Self Defense Quotes
165 Self Defense quotes by 111 unique authors
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It is a skill we learn early, the art of inventing stories to explain away the fearful scared strangeness of the world. Storytelling and make-believe,…
— William Kittredge
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I do not believe in loving enemies; I have pretty hard work to love my friends. Neither do I believe in revenge. No man can…
— Robert Green Ingersoll
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Often times I have hated in self-defense; if I were stronger I would not have used such a weapon.
— Khalil Gibran
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As far as I was concerned, the Panthers were 'baaaaaad.' The Party was more than bad; it was bodacious. The sheer audacity of walking onto…
— Assata Shakur
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When we express our needs indirectly through the use of evaluations, interpretations, and images, others are likely to hear criticism. When people hear anything that…
— Marshall B. Rosenberg
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Keep a journal, and learn how to see how you as an individuals sees information so you can learn your own sign language. Meditate and…
— John Edward
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I used to be someone who would not even tread on an ant. But this is a war for honor and self-defense. A 100 percent…
— Abdullah Ocalan
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The dream of my life has risen to become fact. Self-defense in the ghetto will have been a reality. Jewish armed resistance and revenge are…
— Mordechai Anielewicz
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It's not just self defense, it's about...self control, body discipline, and mind discipline...and breath techniques. It involves yoga. It involves meditation. It's an art, not…
— Elvis Presley
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Nothing is more harmful to the world than a martial art that is not effective in actual self-defense.
— Unknown Author
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A kata is not fixed or immoveable. Like water, it's ever changing and fits itself to the shape of the vessel containing it. However, kata…
— Kenwa Mabuni
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The two most important things to do for self-defense are not to take a martial arts class or get a gun, but to think like…
— Barry Eisler
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To work for libertarianism - to oppose the growth of government and aid the liberation of the individual - used to be an idealistic choice…
— Robert Anton Wilson
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In fact, if law were restricted to protecting all persons, all liberties, and all properties; if law were nothing more than the organized combination of…
— Frederic Bastiat
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A half century ago Herbert Wechsler could justify the legal right of deadly force self-defense in terms of the "universal judgment that there is no…
— Don Kates
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The average beast of prey is a decent creature who merely kills for the sake of food or in a fight against an enemy. It…
— Gilbert Murray
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Citizens of the democratic societies should undertake a course of intellectual self defense to protect themselves from manipulation and control, and to lay the basis…
— Noam Chomsky
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I got into cooking out of self-defense.
— Mark Bittman
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Due to the oath I swore to the constitution when I enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, by virtue of the universal human right…
— Adam Kokesh
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There are countless books written on self-defense. Not all are non- sensical, but  many are. Nathaniel Cooke has clearly thought  a great deal…
— Robert Twigger
Who Wrote These Self Defense Quotes
111 authors contributed a total of 165 Self Defense Quotes, led by these top contributors: