“The constant struggle in mature life, I think, is to accept the necessity of tragedy and conflict, and not to try to escape to some falsely simple solution which does not include these more somber complexities.” ThinkingTryingDoeSimpleAcceptingStruggleConflictSolutionsTragedyConstantComplexityMatureSomberConstant StruggleSimple Solutions Book:Letters Home Source: Letters Home
“Constant conflict is actually often good politics. Because the more you can inflame your supporters the more likely they are to show up at election day. And if they're more inflamed than the other side, even if the other side has more people agreeing with it, you'll win, because your crowd will show up.” PeopleIfsShowsRealityPoliticalPoliticsWinningSidesPartyDemocracyConflictElectionStrategyConstantCrowdsIdeologyVotingFree SpeechSupporterPolitical PartiesCivilityElection Day Author:William J. Clinton
“There's a part of me that wants to look nice and occasionally wants to be snappy, and the other part of me that just wants to wear the same sweater until I die. And I'm in constant conflict between those two sides.” WantLooksTwoDiesSidesNiceConflictConstantTwo SidesSweaters Author:Hugh Dancy
“I'm going to continue to push for a no-fly zone and safe havens within Syria not only to help protect the Syrians and prevent the constant outflow of refugees, but to, frankly, gain some leverage on both the Syrian government and the Russians so that perhaps we can have the kind of serious negotiation necessary to bring the conflict to an end and go forward on a political track.” KindEndsHelpingGovernmentPoliticalHavensSeriousProtectSafeConflictGainsConstantTrackZoneSyriaNegotiationRefugeeSafe Haven Author:Hillary Clinton
“There's a constant conflict, really, within me. As much as I really enjoy what I do at home... I play on my own little soccer team and I've been taking part in the community and living the life of any ordinary guy, I always find myself wistful and enveloped in a feeling I can't really get out of my system.” LittlesI CanPlayFeelingsHomeGuyEnjoyCommunityMy OwnTeamConflictOrdinaryConstantSoccerLive LifeSoccer Team Author:Robert Plant
“Clashes of values and the struggle for primacy constitute a constant in human history that accounts for that other constant - conflict and war.” HumansWarValuesStruggleConflictAccountsConstantHuman HistoryClashPrimacy Author:Charles Krauthammer
“Football is made up of all kinds of conflict. In a dressing room, between players, between us and the manager, between us and loads of people who don't seem to matter. It's constant and harsh sometimes.” PeopleInspirationalKindMadeSometimesMatterSeemsRoomsPlayerFootballConflictConstantAll KindsManagersLoadHarshDressingsDressing Rooms Author:Wayne Rooney
“To be left alone on the tightrope of youthful unknowing is to experience the excruciating beauty of full freedom and the threat of eternal indecision. Few, if any, survive their teens. Most surrender to the vague but murderous pressure of adult conformity. It becomes easier to die and avoid conflict than to maintain a constant battle with the superior forces of maturity.” IfsInspirationalDiesLeftForceEasierBattleConflictEternalAdultsPressureConstantThreatSurrenderSuperiorsMaturityConformityTeensVagueLeft AloneIndecisionUnknowing Book:I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Source: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
“There is an immutable conflict at work in life and in business, a constant battle between peace and chaos. Neither can be mastered, but both can be influenced. How you go about that is the key to success.” LifeSuccessChangeWorkKeysBattleConflictConstantChaosKey To Success Author:Phil Knight
“The whole society depends on creating ambition in you. Ambition means a conflict, ambition means that whatsoever you are, you are wrong - you have to be somewhere else. Wherever you are, you are wrong - you have to be somewhere else. A constant madness to be somewhere else, to be somebody else, is what ambition is.” MeanWholeDependsConflictAmbitionCreatingMadnessConstantSomewhere ElseWherever You Are Author:Rajneesh
“When times are tough and people are frustrated and angry and hurting and uncertain, the politics of constant conflict may be good. But what is good politics does not necessarily work in the real world. What works in the real world is cooperation.” PeopleWorldMayDoeRealHurtConflictToughAngryConstantBe GoodReal WorldCooperationFrustratedUncertain Author:William J. Clinton
“When times are tough, constant conflict may be good politics but in the real world, cooperation works better. After all, nobody's right all the time, and a broken clock is right twice a day.” WorldMayRealBrokenConflictToughConstantBe GoodClockReal WorldCooperation Author:William J. Clinton