Defensiveness Quotes

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I think the main thing that has to end is men's defensiveness. — Jon Stewart
A second characteristic of the process which for me is the good life, is that it involves an increasingly tendency to live fully in each… — Carl Rogers
When people hear needs, it provokes compassion. When people hear diagnoses, it provokes defensiveness and attack. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
As NVC replaces our old patterns of defending, withdrawing or attacking in the face of judgment and criticism. We come to perceive ourselves and others,… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
As you embrace the present and become one with it, and merge with it, you will experience a fire, a glow, a sparkle of ecstasy… — Deepak Chopra
You need your ego to survive in the three-dimensional world, but you need only that part of the ego which processes information. The rest -… — Brian Weiss
Be honest, Look for areas where you can admit error and say so. Apologize for your mistakes. It will help disarm your opponents and reduce… — Dale Carnegie
Physical life is characterized by defensiveness, whereas spiritual life is just the opposite. — Eben Alexander
To get greater than 100% return on a growth step, give up defensiveness. Defensiveness stifles performance, and destroys relationships. — Henry Cloud
Humility is a quality for which I have only a limited admiration. In many phases of life it is a great mistake and degenerates into… — E. M. Forster
My defensiveness in life really helps me as a driver. — Larry David
In a person who is open to experience each stimulus is freely relayed through the nervous system, without being distorted by any process of defensiveness. — Carl Rogers
The ego is the false self-born out of fear and defensiveness. — John O'Donohue
Why should you want to give up a child's wise not-understanding in exchange for defensiveness and scorn, since not-understanding is, after all, a way of… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Guilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to oneâ€™s own actions or lack of action. If it leads to change then… — Audre Lorde
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… — Brennan Manning
I would advise you against defensiveness on priciple. it precludes the best eventualities along with the worst. At the most basic level it expresses a… — Marilynne Robinson
There is a certain degree of satisfaction in having the courage to admit one's errors. It not only clears up the air of guilt and… — Dale Carnegie
Self-compassion is being willing to look at your mistakes or failures with kindness and understanding without harsh criticism or defensiveness. People who are self-compassionate are… — Dr Anil Kumar Sinha
Both praise and criticism are reinforcing, but praise reinforces good traits, criticism bad traits. To criticize with the thought that pointing out deficiencies will cause… — Jo Coudert

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