Accidents Quote by Gavin de Becker

“We want recognition, not accomplishment.”

— Gavin de Becker

“Contrary to what people believe about the intuition of dogs, your intuitive abilities are vastly superior (and given that you add to your experience…

— Gavin de Becker

“Generally speaking, rapport-building has a far better reputation than it deserves. It is perceived as admirable when in fact it is almost always done…

— Gavin de Becker

“Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman describes seven key abilities most beneficial for human beings: the ability to motivate ourselves, to persist against frustration, to delay…

— Gavin de Becker

“Every day, people engaged in the clever defiance of their own intuition become, in mid-thought, victims of violence and accidents. So when we wonder…

— Gavin de Becker

“niceness does not equal goodness. Niceness is a decision, a strategy of social interaction; it is not a character trait. People seeking to control…

— Gavin de Becker

I encourage people to remember that "no" is a complete sentence.

— Gavin de Becker

“When young, they are attached by heavy chains to large stakes driven deep into the ground. They pull and yank and strain and struggle,…

— Gavin de Becker

“Every human behavior can be explained by what precedes it, but that does not excuse it,”

— Gavin de Becker

“The institutions of psychiatry, law enforcement, and government have proved that no matter what your resources, you cannot reliably control the conduct of crazy…

— Gavin de Becker

“The institutions of psychiatry, law enforcement, and goverment have proved that no matter what our resources, you cannot reliable control the conduct of CRAZY…

— Gavin de Becker

“Conditional rejections are not rejections—they are discussions.”

— Gavin de Becker