Thomas Crum Quotes

#1. It is hard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because we are not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creating a new "pearl" as we are in being right.

Thomas Crum

#2. What would it be like if you lived each day, each breath, as a work of art in progress? Imagine that you are a masterpiece unfolding each second of every day, a work of art taking form with every breath.

Thomas Crum

#3. When conflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

Thomas Crum

#4. The number one goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintain their self-esteem. Resolving conflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment and appreciation of differences.

Thomas Crum

#5. It is a true proverb, "Look for a thing where you dropped it, it is there." So look for Christ where you lost Him, for He has not gone away.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

#6. Change does not take time - it takes commitment.

Thomas Crum

#7. Instead of seeing the rug being pulled from under us, we can learn to dance on the shifting carpet.

Thomas Crum

#8. It is a story I never tire of telling, because to me it is the perfect coming together to science and spirituality-the twin driving forces of my life.

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

#9. You know, for a tough guy with a uniform and a gun, you're basically a bunny-loving tree-hugger.

Pamela Clare

#10. If you love everyone, how could you find an enemy?

Debasish Mridha

#11. Embracing conflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration can lead to growth and fascination.

Thomas Crum

#12. It is very difficult to apply the old Indian adage 'Do not judge another until you have walked a mile in his moccasins,' unless you get out of your own moccasins first.

Thomas Crum

#13. Conflict isn't negative, it just is.

Thomas Crum

#14. The animal encounter poem is now so distinct a genre that it would be possible to create a full-length anthology from deer encounter poems alone, and many varieties of experience would emerge from such an exercise.

John Burnside

#15. The universe lies before you on the floor, in the air, in the mysterious bodies of your dancers, in your mind. From this voyage no one returns poor or weary.

Agnes De Mille

#16. The quality of our lives depends not on whether or not we have conflicts, but on how we respond to them.

Thomas Crum

#17. The reality is that many of us in these parts are not enamored of Paris." The Commandant gulped down his coffee. "I worked there as a young officer in the CRS, the riot squad. I speak from personal experience. Paris is bizarre. Paris is a museum surrounded by a jungle.

Sebastian Rotella

#18. Sun, seeping through the blinds, filled my bedroom with a sulfurous light. I didn't know how long I had slept, but I felt one big twitch of exhaustion.

Sylvia Plath

#19. Conflict can be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither side loses and a new dance is created.

Thomas Crum

#20. He loved me so much more than he loved himself. It broke my heart that he'd sell himself short like that. It made it impossible to hold myself back. "You're everything to me," I breathed. "I think about you all the time.

Sylvia Day

#21. I love wearing flat shoes, but I am not one of those girls who walks around in sweat pants and sneakers.

Claudia Schiffer

#22. 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

#23. Being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view to a viewing point - a higher, more expansive place, from which you can see both sides.

Thomas Crum