"Nothing can bring you peace but yourself."
Ralf Waldo Emerson
You get what you need!
“You can’t always get what you want;
You can’t always get what you want;
But, if you try sometimes,
You just might find,
You get what you need.”
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
Patience is . . .
“Patience is, in and of itself, a great challenge and it often holds the key to breaking through a seeming impasse.”
Daisaku Ikeda
Love is . . .
"Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Perceive all conflicts as . . .
“Perceive all conflicts as patterns of energy seeking a harmonious balance in the whole”
Dhyani Ywhoo
Deep listening . . .
"Deep listening from the heart is one half of true communication. Speaking from the heart is the other half."
Sara Paddison
Discourage litigation.
“Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how
the nominal winner is often a real loser—in fees, expenses, and waste of time.”
Abraham Lincoln
An Emotionally Intelligent leader . . .
“Under the guidance of an Emotionally Intelligent leader, people feel a mutual comfort level. They share ideas, learn from one another, make decisions collaboratively, and get things done.”
Daniel Goleman
Kindness is . . .
"Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Mark Twain
Look inside ourselves . . .
“In our society, we don’t naturally look inside ourselves for the source of conflict, we look outside."
Theodore Dobson
Peace!
"We should have much peace if we would not busy ourselves with the sayings and doings of others."
Thomas a' Kempis
Forgive and Love . . .
If you want to see the brave, look at those who can forgive.
If you want to see the heroic, look at those who can love in return for hatred.
Bhagavad-Gita
Kind and Happy!
"The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind."
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Grief!
"Everyone can master a grief but he that has it."
William Shakespeare
To forgive . . .
"To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness."
Robert Muller
Errors are . . .
"A man's errors are his portals of discovery."
James Joyce
Worry!
"Worry gives a small thing a big shadow."
Swedish Proverb
Time handling workplace conflict!
“Over two-thirds of managers spend more than ten percent of their time handling workplace conflict and forty-four percent of managers spend more than twenty percent of their time on conflict-related issues.”
Craig Runde
To neither suppress our feelings . . .
"To neither suppress our feelings nor be caught by them, but to understand them-that is the art."
Jack Kornfield
Embrace differences!
”Different works, and strong organizations embrace differences.”
Jacki Hoffman-Zehner