Conflict Management Quotes

This is a collection of quotes that relate to the subject of conflict managment in the broadest sense! Click on one of the categories listed to the left to view a selection of related quotes.

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What the enemy thinks you have

“Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.”
Saul Alinsky

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When conflict becomes a win-lose

“When conflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.”

 Thomas Crum

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Everything that irritates us about others

"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves."
Carl Jung

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We can choose

"One thing we can do is make the choice to view the world in a healthy way. We can choose to see the world as safe with only moments of danger rather than seeing the world as dangerous with only moments of safety."

Deepak Chopra

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Meaning of things lies not in the things themselves

"The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves but in our attitude towards them."

Saint-Exupery

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Man prefers to believe

"Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true."

Francis Bacon

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Reacting to life

"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it."
Lou Holtz

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Imagine

"Everything you can imagine is real."

-Picasso

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Perceive all conflicts

“Perceive all conflicts as patterns of energy seeking a harmonious balance in the whole”
Dhyani Ywhoo,
Etowah Cherokee

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We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations.

“Too often we hold fast to the clichés of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of
interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought...For the great
enemy of the truth is very often not the lie: deliberate, contrived and dishonest. But the myth: persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.”
John F. Kennedy

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