Quotes about Confrontation

I strike spurs into my horse. Against you I will fling myself, unvanquished and unyielding, O Death!

It passed through his mind that if he missed this chance of talking to Katharine, he would have to face an enraged ghost, when he was alone in his room again, demanding an explanation of his cowardly indecision. It was better, on the whole, to risk present discomfiture than to waste an evening bandying excuses and constructing impossible scenes with this uncompromising section of himself.

Facing a situation head on was the only way to deal with anything. I learned the lesson early.

Poor Traddles, who had passed the stage of lying with his head upon the desk, and was relieving himself as usual with a burst of skeletons, said he didn't care. Mr. Mell was ill-used. 'Who has ill-used him, you girl?' said Steerforth. 'Why, you have,' returned Traddles. 'What have I done?' said Steerforth. 'What have you done?' retorted Traddles. 'Hurt his feelings, and lost him his situation.

Once out of this court, I'll smash that face of yourn!

A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two.

Listen Sut. We're painted into a corner anyways. I mean what if we was to just call up and say he died? I mean hell fire, you caint fool them guys. Them guys is doctors. They take one look at him and know for a fact he's been dead six months. How does it smell in there? It smells fuckin awful.

They're a pack of dimpled fuckwits and you can tell them I said so.

If you're afraid of something, then reach deep inside and face it head-on.

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.

Come, I tell you. You have chattered enough about corruption. Now you shall look on it face to face!

High performance teams master the art of straight talk. They have learned how to confront issues and address behaviors without attacking or provoking one another.