Quotes about Conflict
That there are men in all countries who get their living by war, and by keeping up the quarrels of nations, is as shocking as it is true; but when those who are concerned in the government of a country, make it their study to sow discord and cultivate prejudices between nations, it becomes the more unpardonable. With
- Thomas Paine
Amidst the confusion of the times, the conflicts of conscience, and the turmoil of daily living, an abiding faith becomes an anchor to our lives.
- Thomas Monson
Nonviolence is pretty ballsy, pretty advanced weaponry.
- Ava DuVernay
Being in a rock n' roll group, or being a musician, it is in conflict in some serious cultural ways with being an observant Jew, but in a conceptual way, for me, they go together real well.
- Ezra Furman
Just because we're rid of Saddam and the evil Batthists doesn't mean the occupation is a good thing. Our salvation from Saddam was only with the grace of God.
- Muqtada al Sadr
Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.
- Norman Vincent Peale
Because so many times what keeps us in that valley of depression, what keeps us in that valley of frustration, is our response to a moment and not recognizing that it is exactly that. It's a moment. It's one scene of your movie. And what makes a great movie are scenes that are put together of great conflict.
- Oprah Winfrey
Each of us has heaven and hell in him...
- Oscar Wilde
Women defend themselves by attacking, just as they attack by sudden and strange surrenders.
- Oscar Wilde
This country was filled with violent children orphaned by war.
- Cormac McCarthy
People will tell you it was Vietnam brought this country to its knees. But I never believed that. It was already in bad shape. Vietnam was just the icin on the cake. We didn't have nothin to give to em to take over there. If we'd sent em without rifles I dont know as they'd of been all that much worse off. You can't go to war like that. You cant go to war without God. I dont know what is goin to happen when the next one comes. I surely dont.
- Cormac McCarthy
Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner.
- Cormac McCarthy