Quotes About Conflict

I've learnt not to draw my sword first to strike. That in no way portends I have the most feeble of minds or might . . . Probably, I'm waiting for the perfect moment to startle with a fatal strike.

Drama entered my home last week, but I ushered it to the door and tossed it to the curb.

Stress comes from knowing what is right and doing what is wrong

I learnt an enormous amount, but there came a point where I found there was too much stress. It was no fun any more. Outside of the chessboard I avoid conflict, so I thought this wasn't worth it.

I would like to stress here that a lasting peace in the Chechen republic and so-called peace talks with the bandits are not the same thing, and I would ask everyone to make no mistake about that.

I suspect that a lot of the stress we see around us arises from the cognitive dissonance set up by one side of the brain hearing very plausible spin while the other side knows it just ain't so.

I want to stress again one aspect of the game which is most important. Never argue with an umpire.

Power abdicates only under the stress of counter-power.

Pacifists should stress more and more that it is the rule of law for which they are fighting.

When you beat up someone physically, you get excercise and stress relief; when you assault him verbally on the Internet, you just harm yourself.

There's very few people, who really thrive creatively under great stress and conflict.

The secret of successful managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away from the four guys who haven't made up their minds.

Jealousy is just love and hate at the same time.

The British were indeed very far superior to the Americans in every respect necessary to military operations, except the revivified courage and resolution, the result of sudden success after despair.

The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if he does not lose.

Insurrection. An unsuccessful revolution; disaffection's failure to substitute misrule for bad government.

It is through cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will be derived.

When you want to change things, you won't please everyone.

Whether I get on in the world is a question; but I certainly don't get on very well with the world.

The success of any man with any woman is apt to displease even his best friends.

Success in war was the only success that counted; failure was a disgrace to be wiped out only by starting another war and winning it.

Flying through an army, sire," said Athos, "in all countries in the world is called charging.

Today's friends are tomorrow's enemies.

Adieu; I go far from men who thus so bitterly injure each other.