Roger Federer Quotes

I think it's important to understand people can disagree on things, and still move forward.

Reasonable people can have differences.

We had many more points of agreement than we had points of difference, but we did differ, and the bigger we got, the more insistent we got that each one of us should have his way.

Unfortunately, I am not the typical, old-school, 'Yes dear, you're right,' just to get out of a situation. I am more of the type to work it out until you think I'm right or I think you're right.

If you lose an argument it doesn't mean you change your mind but you have to accept the decision.

It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with.

We can argue and we can disagree, but we don’t need to poke our fingers in each other’s eyes in order to get our points across.

Not everybody's gonna get your vision.

Yeah, you can disagree with someone and still be cool - that's a thing!

It's OK for two sides to disagree. It's perfectly fine. It's normal.

When you can agree on one thing, you should have no expectation that suddenly a person is converted to your way of thinking. You have to be willing to be frustrated constantly.

But every little difference may become a big one if it is insisted on.

Confrontation is something that I accept as part of the project though not its purpose.

You can tell if someone is about social intercourse or just about browbeating somebody with their opinion. It's no fun arguing with a closed-minded person.

Relationships are negotiated and if you deal with ultimatums and authority all the time, then you're not going to get anywhere.

When people disagree with you, what you ultimately have to do is persuade people to agree with you - period.

Whenever I've encountered a Christian saying, 'Why don't you stop talking like that so I can hear you?' I think, 'Well you're the one putting the earmuffs on, but I wish you could hear me because I like you.'

The only way to conduct an effective collaboration is to debate the things upon which you disagree. If one doesn't manage to bring the other around to his point of view, then whichever collaborator feels the most passionate about the thing being debated ought to get his way.

Compromise, contrary to popular opinion, does not mean selling out one's principles. Compromise means working out differences to forge a solution which fits the diversity of the body politic.

I can do whatever I want. They will tell me if what I am doing is stupid or a total waste of time. I may tell them that they are wrong, and we will come to an agreement.

We cannot have that relationship if we only dictate or threaten and condemn those who disagree.

I don't expect people to agree with all my votes.

I simply do not think that yelling, swearing, threatening or belittling will get you to the place you want to be faster than kindness, understanding, patience and a little willingness to compromise.

We aren't going to agree on everything and there will be other areas where we will be working together.

We may disagree on some things, but we can do so without being disagreeable.