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Henceforth His might we know, and know our own, So as not either to provoke, or dread New war provoked. Our better part remains To work in close design, by fraud or guile, What force effected not; that He no less At length from us may find, who overcomes By force, hath overcome but half his foe.
— John Milton
Outrage is also an exceptional weapon that can pierce the armor of nearly any foe. It's like a bow with three magically tipped arrows: shame, guilt, and fear.
— Glenn Beck
Altogether, if I'd been looking at nothing but the media all these years, I would be a much more discouraged person-especially given the notion that only conflict is news, and that objectivity means being evenhandedly negative.
— Gloria Steinem
That conflict follows politics as night follows day.
— Gloria Steinem
She found value in conflict, no matter what. "The purpose of ass-kicking is not that your ass gets kicked at the right time or for the right reason," she often explained. "It's to keep your ass sensitive.
— Gloria Steinem
Through centuries of time, men and women, so very, very many, have lived and died. Some may die in the conflict that lies ahead. To us, and we bear solemn testimony of this, death will not be the end. There is life beyond this as surely as there is life here. Through the great plan which became the very essence of the War in Heaven, men shall go on living.
— Gordon Hinckley
My heart got to thumping. You can't reason with your heart; it has its own laws, and thumps about things which the intellect scorns.
— Mark Twain
He must avoid quarrelling as he would avoid drinking a deadly poison.
— James Allen
Over the years I've grown more comfortable with making people uncomfortable because that is when growth can happen. You need a little conflict. You need a little tension. And that is part of my calling. A little tough love goes a long way!
— Mark Batterson
An angry wife can be more frightening than an army of disgruntled soldiers.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
— Abraham Lincoln
But Pride always means enmity -- it is enmity. And not only enmity between man and man, but enmity to God.
— CS Lewis