Quotes about Conflict
The dove loves when it quarrels; the wolf hates when it flatters.
— St. Augustine
Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.
— Tertullian
The first reaction to truth is hatred.
— Tertullian
It is better to be divided by truth than to be united in error.
— Adrian Rogers
That a lie which is all a lie may be met and fought with outright, But a lie which is part a truth is a harder matter to fight.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
Sorrow is not in death but in loneliness, and conflict comes when you seek consolation, forgetfullness, explanations, and illusions.
— Jiddu Krishnamurti
When truth takes a backseat to ego and politics, trust is lost.
— Patrick Lencioni
When team members trust each other and know that everyone is capable of admitting when they're wrong, then conflict becomes nothing more than the pursuit of truth or the best possible answer.
— Patrick Lencioni
Peace was not the absence of conflict; it was having the courage to face the conflict and make the right choices.
— Mike Evans
Where is love more glorified than where she dwells in the midst of her enemies?
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Who trusted God was love indeed And love Creation's final law Though Nature, red in tooth and claw With ravine, shrieked against his creed.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
Anger is the fluid love bleeds when cut.
— CS Lewis