Quotes Wishes and Status Messages - Page 58

When evertwo good people argue over principles, they are both right.

There is no squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

What wesee depends mainly on what we look for.

Peaceis not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it.

There is no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to ''you.''

When everyou''re in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make thedifference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factoris attitude.

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised asimpossible situations.

I''m nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.

We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in theworld.

Afanatic is a person who can’t change his mind and won’t change.

If you ain''tnever pick up the sword, you ain''t never have to worry about fallin'' on it.

Who hath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become whatthey are capable of being.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

Windows of opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.

Don''t hate, it''s too big a burden to bear.

No man everdid a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater tohimself .

The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

... That may appear as the truth to oneperson will often appear as untruth to another person. But that need notworry the seeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that whatappeared to be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Happinessis the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a madand lamentable experiment.

We are judged by what we finish, not what we start.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

The past is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

The days are too short even for love; how can there be enough time forquarreling?

Who ever has the mind to fight has broken his connection with the universe. If you tryto dominate people you are already defeated. We study how to resolveconflict, not how to start it.

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.