Contending Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

To constitute a dispute there must be two parties. To understand it well, both parties and all the circumstances must be fully heard; and…

— George Washington

“While it’s easier to avoid confrontations in the short run, the consequences of doing so can be massively destructive in the long term. It’s…

— Ray Dalio

“the ultimate standard, by which we determine all disputes, that may arise concerning them, is always derived from experience and observation. Where this experience…

— Christopher Hitchens

Every worldview has its ambiguities - debatable elements that people simply will not see to eye on. There's nothing wrong with that as long…

— Greg Koukl

Some matters are simply contentious. Sometimes you're never going to get it right.

— Sara Sheridan

So all I'm saying is, everything that seems important--our quarrels, or philosophical differences--in the end, it doesn't matter much. You know? In the end,…

— Thrity Umrigar

In the course of a healthy debate, we prioritize different goals, and the different means of reaching them. But without some common baseline of…

— Barack Obama

To see both sides of a quarrel, is to judge without hate or alarm

— Richard Thompson

“conflicts are essential for great relationships”

— Ray Dalio

Disagreements are useful, as, unlike agreements, they can teach you something.

— Melchor Lim

Bad quarrels come when two people are wrong. Worse quarrels come when two people are right.

— Betty Smith

Now the thing is not to get into unnecessary quarrels by talking too much and not to indicate any weakness by talking too much;…

— Henry L. Stimson