Quotes Tagged With :defensive

Lacking an articulable defense of the cultural values under siege, he became a vessel of smoldering animosities.....

Soon he essentially stopped talking. "I am retreating into silence as a defensive mode," he mentioned.....

I'm not offended until you think I'm offended.

Professing not to care is a primordial defense mechanism. Whenever a person finds oneself mired in failure....

Christians sometimes make themselves into elephants afraid of mice. You have the Creator of the universe....

The culture around us knows what it means when they see a church in perpetual bluster and outrage. They....

Why should you want to give up a child's wise not-understanding in exchange for defensiveness and scorn,....

So whenever that brittle voice of dissatisfaction emerges within me, I can say "Ah, my ego! There you....

The key to healthy communication is having a willingness to lay aside our defensive tendencies and accept....

July 15, 1991Nita: My mother was a paragon of our neighborhood, People always come up to us with hugs,....