This document contains a collection of quotes about relationships, conflict, compromise, and kindness. Some of the key messages conveyed are that our perspective shapes our experience, conflict is inevitable but our response determines the outcome, compromise requires giving up something to find common ground, and that showing constant kindness can help overcome misunderstandings and build trust between people. The quotes provide different insights into human relationships and how to navigate conflict in a constructive manner.

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2. “Nothing is either good or bad,
but thinking makes it so.”
- William Shakespeare

3. “No matter how thin you
make a pancake, it always
has two sides.”
- Unknown

4. “Under normal conditions, most people
tend to see what they want to see, hear
what they want to hear, and do what they
want to do; in conflicts, their positions
become even more rigid and fixed.”
- Marc Robert

5. “Our lives are not dependent on
whether or not we have conflict.
It is what we do with conflict
that makes the difference.”
- Thomas Crum

6. “It’s just as unpleasant to get
more than you bargain for
as to get less.”
– George Bernard Shaw

7. “Win/win is an attitude,
not an outcome.”
- Don Boyd

8. “Life isn't a matter of
milestones but of moments.”
- Rose Kennedy

9. “A compromise is the art of
dividing a cake in such a way
that everyone believes he has
the biggest piece.”
- Ludwig Erhard

10. “No matter what side of the
argument you are on, you always
find people on your side that you
wish were on the other.”
- Jascha Heifetz

11. “Lust is easy. Love is hard.
Like is most important.”
- Carl Reiner

12. “Treasure your relationships,
not your possessions.”
- Anthony J D'Angelo

13. “Man is a knot into which
relationships are tied.”
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

14. “The more you sweat in seeking
peace, the less you bleed in
fighting war.”
- Chinese proverb

15. “It is one of the beautiful compensations
of this life that no one can sincerely
try to help another without helping
himself.”
– Charles Dudley

16. “Constant kindness can accomplish
much. As the sun makes ice melt,
kindness causes misunderstanding,
mistrust and hostility to evaporate.”
- Albert Schweitzer

17. “Remember, we all stumble,
every one of us. That's why it's
a comfort to go hand in hand.”
- Emily Kimbrough

18. Compiled by
Hilary Richard Sam
kodwobrumpon@hotmail.com