Quotes about Conflict

It would seem that zeal is not an effect of love. For zeal is a beginning of contention.

They were like two enemies in love with one another.

Conflict is inevitable but combat is optional.

Sometimes we do the wrong thing for the right reason. We've all been there.

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The word race is from the Greek agon, from which we get the word agony.

The problem with this world is that it doesn't fit. It

Teachers of my early youth Taught forgiveness stressed the truth Here then is my Christian lack: If I'm struck then I'll strike back.

Their remarks and responses were like a Ping-Pong game with each volley clearing the net and flying back to the opposition. The sense of what they were saying became lost, and only the exercise remained. The exchange was conducted with the certainty of a measured hoedown and had the jerkiness of Monday's wash snapping in the wind—now cracking east, then west, with only the intent to whip the dampness out of the cloth.

It becomes easier to die and avoid conflicts than to maintain a constant battle with the superior forces of maturity.

The best way to respond to distracting personal attacks is to practice bringing the conversation back to the issue at hand. Never fall into the trap of engaging in personal attacks while letting the topic of conversation slip into the background. Doing so allows your opponent to escape the need to explain her position.

If it's in our constitution, if it's in our pledge, if it's in our courts, and it's on our money, yet we can't talk about it, what condition are we in as a country? In medicine we call it schizophrenia. And doesn't that describe a lot of what is going on in our society today?