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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• Creativity comes from a conflict of ideas.

  Donatella Versace

  Fashion, Creativity, Bad Ass

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Conflict is inevitable but combat is optional.

  Max Lucado

  Peace, War, Ubuntu

  Max Lucado (2015). “Let the Journey Begin: Finding God's Best for Your Life”, p.101, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The greatest conflicts are not between two people but between one person and himself.

  Garth Brooks

  Inspirational, Ignorance, Reality

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  Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

  Albert Einstein

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.252, Princeton University Press

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  I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Believe, Evil, Interesting

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• Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won't come in.

  Alan Alda

  Change, Teaching, Humility

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• 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.

  William James

  Love, Relationship, Marriage

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• The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow.

  Thomas Paine

  Strength, Being Strong, Perseverance

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• The signs of outstanding leadership appear primarily among the followers. Are the followers reaching their potential? Are they learning? Serving? Do they achieve the required results? Do they change with grace? Manage conflict?

  Max De Pree

  Leadership, Learning, Grace

  Max De Pree (1987). “Leadership is an Art”, Doubleday Business

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• We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.

  Vernon Howard

  Perception, Conscious

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• Any fool can know. The point is to understand.

  Albert Einstein

  Wisdom, Learning, Knowledge

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• Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Peace, Military, War

  Speech to American Society of Newspaper Editors, Washington, D.C., 16 Apr. 1953

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• As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

  Marian Anderson

  Inspirational, Positive, Women

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• The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.

  M. Scott Peck

  Inspirational, Happiness, Spiritual

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• This disaster did not force us to abandon our ideal; on the contrary, from the very first months of the conflict, it led us to define precisely the conditions for its realization.

  Leon Jouhaux

  Realization, Months, Firsts

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• I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Faith, Religious, Motherhood

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.72, A&C Black

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  I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Life, Self Esteem, Women

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• Only in love are unity and duality not in conflict.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Love, Unity, Duality

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• What people often mean by getting rid of conflict is getting rid of diversity, and it is of the utmost importance that these should not be considered the same.

  Mary Parker Follett

  Mean, Acceptance, People

  Mary Parker Follett, Pauline Graham (1996). “Mary Parker Follett--prophet of management: a celebration of writings from the 1920s”, Harvard Business Press

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