quotations about confrontation
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
Sometimes confrontation doesn't mean closure; it only means more arguing and problems, more gossip, and one person being more disempowered than the other.
CASSANDRA BLIZZARD
The Empowered Life
When two people are on the path of confrontation ... an innocuous comment is taken as an accusation. And an innocent query is suspected as an accusation.
GIRDHAR JOSHI
Some Mistakes Have No Pardon
Most of us fear confrontation. Like an actor in the wings, we get butterflies in anticipation of being so exposed. Once done, however, most of the anxiety disappears.
BRIAN MULDOON
The Heart of Conflict
Through the act of getting married, one has taken on the task of mutual confrontation until death.
ADOLF GUGGENBHUHL
Marriage: Dead or Alive
Do you have the courage to face the dark, silently sinister enemy that my be lurking inside of you? Do you have the courage to confront yourself? Don't worry, I am here with you. For the purpose of healing and not hiding, take a heart-to-heart look at some issues that may be stopping you from reaching your goals and living your life to the fullest. Things can turn out the way you want, if you're willing to hear the truth.
T.D. JAKES
Reposition Yourself: Living Life Without Limits
The obvious reason that direct and private confrontation is wise is that it gets to the source of the problem and avoids the distortions that are common when others are involved. Miscommunications can be cleared up much more easily in private.
CHARLES MCCOLLOUGH
The Non-Violent Radical: Seeing and Living the Wisdom of Jesus