Quotes about Conflict
They saw a large crowd around them and scribes disputing with them… . He asked, "What are you arguing with them about?" Mark 9:14, 16
— Beth Moore
We resist offering ourselves wholly to anyone or anything that has the potential to encroach on our personal desires, and Jesus made clear from the start that God's will and ours would be in conflict at times. Yet our surrender to Jesus is also ultimately our surrender to joy.
— Beth Moore
These are opposed to each other, so that you don't do what you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Galatians 5:17—18
— Beth Moore
Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things should not be this way. James 3:10
— Beth Moore
Please forgive your brothers' transgression and their sin—the wrong they caused you. Genesis 50:17
— Beth Moore
If we keep fighting our own inner battles. We'll never have the strength to stand up and fight our true enemy.
— Beth Moore
I see a different law in the parts of my body, waging war against the law of my mind. Romans 7:23
— Beth Moore
I think it is a mistake to focus - as we most often do - only on the sacrifice of life that war requires. War also requires that we sacrifice our normal unwillingness to kill.
— Stanley Hauerwas
The signs of outstanding leadership appear primarily among the followers. Are the followers reaching their potential? Are they learning? Serving? Do they achieve the required results? Do they change with grace? Manage conflict?
— Max De Pree
Resistance is directly proportional to love. If you're feeling massive Resistance, the good news is that it means there's tremendous love there too.
— Steven Pressfield
The capacity for empathy and self-restraint will serve us powerfully, not only in our external wars but in the conflicts within our own hearts.
— Steven Pressfield
Strife is life's oldest and most holy fundament.
— Steven Pressfield