Quotes About Confrontation

an avoidance of confrontation and a sustaining refuge in the comforts of family life. The realization that everyone is in the same boat, under siege by bad government

They were in my briefcase, in the trunk, but I was hesitant to get out of the car. I was much taller than the policeman, and he might make my height a cause for provocation

Interrupting me, he shouted, "What I am saying is that your plates are illegal. Do you understand? You are breaking the law by driving on our roads." "I have a permit," I said. He had now worked himself into a froth of spitting rage, and as he screamed out of his congested face I saw that he was wrapped in belts, a holstered pistol in one, handcuffs in another, a truncheon, a phone, chrome-plated chains

Do you know what I can do to you? Spoken by an enraged policeman in Mexico, that statement seizes your attention, and so does "Puedo hacer lo que quiero"—I can do what I want.

I said that. "A veces, las personas—los paracaidistas—mueren." Sometimes the skydivers die. Dieter seemed pleased that I had challenged him

It is always far easier to have faith in your own goodness than to confront others ad fight for your rights...

I learned long ago that in order to heal my wounds, I must have the courage to face up with them.

Only cowards hide behind silence.

That is the Mongolian creation myth: out of two different natures love is born. In contradiction, love grows in strength. In confrontation and transformation, love is preserved.

I'm a cornered tiger with nowhere to run; the only option that remains is to attack.

We should always be prepared for attacks by the enemy and be capable of looking into the eye of death so that death may light our path.

Avoiding problems you need to face is avoiding life you need to live

There are two kinds of idiots - those who don't take action because they have receive a threat, and those who think they are taking action because they have issued a threat.

How many terrible moments for women begin with the words "so I opened the door"?

The way to dissolve our resistance to life is to meet it face-to-face.

Whoa, who peed in your Cheerios?

If in argument we can make a man angry with us, we have drawn him from his vantage ground and overcome him.

And if I see you step foot on my property again, I'll do more than make a phone call, " he says, waving the baseball bat around menacingly.

Remember, confrontation is about reconciliation and awareness, not judgement or anger.

But a person can only keep reality - and anger - at bay for so long before the truth comes back again.

Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.

Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels.

Nobody gets killed when they're happy. It always starts with an argument, or a debt.

The love of conflict is most evident when opposing forces join sides to defeat the peacemaker.