Quotes Wishes and Status Messages - Page 69

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everyting... they just make the most of everything that comes along their way...

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

Youcan''t shake hands with a clenched fist.

Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someonewho won''t stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won''t go?

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for respondingto conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses, alternatives toviolence.

Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

Whetherit''s the best of times or the worst of times, it''s the only time we''ve got.

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

Don''t beafraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither side loses and a new danceis created.

When you are feeling stressed and about to breakdown, just remember: STRESSED is just DESSERTS spelled backwards.. it's a piece of cake!

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Manmust evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge,aggression, and retaliation.

The only difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is theway in which we use them.

Throughconflict we get to unity.

I am atpeace with God. My conflict is with man.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear whatthey want to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.

Nosnowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

Anounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation!

Beautifullight is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is oftenthe strongest and the best.

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplike passivity, and sets usat noting and contriving.