Conflict Quotes

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  The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

  Thomas Paine

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Thomas Paine (1817). “The Political Works of Thomas Paine: In Two Volumes”

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  Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.

  William Ellery Channing

  Inspirational, God, Stay Strong

  William Ellery Channing (1839). “Self-culture: An address introductory to the Franklin lectures, delivered at Boston, September, 1838”, p.42

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  Conflict cannot survive without your participation.

  Wayne Dyer

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Dyer, Wayne (2005). “Everyday Wisdom”, p.216, Hay House, Inc

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• The reality today is that we are all interdependent and have to co-exist on this small planet. Therefore, the only sensible and intelligent way of resolving differences and clashes of interests, whether between individuals or nations, is through dialogue.

  Dalai Lama

  Intelligent, Reality, Differences

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• Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

  Ronald Reagan

  Love, Peace, War

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• Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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• The war existing between the senses and reason.

  Blaise Pascal

  War, Reason, Senses

  Blaise Pascal (2013). “Pensées”, p.27, Courier Corporation

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• The subconscious part in us is called the subjective mind, because it does not decide and command. It is subject rather than a ruler. Its nature is to do what it is told, or what really in your heart of hearts you desire.

  William Thomas Walsh

  Heart, Mind, Desire

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• For better or worse, I've been involved in the description of political conflict.

  John le Carre

  Political, Description, Involved

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• Reason and emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between two opposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifests itself in the form of a feeling.

  Nathaniel Branden

  Struggle, Reason And Emotion, Ideas

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• The right tools for solving disputes within our community are precision instruments such as reason, communication, empathy, curiosity, and understanding. They are also the right tools for building a global civilization of peace and prosperity.

  Paul K. Chappell

  Communication, Civilization, Empathy

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• You can't talk your way out of something you behaved your way into. You have to behave your way out of it.

  Douglas Conant

  Healing, Way, Behave

  Twitter post from Jan 10, 2017

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• What may appear as truth to one person will often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry the seeker. When there is honest effort, it will be realised that what appears to be different truths are like apparently different countless leaves of the same tree.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Healing, Worry, Effort

  "Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi".

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• Eighty percent of all questions are statements in disguise.

  Phil McGraw

  Inspirational, Healing, Disguise

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• When you get to 15 and most of your teachers are priests, there's bound to be a conflict.

  Ian Hart

  Teacher, Priests, Bounds

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It's much easier to make jokes about sensitive issues if there is some dissent, some conflict.

  Mo Rocca

  Issues, Sensitive, Easier

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• This conflict is one thing I've been waiting for. I'm well and strong and young - young enough to go to the front. If I can't be a soldier, I'll help soldiers.

  Clara Barton

  Strong, Waiting, Soldier

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• But the need for conflict to expose prejudice and unclear reasoning, which is deeply embedded in my philosophy of science, has its origin in these debates.

  Robert B. Laughlin

  Philosophy, Prejudice, Needs

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• There is only one conflict in Ukraine today and it is between the regime and the people.

  Viktor Yushchenko

  Ukraine, People, Today

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• Conflict is the primary engine of creativity and innovation.

  Ronald A. Heifetz

  Creativity, Innovation, Engines

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• Ten commandments yet seven deadly sins: conflict?

  Douglas Coupland

  Sin, Seven, Reincarnation

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• Love is a conflict between reflexes and reflections.

  Magnus Hirschfeld

  Love, Reflection, Reflexes

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• I loathe conflict, and I loathe not getting along well with people, so I always try very hard to be on the best terms with the people I work with.

  Joan Collins

  People, Trying, Term

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• A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. [The Second Law of Robotics]

  Isaac Asimov

  Order, Law, Robots

  Isaac Asimov (2011). “The Naked Sun”, p.31, Spectra

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• If I were to summarize in one sentence the single most important principle I have learned in the field of interpersonal relations, it would be this: Seek first to understand, then to be understood. This principle is the key to effective interpersonal communication.

  Stephen Covey

  Communication, Healing, Keys

  Stephen R. Covey (1994). “Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People: Living THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE Every Day”, p.63, Simon and Schuster

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