Best Self Defense Lines
165 Self Defense quotes by 111 unique authors
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Like the bee, we distill poison from honey for our self-defense--what happens to the bee if it uses its sting is well known.
— Dag Hammarskjold
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Fear is a healthy instinct, not a sign of weakness. It is a natural self-defense mechanism that is common to felines, wolves, hyenas, and most…
— Hunter S. Thompson
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Though defensive violence will always be 'a sad necessity' in the eyes of men of principle, it would be still more unfortunate if wrongdoers should…
— Saint Augustine
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In self-defense and in defense of the innocent, cowardice is the only sin.
— Dean Koontz
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But Nightshirts aren't dangerous," Pippi assured her. "They don't bite anybody except in self defense.
— Astrid Lindgren
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The necessary consequence of man's right to life is his right to self-defense. In a civilized society, force may be used only in retaliation and…
— Ayn Rand
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The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it.
— Thomas Jefferson
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The human instinct for self-preservation is strong. I know, because mine pulls at me, too, like the needle on a compass. And everybody - I've…
— Nancy Werlin
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My new 9mm didn’t fit my hand as well as my old one, but it was rapidly becoming a familiar weight. At first I’d decided…
— Karen Chance
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When you imagine mistakes, there can be no self-defense.
— Frank Herbert
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You mostly.” Her hands went still again as her eyes stared off into the past with a look so wistful it made me ache for…
— Rachel Vincent
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So I make no effort to hide my pain. I don’t ever put it all on display like this—but for today and all the rest…
— Ann Aguirre
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Bud, my self-defense and combat skills teacher, was still trying to get me to learn knife fighting. "Silver knives! Painful and sometimes deadly to nearly…
— Kiersten White
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There isn't any real good reason for fighting except self-defense.
— S E Hinton
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…I noticed you don’t have any self-defense training…” “…I can handle myself just fine.” She stared at me for a long, uncomfortable moment. Finally, “In…
— Devon Monk
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How shall Integrity face Oppression? What shall Honesty do in the face of Deception, Decency in the face of Insult, Self-Defense before Blows? How shall…
— W. E. B. Du Bois
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I felt the need to clarify we were there for the self defense class, in case he also taught about dog breeding or riding the…
— Richelle Mead
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I read in self-defense.
— Woody Allen
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No. I took this job in self-defense. Quain burns everything. Belen thinks jerky is all we need to survive. Flea's idea of a good meal…
— Maria V. Snyder
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I had it then. Soda fought for fun, Steve for hatred, Darry for pride, and Two-Bit for conformity. Why do I fight? I thought, and…
— S E Hinton
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Then Maura made something with butter and Calla made something with bacon and Blue steamed broccoli in self-defense.
— Maggie Stiefvater
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Only in time of fear is government thrown back to its primitive and sole function of self-defense and the many interests of which it is…
— Jane Addams
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The Black Panther party of Self-Defense is a revolutionary party.
— Bobby Seale
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The principle of self defense, even involving weapons and bloodshed, has never been condemned, even by Gandhi.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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I learned the technology and tradecraft of electronic security in self defense, with a lot of expert help.
— Barton Gellman
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