quotations about confrontation
Hey I swallowed your pride
To gather up confrontation
That you have so long denied
COLLECTIVE SOUL
"Generate"
Confrontations clearing the way
Will be opening (will be opening)
Not as end in itself
But as a beginning (as a beginning)
STEREOLAB
"The Way Will Be Opening", Super-Electric
Some folks fear confrontation in families, and some fear it in business also. Fear of confrontation can lead to mutiny, a vacuum of leadership, and chaos in the workplace. Being willing to confront a situation, when handled with grace and appropriate humility, can be heroic and so important.
JOHN MORGAN
War On Fear: What Would You Do If You Were Not Afraid?
When they confronted her like this, she felt like a delicate freaking time bomb just waiting for a time and a place to explode.
MISSY LYONS
Cowboys Don't Sing
Change comes from confrontation. You have to be confronted or confront yourself.
BRYANT MCGILL
Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life
Confrontation is truth telling grounded in loving respect of one person for and with another person. To confront is to hold up before someone a truth that another has perceived.
BARBARA A. SHEEHAN
Partners in Covenant
I'm like a fish in a pool, turning quickly to avoid what challenges it. My only decision is whether to go right or left to sidestep confrontation.
DOUG COOPER
Outside In
Confrontation is what I dread the most in life.
FELICIA DAY
You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost)
No confrontation doesn't mean that everything is peachy.
BERNIE ASHMAN
SignMates: Understanding the Games People Play
I might fear but never feared confronting the fears.
PUSHPA RANA
Just the Way I Feel
When you confront a monster in a dark cave, prayer shrinks him down to a size that will no longer frighten you. It makes you capable of living with and through your problems.
KENNETH WINSTON CAINE
Prayer, Faith, and Healing
When you confront within a group, the witnesses tend to amplify your words. Something that you say in private might not get through to them; they tune you out, consciously or unconsciously. In a group setting, this is more difficult to do because of the additional pairs of ears. It's difficult to ignore a public utterance because it's now a matter of public record.
JOE TAKASH
Results Through Relationships: Building Trust, Performance, and Profit Through People
I think confrontation is healthy because it clears the air very quickly.
BILL PARCELLS
"Parcells: Still Man on a Mission", CBS News, September 30, 2004
Sadly, productive confrontation isn't a skill that is taught at any of the schools I've attended. Productively managing confrontation is something I've had to learn on my own through trial and error (a lot of error!).
ELISABETH DOUCETT
What They Don't Teach You in Library School
There's something about a confrontation on a back road
Breaks down the defense
JOHN ANDERSON
"Steamy Windows"
Constant confrontation undermines stability.
LAWRENCE E. HARRISON
Underdevelopment is a State of Mind: The Latin American Case
And after all the confrontations
When it comes time for saying goodbye
All that I can wonder
Is what do I do with these flowers?
JOE JACKSON
"Sentimental Thing"
One confrontation always led to another.
JOANNA ALYCE
Deadmen's Bells
This is one of the marks of a truly safe person: they are confrontable.
HENRY CLOUD
Safe People: How to Find Relationships That Are Good for You and Avoid Those That Aren't
We may fear confrontation, rejection, or anger, or we may just not know exactly how to say what's on our mind. Whatever the reason, we can accumulate quite a backlog of past hurts and resentment.
LUREE NICHOLSON & LAURA TORBET
How to Fight Fair with Your Kids ... and Win