94 Quotes by Gavin de Becker

Worry is a way to avoid admitting powerlessness over something, since worry feels like we're doing something.

Ginger is not distracted by the way things could be, used to be, or should be. She perceives only what is. Our reliance on the intuition of a dog is often a way to find permission to have an opinion we might otherwise be forced to call (God forbid) unsubstantiated.

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

No amount of logic can usually move a battered woman, so persuasion requires emotional leverage, not statistics or moral arguments. . . .I have seen their fear and resistance firsthand . . . I believe it is critical for a woman to view staying as a choice, for only then can leaving be viewed as a choice and an option.

intuition is always right in at least two important ways;It is always in response to something.it always has your best interest at heart

At core, men are afraid women will laugh at them, while at core, women are afraid men will kill them.

The institutions of psychiatry, law enforcement, and goverment have proved that no matter what our resources, you cannot reliable control the conduct of CRAZY PEOPLE. It is not fair, but it is so

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

Men who will not harm you needn’t persuade you to trust them; they simply act appropriately from the moment you meet them and for as long as you know them. They.