Best conflict & action Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“Self-interest and mutual interest are inextricably linked. National interests can best be advanced through collective action, ... Calculate not just the human misery of the poor themselves. Calculate our loss: The aid, the lost opportunity to trade, the short-term consequences of the multiple conflicts; the long-term consequences on the attitude to the wealthy world of injustice and abject deprivation amongst the poor.”

“Synergism is the simultaneous actions of separate entities which together have greater total effect than the sum of their individual effects.”

Action Together Individual Greater Team Effects Conflict Teamwork Collaboration Entity Consensus Team Building Team Work Team Working Simultaneous Teamwork In Education Great Teamwork Great Team Work

Author:Clay Buchholz

“What I think we need to do is infuse everyday and every action with the kind of values we hope will be in the future, with kindness, with nurturing, with dreams, ambition, using your talents, not resorting to violence, other forms of conflict resolution, with humor, with poetry, with music.”

Thinking Needs Kind Dream Action Form Values Kindness Violence Talent Conflict Ambition Everyday Resolution Nurturing Conflict Resolution Using Your Talents

Author:Gloria Steinem

“An idea is growing in foreign policy circles in Washington ... that there is no turning back. We are stuck in Iraq and Afghanistan for 25 to 40 years, we are embedded in our prideful unilateralism, and nothing can return us to more traditional American values and principles of action. The hubristic creators of this "inevitability" planned it this way. ... Their failures in Iraq have not stopped the fanatic, power-hungry neoconservatives. ... The hard-liners who dominate this administration ... have led us to eternal conflict with Muslims.”

“Were it not for Occam's Razor, which always demands simplicity, I'd be tempted to believe that human beings are more influenced by distant causes than immediate ones. This would especially be true of overeducated people, who are capable of thinking past the immediate, of becoming obsessed by the remote. It's the old stuff, the conflicts we've never come to terms with, that sneaks up on us, half forgotten, insisting upon action.”

“Without culture there can be no growth; without exertion, no acquisition; without friction, no polish; without labor, no knowledge; without action, no progress; and without conflict, no victory. The man who lies down a fool at night, hoping that he will waken wise in the morning, will rise up in the morning as he laid down in the evening.”

Men Action Lying Night Culture Growth Morning Wise Progress He Man Fool Victory Conflict Labor Evening Polish Acquisition Exertion Friction

Author:Frederick Douglass

“All mass movements avail themselves of action as a means of unification. The conflicts a mass movement seeks and incites serve not only to down its enemies but also to strip its followers of their distinct individuality and render them more soluble in the collective medium.”

Mean Action Enemy Atheism Movement Conflict Mass Individuality Positive Atheism Mediums Collectives Followers Unification

Book:THE TRUE BELIEVER

Source: THE TRUE BELIEVER

“We're in essence allowing our spirit to come to terms with all the conflicts that we build within ourselves. Disease is after all a conflict within the tissue itself. Memory fading within the tissue, conflict of our actions or thoughts, our lives are not seamlessly running together in some way for ourselves, and had not been for a long time before we get to the critical point of a disease.”

Way Long Running Action Together Spirit Term Memories Our Lives Conflict Disease Long Time Essence Critical Allowing Our Actions Tissues Fading Running Together

Author:Maya Tiwari

“Temperamentally, the writer exists on happenings, on contacts, conflicts, action and reaction, speed, pressure, tension. Were he acontemplative purely, he would not write.”

Thinking Writing Action Conflict Happenings Pressure Speed Reactions Contact Tension Thoughtful Action And Reaction

Book:The Mulberry Tree

Source: The Mulberry Tree

“I will get things done for America.... Faced with apathy, I will take action. Faced with conflict, I will seek common ground.... Faced with adversity, I will persevere. I will carry this commitment with me this year. I am an Americorps volunteer.”

Years Done Action America Common Conflict Commitment Adversity Apathy Volunteer Persevere Things Done Common Ground

Author:William J. Clinton

“We have not done the things that are necessary to lower emissions because those things fundamentally conflict with deregulated capitalism. ... We are stuck because the actions that would give us the best chance of averting catastrophe - and would benefit the vast majority - are extremely threatening to an elite minority that has a stranglehold over our economy, our political process, and most of our major media outlets.”

Giving Done Action Political Process Chance Economy Media Conflict Benefits Majors Capitalism Majority Climate Change Stuck Minorities Elites Catastrophe Threatening Outlets Emissions

Author:Naomi Klein

“He acts without contact, instructs without meeting, guides without pointing. Desires do not conflict with Him, thoughts do not mingle with Him: His essence is without qualification (takyeef), His action without effort (takleef).”

Action Desire Effort Conflict Essence Meetings Guides Contact Pointing Qualifications

Author:Mansur Al-Hallaj

“The middle years are ones in which children increasingly face conflicts on their own,... One of the truths to be faced by parentsduring this period is that they cannot do the work of living and relating for their children. They can be sounding boards and they can probe with the children the consequences of alternative actions.”

Years Children Action Faces Middle Periods Conflict Consequence Alternatives Boards

Author:Dorothy H Cohen

“Likewise, the world of action, of politics, is reduced to a conflict of views about how to keep the cycle of production and consumption going. Questions of ultimate purpose are excluded from the public world.”

World Action Purpose Views Conflict Ultimate Productions Cycles Consumption Consumerism Excluded Overconsumption

Book:Foolishness to the Greeks: The Gospel and Western Culture

Source: Foolishness to the Greeks: The Gospel and Western Culture

“Prayer by its nature is communion and union of man with God; by its action it is the reconciliation of man with God, the mother and daughter of tears, a bridge for crossing temptations, a wall of protection from afflictions, a crushing of conflicts, boundless activity, the spring of virtues, the source of spiritual gifts, invisible progress, food of the soul, the enlightening of the mind, an axe for despair, a demonstration of hope, release from sorrow, the wealth of monks.”

“The enumeration of human values as five - Truth, Righteousness, Peace, Love and Non-violence is not correct. They are all facets of the foundational humanness. They grow together; they are absence of Inner conflicts. How can one have peace when he revels in violence of speach and action?”

Humans Action Together Values Grows Five Violence Conflict Absence Righteousness Non Violence Facets Human Values Humanness Peace Love Inner Conflict

Author:Sathya Sai Baba

“The need to express one's self in writing springs from a maladjustment of life, or from an inner conflict which the adolescent (or the grown man) cannot resolve in action.”

Men Needs Writing Self Action Conflict Spring Resolve Grown Man Inner Conflict

Author:Andre Maurois

“If we are engaged in actions that cause pain and conflict to ourselves and others, it is impossible for the mind to become settled, collected, and focused in meditation; it is impossible for the heart to open.”

Ifs Mind Heart Action Pain Causes Meditation Impossible Conflict Focused Engaged

Book:Seeking the Heart of Wisdom: The Path of Insight Meditation

Source: Seeking the Heart of Wisdom: The Path of Insight Meditation

“Wars and conflicts begin in the mind, then they are expressed in words and then executed through physical action, so personal transformation is intricately connected with the social and political transformation.”

Mind War Action Political Social Conflict Transformation Connected Personal Transformation

Author:Satish Kumar

“If you haven’t already clearly defined your values, you may find yourself making choices that conflict with what you want. If, for example, honesty is a big thing for you, but you hang out with liars, there’s a conflict. When your actions conflict with your values, you’ll end up unhappy, frustrated, and despondent. In fact, psychologists tell us that nothing creates more stress than when our actions and behaviors aren’t congruent with our values.”

“Sometimes when you take a tough action against one side in the conflict, they see you as part of the conflict and they attack you.”

Sometimes Action Sides Conflict Tough

Author:Kofi Annan

“[Vladimir] Putin's Russia is only indirectly concerned with the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan as a means of maintaining its sphere of influence. I doubt that Russia will meddle. Moreover, I'm quite sure that Ilham Aliyev won't decide to carry out any serious action - it's not in his interest. He's learned his lesson very well - threaten to take action but never act on such words.”

Wells Mean Action Interest Doubt Influence Serious Lessons Conflict Concerned Russia Spheres Maintaining Putin Armenia Sphere Of Influence Azerbaijan

Author:Garry Kasparov

“We live in a world of absolute immediacy. It is an interconnected, combustible world, where technology and many other actions have given nonstate actors a reach, into countries and societies, for both good and evil, that we have never seen before. So it isn't a matter of just state versus state challenges or conflict. The bigger problem is nonstate actors.”

World Country Matter States Problem Action Evil Actors Given Challenges Technology Conflict Bigger Absolutes Good And Evil Versus Interconnected Immediacy Bigger Problems

Author:Chuck Hagel

“I am most comfortable in a "learner" role, I may raise my values-related concerns by asking the well-crafted and well-timed question, rather than by strenuously arguing a particular point of view. Or if I am a risk-taking, aggressive manager, I may frame the values conflict as just one more challenge that I want to take on, as opposed to a "constraint" on my action choices.”

Action Values Choices Challenges Conflict Concern Point Of View Arguing Aggressive

Author:Mary C. Gentile

“In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action.”

Wisdom Action Lying Opinion Expression Promise Conflict Frank Conflicting Opinions

Author:Louis D. Brandeis

“There are three principles in a man's being and life, the principle of thought, the principle of speech, and the principle of action. The origin of all conflict between me and my fellow-men is that I do not say what I mean and I don't do what I say.”

Men Mean Action Three Principles Conflict Speech Fellows Fellow Man

Author:Martin Buber

“Relationship is action, is it not? Action has meaning only in relationship; without understanding relationship, action on any level will only breed conflict. The understanding of relationship is infinitely more important than the search for any plan of action. The ideology, the pattern for action, prevents action. Action based on ideology hinders the understanding of relationship between man and man.”

Action Understanding Levels Conflict

Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti

“Why, sir," said he, looking about him, "what splendour I see: gold lace, breeches, cocked hats. Allow me to recommend a sandwich. And would you be contemplating an attack, at all?" "It had crossed my mind, I must admit," said Jack. "Indeed, I may go so far as to say, that I am afraid a conflict is now virtually inevitable. Did you notice we have cleared for action?”

Mind May Said Action Conflict Gold Inevitable Hats Contemplating Sandwiches Lace Splendour

Author:Patrick O'Brian

“When people attempt to rebel against the iron logic of Nature, they come into conflict with the very same principles to which they owe their existence as human beings. Their actions against Nature must lead to their own downfall.”

People Humans Action Human Beings Existence Principles Conflict Logic Iron Rebel Downfall

Author:Adolf Hitler

“Negrophobes exist. It is not hatred of the Negro, however, that motivates them; they lack the courage for that, or they have lost it. Hate is not inborn; it has to be constantly cultivated, to be brought into being, in conflict with more or less recognized guilt complexes. Hate demands existence and he who hates has to show his hate in appropriate actions and behavior; in a sense, he has to become hate. That is why Americans have substituted discrimination for lynching. Each to his own side of the street.”

Shows Action Hate Lost Sides Existence Streets Demand Conflict Behavior Hatred Guilt Complexes Discrimination Appropriate Lynching

Book:Black Skin, White Masks

Source: Black Skin, White Masks

“My actions to promote peace, the mediation missions which I carried out during many conflicts, which very often occurred between brothers of the same country, are not driven by any ulterior motives or any calculations based on personal ambitions.”

Country Action Brother Conflict Ambition Missions Driven Motive Calculations Mediation Ulterior Motive

Author:Omar Bongo

“...And while everybody was tremendously impressed with the low cost of the conflict, for the 146 Americans who were killed in action and for their families, it wasn't a cheap war. And the question in my mind is how many additional American casualties is Saddam worth? And the answer is not very damned many.”

Mind War Action Answers Military Cost Conflict Lows Impressed Saddam Casualties

Author:Dick Cheney

“To resolve such conflicts peacefully in our interdependent - or what I would like to call our intra-interdependent - world requires not just well-chosen words but sustained and unified action.”

World Wells Action Conflict Chosen Resolve Resolution Unified Win Win

Author:Prince Hassan bin Talal

“Danger lurks when we divide ourselves with expressions such as "my private life," "my professional life," or even "my best behavior." Living life in separate compartments can lead to internal conflict and exhausting tension....Inner peace comes only as we maintain the integrity of truth in all aspects of our lives. When we covenant to follow the Lord and obey His commandments, we accept His standards in every thought, action, and deed.”

“If we want energy security, then we have to reduce our appetite for fossil fuels. There's no other way. Other issues may crowd the headlines, but this is our fundamental challenge. Big challenges require bold action and leadership. To get the United States off fossil fuels in this uneasy national climate of terrorism and conflict in the Persian Gulf, we must treat the issue with the urgence and persistance it deserves. The measure of our success will be the condition on which we leave the world for the next generation.”

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