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#1

“Two things I've learned: 1) you simply cannot change someone's mind on certain issues and 2) some issues are so important you cannot stop trying to.”
― J.S.B. Morse, Everyone Agrees: Book I: Words, Ideas, and a Universal Morality

tags: agreement, argument, communication, disagreement, everyone-agrees

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#2

“Differences of opinion may occur between husband and wife. But one's objective in marriage is never to win an argument, but to build an eternal relationship of love.”
― Russell M. Nelson, Accomplishing the Impossible: What God Does, What We Can Do

tags: bond, bonding, compromise, disagreement, marriage

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#3

“Disagreement is one thing; disrespect is quite another.”
― Richard V. Reeves

tags: disagreement, disrespect

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#4

“It's okay to disagree with each other, what's not okay is to hate each other because we disagree.”
― Abhijit Naskar, All For Acceptance

tags: brainy-quotes, difference-of-opinion, disagree, disagreement, hate, pearls-of-wisdom, prejudices, wise-sayings

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#5

“Disagreement, however, is not anger.”
― Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist

tags: anger, difference-of-opinion, disagreement

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#6

“It's okay to disagree with the thoughts or opinions expressed by other people. That doesn't give you the right to deny any sense they might make. Nor does it give you a right to accuse someone of poorly expressing their beliefs just because you don't like what they are saying. Learn to recognize good writing when you read it, even if it means overcoming your pride and opening your mind beyond what is comfortable.”
― Ashly Lorenzana

tags: communication, disagreement, expression, expressions, humanity, humble, humility, ideas, judgement, judgmental, open-mind, open-mindedness, opinion, opinions, recognition, respect, talent, thought, thoughts, writing

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#7

“I will never compromise Truth for the sake of getting along with people who can only get along when we agree.”
― D.R. Silva

tags: agreement, compromise, disagreement, freedom, loyalty, truth

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#8

“Do you know, the only people I can have a conversation with are the Jews? At least when they quote scripture at you they are not merely repeating something some priest has babbled in their ear. They have the great merit of disagreeing with nearly everything I say. In fact, they disagree with almost everything they say themselves. And most importantly, they don't think that shouting strengthens their argument.”
― Iain Pears, The Dream of Scipio

tags: argument, blind-faith, disagreement, discussion, doctrine, faith, freedom-of-thought, independent-thought, jews, judaism, religion, shouting

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#9

“Life is not a sport. Life is not math. There is no final end goal and there is no right answer. Just because your truth does not match someone else's truth does not make either of you wrong. Life is not a zero sum game. If I am right, that does not make you wrong. If you are right, that does not make me wrong either. A jar of vinegar can sit in a cupboard beside a box of baking soda peacefully, and we can allow those who disagree with us to exist alongside us without reacting to them. There is nothing to prove. There is enough room in the world for all of us.”
― Vironika Tugaleva

tags: acceptance, co-existence, disagreement, life, peace, right, right-answers, truth, wrong

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#10

“The truth wasn’t hard to find. It was hard to embrace.”
― Abdu Murray, Saving Truth: Finding Meaning and Clarity in a Post-Truth World

tags: truth

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#11

“Tolerance only operates among differences, not sameness. No one has to tolerate ideas similar to their own. In fact, to speak of tolerance in such situations is meaningless. Tolerance implies not only differences but also stress and tension because of those differences. We measure the strength of metals by assessing how they tolerate stressors like vibration, heat, and cold. So too our tolerance levels are measured by the stresses of competing religious claims. We truly tolerate each other when our competing ideas are stressors. Different religious beliefs cause us to put our own beliefs to the test. That’s true tolerance. And tolerance can lead to clarity.”
― Abdu Murray, Saving Truth: Finding Meaning and Clarity in a Post-Truth World

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#12

“There’s calm in the mind of the humble. An unmistakable peace of not having to prove anything to anyone.”
― Ron Baratono, The Writings of Ron Baratono

tags: calm, humble, mind, peace, people, prove

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#13

“Dear God, I’m afraid of the things that I don’t understand. I’m even afraid of you, God. Please open my heart to your love. Show me how to understand and how to live with you each day. I don’t want to look weak, God, but the truth is I am weak because I don’t know you at all. Please come into my heart and allow me to push aside my pride and accept you totally into my life. Thank you for saving me. In Jesus’s name, I pray, amen.”
― Ron Baratono, The Writings of Ron Baratono

tags: fear, god, jesus, life, truth

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#14

“The greatest person to know in life is yourself. There’s no one who will treat you better.”
― Ron Baratono, The Writings of Ron Baratono

tags: life, love, treatment, yourself

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#15

“There will always be a part of your life that’s not quite in order. This is the growth part, the area where lessons come from. Embrace this! Learn from it, and then move on.”
― Ron Baratono, The Writings of Ron Baratono

tags: embrace-life, growth, learning, life-quotes

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#16

“Worrying about things that haven’t happened yet is like riding on the hood of your car—what’s the point?”
― Ron Baratono, The Writings of Ron Baratono

tags: events, life, people, worrying

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#17

“When you surround yourself with wonderful, productive people, you become enhanced. Your level of happiness increases, which is your success.”
― Ron Baratono, The Writings of Ron Baratono

tags: enhance, happiness, people, surrounded, wonderful-people

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#18

“God brings wonderful people into our lives. He also takes people out to protect us from harm. When we roll with God’s grace, we feel his wisdom.”
― Ron Baratono, The Writings of Ron Baratono

tags: god, harm, lives, people, protection, wisdom

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#19

“It only takes one sentence to change someone’s life. Make it count.”
― Ron Baratono, The Writings of Ron Baratono

tags: life, love, sentence

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#20

“Each day is a blessing, and I awake wondering what wonderful thing, no matter how big or small, will happen to me today.”
― Ron Baratono, The Writings of Ron Baratono

tags: awakening, blessing, wondering

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#21

“It’s best to have a small boat of friends where everyone rows than an ark of friends where no one does. At least you’re getting somewhere.”
― Ron Baratono, The Writings of Ron Baratono

tags: friends, life-lessons, loyalty, people

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#22

“When people kill themselves, they think they're ending the pain, but all they're doing is passing it on to those they leave behind.”
― Jeannette Walls

tags: half-broke-horses, suicide

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#23

“Things usually work out in the end."
"What if they don't?"
"That just means you haven't come to the end yet.”
― Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle

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#24

“Nobody's perfect. We're all just one step up from the beasts and one step down from the angels.”
― Jeannette Walls, Half Broke Horses

tags: angels, beasts, mankind, perfection

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#25

“....he said it was interesting. He used the word 'textured'. He said 'smooth' is boring but 'textured' was interesting, and the scar meant that I was stronger than whatever had tried to hurt me.”
― Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle

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#26

“Sometimes you need a little crisis to get your adrenaline flowing and help you realize your potential.”
― Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle

tags: advice, crisis, life, thriving

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#27

“Once you'd resolved to go, there was nothing to it at all.”
― Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle

tags: leaving, moving, traveling

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#28

“If you want to be reminded of the love of the Lord, just watch the sunrise.”
― Jeannette Walls, Half Broke Horses

tags: appreciation, earth, god, lord, religion, sunrise, world

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#29

“You didn't need a college degree to become one of the people who knew what was really going on. If you paid attention, you could pick things up on your own.”
― Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle

tags: awareness, college, education, life

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#30

“God deals us all different hands. How we play 'em is up to us.”
― Jeannette Walls, Half Broke Horses

tags: cards, game, god, hands, life

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