“Beautiful light is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is often the strongest and the best.”
R. Turnbull
When angry . . .
“When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred."
Thomas Jefferson
When conflict becomes a win-lose . . .
“When conflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.”
Thomas Crum
A problem is . . .
“A problem is a chance for you to do your best.”
Duke Ellington
Giving all to what is present . . .
"Real generosity toward the future consists in giving all to what is present."
Albert Camus
Our deepest fear . . .
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
Marianne Williamson
Empathy is . . .
“Empathy is the art of stepping imaginatively in to the shoes of another person, understanding their feelings and perspectives and using that understanding to guide your actions.”
Roman Krznaric
A understanding of ourselves . . .
"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves."
Carl Jung
Peace with ourselves . . .
"We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves."
Dalai Lama
No time to love!
"If you judge people, you have no time to love them."
Mother Teresa
"If equilibrium means death for a living system, then going beyond the productive edge of chaos into the destruction of anarchy is equally self-limiting. Managing conflict enables us to approach the upheaval of chaos (the productive edge) and find invigorating new solutions."
John Ford
Listening is . . .
"After more than forty years in business, I've concluded that listening is the single most important on-the-job skill that a good manager can cultivate."
J.W.Marriott, Jr
Leadership is . . .
"Leadership is the activity of influencing people to cooperate toward some goal which they come to find desirable."
Ordway Tead
The Platinum Rule
"Do unto others as they'd like done unto them."
Dr. Tony Alessandra
Keep the peace within yourself . . .
“First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.”
Thomas a Kempis
Cease worrying!
"There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will."
Epictetus
I will fight no more forever.
“Hear me, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever.”
Chief Joseph
He who cannot forgive . . .
"He who cannot forgive others destroys the bridge over which he himself must pass."
George Herbert
Human beings learn best . . .
"Human beings learn best through first hand experience...but 'learning by doing' only works so long as the feedback from our actions is rapid and unambiguous."
Peter Senge
The psychological condition of fear is . . .
"The psychological condition of fear is divorced from any concrete and true immediate danger."
Eckhart Tolle