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Quotes About Conflict

Have you ever been hurt by what the other person said?
~ Timothy S. Lane
Each thinks he or she is more righteous than the other. Each
~ Timothy S. Lane
much of the bad communication, needless conflict, and constant frustration stem from our responses to the ways the other person is different from us.
~ Timothy S. Lane
If I gossip or engage in ungodly conflict, I harm the gift God has given. But if I am willing to pursue, forgive, and serve, I demonstrate care for these gifts.
~ Timothy S. Lane
No one ever said that conflict would be fun! But the Christian life is not always fun. That is not the most important thing to God. He is committed to something much bigger. His kingdom plan involves a total restoration of what he has made. He will settle for nothing less in his creation than to see that all things ultimately bring him glory.
~ Timothy S. Lane
Remember, Father, Son, and Spirit were torn apart when Jesus died so that we might embrace rather than exclude one another. We have to be willing to face conflict. God wants us to grow and this is a crucial place where growth often occurs. He wants to make us more like Christ
~ Timothy S. Lane
If you choose to face conflict head on, it is full of risks and the potential for great hurt, but it can also be redemptive.
~ Timothy S. Lane
Or do you move into conflict with a God-centered perspective?
~ Timothy S. Lane
Our typical response to conflict is to point the finger at our opponent.
~ Timothy S. Lane
frustrated relationship
~ Timothy S. Lane
Remember, you can't avoid conflict, but it can be a place where amazing growth takes place!
~ Timothy S. Lane
However, problems arose when we, as two leaders who had known each other only from a safe distance, began working together in the same room!
~ Timothy S. Lane
Understand that conflict is one way God works in our lives
~ Timothy S. Lane
Godly conflict is an act of compassion!
~ Timothy S. Lane
What were the unspoken rules your family followed? How did you handle conflict? What was the typical method for solving problems? Were there regular patterns of forgiveness?
~ Timothy S. Lane
Blowing up at people when our agendas are trampled
~ Timothy S. Lane
The health and maturity of a relationship are not measured by an absence of problems, but by the way the inevitable problems are handled.
~ Timothy S. Lane
Luke 17:3, on the other hand, is talking about forgiveness as a horizontal transaction between me and the offender. This is often referred to as reconciliation.
~ Timothy S. Lane
Whoever said violence never solved anything doesn't know what he's talking about. Violence is the only language some people understand. Not that I'm fluent, but I know enough to get by.
~ Timothy S. Miller
It was easier to triumph in violence that it was to make a new order.
~ Timothy Snyder
When the pro-leader paramilitary and the official police and military intermingle, the end has come.
~ Timothy Snyder
Influential Americans such as Charles Lindbergh opposed war with the Nazis under the slogan "America First." It
~ Timothy Snyder
Armed groups first degrade a political order, and then transform it.
~ Timothy Snyder
An eternity politician defines foes rather than formulating policies.
~ Timothy Snyder