Conflict Management Quotes

"He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight." "When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move." "Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip." "You want me to own a team and deal with these rich, spoiled, stubborn athletes, and try to get them to perform? No thank you." "Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer." "There are roads which must not be followed, armies which must not be attacked, towns which must not be besieged, positions which must not be contested, commands of the sovereign which must not be obeyed." "The skillful tactician may be likened to the shuai-jan. Now the shuai-jan is a snake that is found in the Ch'ang mountains. Strike at its head, and you will be attacked by its tail; strike at its tail, and you will be attacked by its head; strike at its mi" "Those skilled at making the enemy move do so by creating a situation to which he must conform; they entice him with something he is certain to take, and with lures of ostensible profit they await him in strength." "Move not unless you see an advantage; use not your troops unless there is something to be gained; fight not unless the position is critical." "To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting." "Water shapes its course according to the nature of the ground over which it flows; the soldier works out his victory in relation to the foe whom he is facing." "We have a strict 'no a-hole policy' at SpaceX. And we fire people that are. I mean, we give them a little bit of warning. But if they continue to be an a-hole, then they're fired." "The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies" "The first rule of handling conflict is don’t hang around people who are constantly engaging in conflict" "Peace is not the absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means."