21 Quotes About Conflict Management

Conflict is inevitable. Even though it can be upsetting, frustrating, and even scary, conflict can also be a good thing. It’s the energy that keeps people from being stagnant and stagnant people from being stagnant. Here are a few conflict quotes to help you deal with your differences and embrace life’s challenges.

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Obviously it was happenstance, but it did change my opinion of human nature. I now saw war as a constant, akin to wildfires. They break out unless you work actively to prevent them. It’s an atavistic thing, buried deep in our DNA. Richard Engel
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We may have different points of arguments from perspectives of belief, faith and religion. But we must not hate each other. We are one human family. Lailah Gifty Akita
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If you see a leader solving one conflict wisely, remember he is working hard to prevent 10 of such from happening! Israelmore Ayivor
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If life throws you a few bad notes, don't let them interrupt your song. Suzy Kassem
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The most tragic cause of social disharmony is when the speed with which people find mistakes of others outweighs their simple belief that they too are infallible! Israelmore Ayivor
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It is very important to understand why those annoying people annoy you and then figure out where that fits into your world. Auliq Ice
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It’s taken years, but part of my own personal growth has involved deciding that I can learn something from even the most annoying person. Auliq Ice
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It is very humbling to see my own character defects in someone who annoys me. At the end of the day, I realize they have actually prompted positive change in me. Auliq Ice
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We need to learn ourselves before we can understand what really annoys us! Auliq Ice
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Life is constantly teaching us that we are mirrors of one another and that no one is an island! Auliq Ice
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Silence isn't always agreement. Sometimes people no longer argue because they no longer care. Joyce Rachelle
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Problems rarely exist at the level at which they are expressed. If you are arguing for more than ten minutes then you are probably not discussing the real conflict. Kare Anderson
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Empathy is the key to negotiating and resolving conflict. Arthur P. Ciaramicoli
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People who don’t like conflict have an amazing ability to avoid it, even when they know it’s theoretically necessary Patrick Lencioni
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The lack of conflict is precisely the cause of one of the biggest problems that meetings have: they are boring Patrick Lencioni
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I don’t think anyone ever gets completely used to conflict. If it’s not a little uncomfortable, then it’s not real. The key is to keep doing it anyway Patrick Lencioni
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Conflict is productive Patrick Lencioni
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When it comes to peace, we need to facilitate peace-makers' personal engagement and their genuine desire to bridge the gap between advocacy knowledge and skills necessary to differentiate between theory and practice in the field of conflict management. Widad Akreyi
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Mounting tensions in Eastern Europe send shivers down the spine. Barely a quarter of a century after the end of the Cold War we seem to be sliding inexorably towards another. Alex Morritt