Conflict Resolution Quotes - Page 2

• There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.

  Phyllis Bottome

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Peace, War, Mean

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “A Time to Break Silence: The Essential Works of Martin Luther King, Jr., for Students”, p.67, Beacon Press

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• Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.

  Doug Larson

  Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom

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• Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspiring, Karma, Peace

  1841 Essays: First Series,'Self-Reliance'.

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• What we see depends mainly on what we look for.

  John Lubbock

  Inspirational, Being Happy, Attitude

  Sir John Lubbock (1897). “The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In”, p.2, Library of Alexandria

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• Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Im Sorry, Apology, Positivity

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• Never cut what you can untie.

  Joseph Joubert

  Life, Cutting, Interesting

  Joseph Joubert (1867). “Some of the "Thoughts" of Joseph Joubert”, p.86

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• True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Life, Peace, Kings

  Martin Luther King (Jr.) (2007). “Dream: The Words and Inspiration of Martin Luther King, Jr”, p.55, Blue Mountain Arts, Inc.

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• Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.

  Will Rogers

  Inspirational, Motivational, Moving On

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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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• I believe that the basic nature of human beings is gentle and compassionate. It is therefore in our own interest to encourage that nature, to make it live within us, to leave room for it to develop. If on the contrary we use violence, it is as if we voluntarily obstruct the positive side of human nature and prevent its evolution.

  Dalai Lama

  Believe, Healing, Rooms

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• Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Love, Peace, Kings

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.115, Beacon Press

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• The courts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputes begins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternative methods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

  Sandra Day O'Connor

  Country, Alternatives, Conflict

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• Our second phase was to develop a school curriculum that teaches tolerance, respect for differences, conflict resolution, anger management, and other attributes of peace.

  Eddie Bernice Johnson

  Anger, School, Differences

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• Always pass a plate of forgiveness before each verbal feast.

  Anabel Jensen

  Healing, Conflict, Plates

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• War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

  Bertrand Russell

  Peace, Military, War

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• Whenever two good people argue over principles, they are both right.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Communication, Two, People

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• If you're not listening, you're not learning.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Business, Listening, Conflict

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• There should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat.

  Jimmy Carter

  Peace, War, Differences

  Jimmy Carter (2011). “Living Faith”, p.141, Three Rivers Press

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• In life, you don't get what you deserve; you get what you believe, plan, and expect.

  Bill Bartmann

  Believe, Deserve You, What You Deserve

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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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• Don't look where you fall, but where you slipped.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Wise, Fall, Looks

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• 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.

  Robert Townsend

  Fighting, Thinking, People

  Robert Townsend (1988). “Further up the organization”, HarperCollins

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• You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

  Indira Gandhi

  Life, Friendship, Leadership

  "Indian and Pakistani Armies Confront Each Other Along Borders". The New York Times, October 20, 1971.

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  Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Inspirational, Being Yourself, Clever

  "Contarini Fleming". Book by Benjamin Disraeli, 1832.

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