Gerald R. Ford Quotes

I am hoping that in this year of the family we will go into our families and reconcile differences.

Friends confront each other sometimes, and sometimes the friendship lasts, and sometimes it doesn't.

If you have an argument with someone and you sulk, sometimes you don't want to speak to them. But it is important to keep your friends close to you and do the right things.

A word of truth can mobilise two peoples looking for the road to reconciliation.

Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.

Good wishes alone will not ensure peace.

I don't like anybody to be angry with me. I'd rather have friends.

The motto should not be: Forgive one another; rather understand one another.

It is better to decide a difference between enemies than friends, for one of our friends will certainly become an enemy and one of our enemies a friend.

The best you can sometimes do is learn to take a breath, count to ten and simply accept that try as you might, no, your husband will never, ever learn not to drop a wet towel on the bed. That acceptance too counts as resolving a fight.

I learned firsthand that there would simply be no wars if people engaged in real conversation.

I have always believed that life is too short for rows and disagreements. Even if I think I'm right, I would prefer to apologize and remain friends rather than win and be an enemy.

It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree.

What's really cool about our family is that we don't hold grudges, and I think that is what's been the key to the success. We get into our little disagreements, and whether we're right or wrong, we'll go and apologize. That's just the way we are.

The best fights don't occur between strangers. They occur between friends who trust each other.

You don't kill your way to peace.

I believe firmly in reconciliation among Vietnamese to avoid unnecessary shedding of the blood of Vietnamese.

We know more about war than we do about peace.

There is some tension but at the end of the day you have to reconcile.

Ultimately, peace depends on compromise.

The sad truth is that the opposite of 'war' is not 'peace'.

There are no alternatives to peace.

We must reject the easy impulses of bitterness and rancor and embrace the difficult work, but the important work, the vital work of finding a path forward together.

No guns but only brotherhood can resolve the problems.

I will negotiate with my worst enemy.