“Any defensiveness is a sign of failure. You can't move forward if you are defensive.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
“You can get to a place where you see clearly; that place is zero defensiveness.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
Yielding to emotions such as anger or hurt or defensiveness will drive away the Holy Ghost. — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
There is a certain degree of satisfaction in having the courage to admit one's errors. — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
Look, I'm happy to defend my dad. I don't think he needs any defensiveness. — Beau Biden Copy Share Image
guilt politics ... I regard as conveniently paralyzing, ripe for backlash defensiveness, counterproductive, and boring. — Robin Morgan Copy Share Image
“Mutual defensiveness moves parents and children away from intersubjective experience and joint influence and into a desire to gain control of the… — Daniel A. Hughes Copy Share Image
“All defensiveness stems from the need to be right and frustration over not being able to control others.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
Guilt and defensiveness are bricks in a wall against which we all flounder; they serve none of our futures. — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse predict an ailing marriage: Criticism, Defensiveness, Stonewalling and Contempt. The worst of these is contempt. — John M. Gottman Copy Share Image
Be honest, Look for areas where you can admit error and say so. Apologize for your mistakes. It will help disarm your… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
When people hear needs, it provokes compassion. When people hear diagnoses, it provokes defensiveness and attack. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
“It is not the absence of defensiveness that characterizes learning teams but the way defensiveness is faced” — Peter M. Senge Copy Share Image
You are completely at choice who you will be today in your interactions with others. Compassionate, kind, giving and forgiving will create… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Whenever I allow anything but tenderness and compassion to dictate my response to life--be it self-righteous anger, moralizing, defensiveness, the pressing need… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
A second characteristic of the process which for me is the good life, is that it involves an increasingly tendency to live… — Carl Rogers Copy Share Image
This language is from the head. It is a way of mentally classifying people into varying shades of good and bad, right… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
“When things get personal, we need to resist the natural male instinct to run for cover, man the defenses, or--worst of all--reach… — Jeff Feldhahn Copy Share Image
True sincerity reveals a powerful form of clarity and discernment that is necessary in order to perceive yourself honestly without flinching or… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
“To switch effectively from defense to social engagement strategies, the nervous system must do two things: (1) assess risk, and (2) if… — Stephen W. Porges Copy Share Image
“Defensiveness is usually someone silently screaming that they need you to value and respect them in disguise. When you look for deeper… — Shannon Alder Copy Share Image
Cynicism and defensiveness are two things constantly levelled at me. Look, I've got time for people, I'm good mannered. I usually find… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
“Laine had been very proud of herself last night. Nicholas had talked about ghosts and magic and woven a bit of a… — Stephen M. Irwin Copy Share Image
“The greatest thing I learned while taking classes at Second City was the very first thing they taught: 'Yes, and...'. In improv,… — Jason Seiden Copy Share Image
In I'm Not A Racist, But..., Lawrence Blum offers answers for our time about what race is, who is a racist, and… — Martha Minow Copy Share Image
When you have an authority figure tell you something that distinguishes you, there's a little bit of a badge of courage or… — Lucy Corin Copy Share Image
As you embrace the present and become one with it, and merge with it, you will experience a fire, a glow, a… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
I'd say that while it's normal to long for an apology, if you really need it, you're not ready to speak to… — Harriet Lerner Copy Share Image
Guilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to one’s own actions or lack of action. If it leads… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
“Remember every mistreatment experience shows up to give you the opportunity to learn love at a deeper level. You don’t need to… — Kimberly Giles Copy Share Image
“Everyone these days was defensive about their lives. Everyone had settled.” — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
“Love' is the only weapon I have, I will defend with love, I will attack with love.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“Have we become so defensive that we cannot even tolerate a kind act?” — Kyra Gregory Copy Share Image
“. . . mixing defensiveness with anger - a wonderful mix, by the way.” — Liza Palmer Copy Share Image
To get greater than 100% return on a growth step, give up defensiveness. Defensiveness stifles performance, and destroys relationships. — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
![“Whenever I allow anything but tenderness and compassion to dictate my response to life--be it self-righteous anger, moralizing, defensiveness, the pressing need to change others...I am alienated from my true self. My identity as Abba's child [a child of God] becomes ambiguous, tentative and confused” quote by Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbb/brennan-manning-959_ambiguous_whenever-i-allow-anything-but-tenderness_2805528.png)
