Value And Respect Quote by Shannon Alder

The best defense against being hurt is to feel good about yourself and the way a person responds to you says more about them,…

— Anonymous

I would advise you against defensiveness on priciple. it precludes the best eventualities along with the worst. At the most basic level it expresses…

— Marilynne Robinson

“I'm not being defensive, I'm just defending myself.”

— Michael Chipman

You can't ever create defensively. You just have to create the next thing that really speaks to you.

— Marti Noxon

Being assertive does not mean attacking or ignoring others feelings. It means that you are willing to hold up for yourself fairly-without attacking others.

— Albert Ellis

Being hurt inevitably breeds feelings of hatred towards your attacker. But when we hurt others, we have to deal with their hatred for us,…

— Masashi Kishimoto

I always had that defensive mindset when I was an attacker.

— Aaron Wan-Bissaka

“Emotional self-defense...Those who care so much, maybe too much, know that it takes wisdom and courage to sometimes say, “no” to others.”

— Steve Maraboli

Being a sensitive, thoughtful person opens you up for criticism and being affected by it.

— Tory Burch

If you're defensive, you defend what you have, but you get nothing more. You don't get bigger.

— Rege-Jean Page

When something's wrong, even though you're the one doing it, you shouldn't feel defensive about it. It's hard because you have to protect yourself…

— Jess Weixler

Once you can clearly describe what you are reacting to, free of your interpretation or evaluation of it, other people are less likely to…

— Marshall B. Rosenberg