Non-Confrontational Quotes

Asian cultures... place great value on avoiding open expression of disagreement and conflict because they emphasize harmony.

My last fight was more than 20 years ago. I'm not a fighter, I'm a lover. If somebody's going to speak bad about me, I will walk away. But if a guy like Steven Seagal slaps me once, I will slap him twice as hard. Life is full of violence.

I'm not good with catty girls. I'm too laid-back.

You don't hear much crosstalk on 'The Five.' When you try to make a point, the other person will back off.

… let us do nothing through passion and ill temper. Even though the Southern people will not so much as listen to us, let us calmly consider their demands, and yield to them if, in our deliberate view of our duty, we possibly can.

I don't like to talk about things where you're going to gt one side or the other unhappy. My music has no politics.

I've always been a mellow guy. I'm just more competitive when I'm on the floor.

I am not an aggressive person. I am a disciplined, chilled, and relaxed guy.

I'm a lover, not a fighter. No battles for me.

Water is patient; it can stagnate and let itself be coated with scum if need be. It is as gentle as the morning's dew. It is non-confrontational, even respectful, in circumventing the rocks in a stream. It makes room for everything that enters its pools. It accommodates by assuming the shape of any vessel it is poured into. And it is humble, seeking always the lowest level. Yet along with - or rather because of these adaptive, yielding properties, it is ultimately irresistible; it carves canyons out of stone.

If you're talking to a man who wouldn't fight with you under any circumstances whatsoever, then you're talking to someone for whom you have absolutely no respect.

I'm a social writer in the sense that I want to record, but not in the sense of trying to change people's minds.

My father, he wouldn't be belligerent or violent. It was never that way.

I've spent a lifetime trying not to offend people - that's one thing that Mormons are really good at is smiling and shaking your hand and doing everything they can to not offend you. And I have gotten to this point in life where I don't want to live that way anymore.

We know we have a method of reaching people, but we have never wanted to preach. We like to make our views palatable, music that is easy to swallow, and I think we've done that.

There was no hostility at the court when I arrived.

My father was not a bully. I almost never heard him raise his voice to anybody.

As I've always said, 'I'm a lover, not a fighter.' I'm much better with women than I am being tough in a bar!

I didn't feel like gymnastics were part of The Cars. I certainly philosophically didn't want to prod the audience to react to anything. To me, it was more like negative theater. We didn't really talk to the audience. I didn't see that being a part of this band.

All of my life, when things got too difficult, I folded up the tent and went to bed. I couldn't stand a challenge... I was terrified of confrontation. I was very laid-back, and just wouldn't get involved or fight back.

I don't get controversial, I don't get political and I don't tell you what to do with your life. I just go out there and tell some stories, and people can relate.

Discuss anything, argue anything, but without bitterness or hot temper.

I have learned that I am not built for conflict or controversy. I have also learned that, in all my life, I have never chosen a story. The story has always chosen me.

I was never the feisty kind of activist.

It doesn't do any good to argue. Be kind.