Conflict Quotes

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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Develop a mind that is vast like space, where experiences both pleasant and unpleasant can appear and disappear without conflict, struggle or harm. Rest in a mind like vast sky.

Gautama Buddha

Struggle, Space, Sky

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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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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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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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Creativity comes from a conflict of ideas.

Donatella Versace

Fashion, Creativity, Bad Ass

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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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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 try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it

Oprah Winfrey

Love, Life, Trying

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Religious conflict can be the bloodiest and cruelest conflicts that turn people into fanatics.

William J. Brennan

Religious, People, Atheism

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I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.

George McGovern

Dream, Peace, Military

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

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Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict - alternatives to passive or aggressive responses, alternatives to violence.

Dorothy Thompson

Peace, War, Ubuntu

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One might as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as to try to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

Robert Collier

Horse, Moving, Two

Robert Collier (1971). “Riches Within Your Reach: The Law of the Higher Potential”

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Political conflicts distort and disturb a people's sense of distinction between matters of importance and matters of urgency. What is vital is disguised by what is merely a matter of well being.

John Grierson

People, Political, Matter

John Grierson (1966). “Grierson on Documentary”, p.207, Univ of California Press

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The torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and "mangled mind" leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Elizabeth Drew

Lonely, Frustration, Self

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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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Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.

James M. Barrie

Revenge, Opponents, Motive

Rectorial Address at St Andrew's, 3 May 1922, in The Times 4 May 1922

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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.

Andrew Bernstein

Struggle, Hero, Men

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Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international community must act to enforce its will.

Tony Blair

Community, Accepting, Default

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There are three principles in a man's being and life, the principle of thought, the principle of speech, and the principle of action. The origin of all conflict between me and my fellow-men is that I do not say what I mean and I don't do what I say.

Martin Buber

Mean, Men, Principles

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Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same - hardihood. Give them raw truth.

John Jay Chapman

Hate, Squash, America

John Jay Chapman, Richard Stone (1998). “Unbought Spirit: A John Jay Chapman Reader”, p.22, University of Illinois Press

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I have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic. People there are overflowing with energy.

Brian Eno

Country, Czech Republic, People

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