Conflict Quotes · Page 28

Compared to Americans, Canadians are often more gentle in their approach to things. They're much more apologetic. There's less room for conflict.

— Joseph Boyden

“Bringing countries together above their conflicts require great minds and great hearts.”

— Amit Ray

For better or worse, I've been involved in the description of political conflict.

— John le Carre

[Donald Trump] has moved to admit that there is a conflict of interest now and he needs to do something.

— Norman L. Eisen

You won't have a story unless you have conflict, which means if there's no conflict in a situation, people look for a…

— Diana Gabaldon

What we've proven is that you can protect the environment, use it wisely and grow the economy and that there is no…

— Bruce Babbitt

“When the person you love can't see your love for them beneath the painful things you say when they reject you, remember…

— Shannon L. Alder

True learning always creates a paradox of promoting disagreement in order to create a consensus.

— Frank Matobo

Community means engaging constructively with like-minded nations to build strong, sustaining institutions and alliances - and bringing emerging powers into this community…

— Joe Lieberman

Perhaps one day, all these conflicts will end, and it won't be because of great statesmen or churches or organisations like this…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

The Kyle who made 'Smyle' honestly has a little more conflict in his life. He has a little more weight on his…

— Kyle

I do have a very deep sense of regret that there was a conflict and that people lost their lives, and you…

— Martin McGuinness

Truth is of no practical value to mankind save as it affects terrestrial phenomena, hence the discoveries of science should be concealed…

— H. P. Lovecraft

They [Chinese] will need a sympathetic intercessor with other people in the world to avoid conflict and create trust, and of course,…

— Robert Thurman

Climate change could produce a lot of misery and waste without necessarily leading to large-scale armed conflict, which depends more on ideology…

— Steven Pinker

I shall give a propagandist reason for starting the war, no matter whether it is plausible or not. The victor will not…

— Adolf Hitler

Recently there's been a trend to apply the term "bullying" to any kind of conflict at work, for example overwork and long…

— Tim Field

Nervousness is caused by wanting two opposing things at the same time, one consciously and the other subconsciously. The battle is resolved…

— Lester Levenson

Education may well be, as of right, the instrument whereby every individual, in a society like our own, can gain access to…

— Michel Foucault

When you meet opposition to your faith, your first reaction may be anger toward your antagonist. This may divert your attention from…

— Henry Blackaby

I'll probably lose every friend I've got, but I think the Russians are about the only people who have behaved decently in…

— Robert Wyatt

Both rich and poor nations have a common stake in policies that put the globe on a sustainable development path. The conflict…

— Robert Kuttner

As you know, you go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have…

— Donald Rumsfeld

“And an even stronger example of Mr. Wells's indifference to the human psychology can be found in his cosmopolitanism, the abolition in…

— G.K. Chesterton

The most difficult thing in any negotiation, almost, is making sure that you strip it of the emotion and deal with the…

— Howard Baker

The best romance writers know there's nothing that builds conflict or makes a gentleman of a rogue more quickly than responsibility.

— Sarah MacLean

For whatever reason, we like to focus on the 2 percent that's different, and most of the conflict in the world comes…

— David Levithan

Invariably, micromanaging results in four problems: deceit, disloyalty, conflict, and communication problems.

— John Rosemond

There is a certain amount of conflict that comes with being a 'Housewife.' It is not a comfortable position. If you are…

— Erika Jayne

My early films were about self discovery, and films of internal conflict. At that level, they were very personal.

— Ira Sachs

I don't believe in war as a solution to any kind of conflict, nor do I believe in heroism on the battlefield…

— Thor Heyerdahl

Never be victim of inner conflict. Listen to your inner voice and fight your way bravely.

— Anil Sinha

As peace is of all goodness, so war is an emblem, a hieroglyphic, of all misery.

— John Donne

Culture is more often a source of conflict than of synergy. Cultural differences are a nuisance at best and often a disaster.

— Geert Hofstede

It is not conflict of opinions that has made history so violent but conflict of belief in opinions, that is to say…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

But wrestling used to be the same as boxing or mixed martial arts. It used to be about conflict, having a fight,…

— Jim Cornette

A free and open society is an ongoing conflict, interrupted periodically by compromises.

— Saul Alinsky

I was never very mature in my relationships with women. First sign of conflict, I was gone.

— John Mahoney

“I have a self-made quote: Celebrate diversity, practice acceptance and may we all choose peaceful options to conflict.”

— Donzella Michele Malone

If you have a beautiful story, it has to have conflict. If you don't have conflict, it can't be a good story.

— Donald Miller