Marla Maples Quotes

I don't think about fights that didn't happen.

There should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat.

I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.

I'm never going to get in a fight in public again.

I call on the people of Tripoli to restrain themselves and not get drawn into conflict with anyone.

Clean fighting solves everything. It ends all bad blood and any ill feelings people have. That's my thoughts.

Let the people on both sides keep their self-possession, and just as other clouds have cleared away in due time, so will this, and this great nation shall continue to prosper as before.

When there is conflict, it's good to step away, even for five minutes, because you could say terrible things that you can't take back, so it's best to walk away.

I don't like yelling and fighting, and I can't quarrel.

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser -- in fees, expenses, and waste of time. As a peacemaker the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.

Our relationship is very good. When Ibra gets annoyed, I prefer not to reply because I know how he can react. I prefer to calmly count to ten.

I don't take much pride in fake fighting.

There is a magic formula for resolving conflicts. It is this: Have as your objective the resolving of the conflict, not the gaining of advantage. There is a magic formula for avoiding conflicts. It is this: Be concerned that you do not offend, not that you are not offended.

Let not your rage or malice destroy a life.

The reason to moderate is to avoid having to quit.

Let this be one invariable rule of your conduct--never to show the least symptom of resentment, which you cannot, to a certain degree, gratify; but always to smile, where you cannot strike.

[..] and there are tons of people I hate so much that I wouldn't mind taking them out. But killing them wouldn't get me anywhere - that's the conclusion I always come to. If I'm going to pay for it in the end, I might as well let them live.

There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world.

You can't go fighting everyone that's harsh towards you.

When neighbours interact with each other, it is only natural that sometimes they will run into problems of some kind or another. As long as they respect each other, properly manage differences, and pursue mutual benefits, there will be harmonious sound instead of jarring noises.

Well, I'm not a violent person. You have to back off. People sometimes will try you and try you until you try not to, but you have to react. Normally, I just walk away.

I think most of the time when people have big disagreements and big misunderstandings, when time lessens that blow it creates a deeper understanding for both people.

Violence is absolutely not our method.

There's nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively.

I teach kids that want to be tough that their fists are not the way.