"Bad human communication leaves you less room to grow" - Rowan D Williams

“Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it” ~ Unknown

"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity". Albert Einstein

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“To observe people in conflict is a necessary part of a child's education. It helps him to understand and accept his own occasional hostilities and to realize that differing opinions need not imply an absence of love.”
Milton R. Sapirstein quotes

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"Don't wake up expecting a great day, CREATE one" - Bob Proctor

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“To observe people in conflict is a necessary part of a child's education. It helps him to understand and accept his own occasional hostilities and to realize that differing opinions need not imply an absence of love.”
Milton R. Sapirstein

“It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.”
Norman Schwarzkopf

“The difference between a boss and a leader: a boss says, 'Go!' -a leader says, 'Let's go!'.”
E. M. Kelly quotes

“Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.” ~ William James

"You can't shake hands with a clenched fist."
- Indira Gandhi

"The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations."
- David Friedman

Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict -- alternatives to passive or aggressive responses, alternatives to violence."
- Dorothy Thompson

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October 20 (third Thursday in October) is Conflict Resolution Day (as organized by the Association for Conflict Resolution) and the week of October 17 – 23 in Mediation Week (as organized by the ABA Section on Dispute Resolution).

"Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you" - Robert Fulghum

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