been done.

  Bill Goldberg

  Phones, Wwe, Games

  "Bill Goldberg Talks To 411 About Whether WWE Has Contacted Him About Returning, WWE HOF Induction, Brock Lesnar’s UFC Fight, Developing the Goldberg Character, More" by Jeffrey Harris, 411mania.com. June 28, 2016.

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