Tana Ramsay Quotes

I don't think you should always stay calm in a tense situation, because you might not ever confront the problem. Maybe it's better to actually let yourself be tense - and find a solution.

If we aren't going to be afraid of conflict, we have to see it as thinking.

I think confrontation is healthy, because it clears the air very quickly.

I've learned It 's better to address conflicts head on and then move on.

Jonathan and I are outspoken. If there's something that's bothering us we just say it, deal with it, and move on.

I don't have problems with people, because if I do, I address it.

I behaved poorly by starting this whole thing and I made some mistakes in dealing with it, and they made some mistakes in dealing with me, and taking down all my stuff was probably one of them.

To observe people in conflict is a necessary part of a child's education. It helps him to understand and accept his own occasional hostilities and to realize that differing opinions need not imply an absence of love.

You have to support your children to have a healthy relationship.

I don't avoid confrontation, people should know that.

I don't like to be feared, and I can't work in conflict, I'm very bad with conflict. I try to avoid it, it paralyzes me.

So many bad things happen in this world because people don't know how to express things.

The bottom line: If you want a happier family, bring those skeletons out of the closet.

I keep referring to them in the plural but all I'm dealing with is Bob. I don't know where Harvey fits in the equation. He was very present at the beginning, winding his brother up. I don't know where he is now.

My family keeps me sane. I try to talk to my mum every other day. After I get off the phone, I have a renewed sense of clarity, so I guess a problem shared is a problem lost. It's important to me to keep them close.

As we mature, there are people with whom we run out of steam, but there are also those with whom a little straight talking would prove rewarding.

What I do know from my life is the phenomenon of saying, 'This is too small a thing to argue about', but then nevertheless finding oneself in that argument.

Rod's not very good at confrontations; he would rather walk away and avoid something rather than go into it.

I really do feel like the work and time we spend avoiding having difficult conversations is so much more wasteful and painful and time-consuming than actually having the difficult conversation.

I don't need to air any differences of opinion in public.

You don't just call a person out to a fight if you don't know their background, what they've been through, and how to test them.

Don't let any issue carry over to the next day. Talk about it all before you hit the bed.

Walking away from a problem is never a solution. Never. Solve the problem.

I believe that it's important to not just shy away from confrontation.

If you didn't like somebody, you just let 'em know it, and hopefully that would square 'em away. Not only would they critique me, get on my case, but basically it was that kind of relationship. It was always a learning, team-building relationship.