53 Quotes About Self-protection

Defense mechanisms protect us. Fortresses isolate us. And far too often we begin with the former and end up constructing the latter.

Boundaries help us to distinguish our property so that we can take care of it. They help us to "guard our heart with all diligence." We need to keep things that will nurture us inside our fences and keep things that will harm us outside.

In any important relationship, we must always ask should we stay or leave. Perchance the correct answer exits in the reason for hanging on and the reason for finally moving on. Perchance self-sacrifice is required. Conversely, perhaps selfishness is called for as an act of self-preservation.

Talent is useful, but always keep your dagger sharp.

There’s often a reason why people and dogs bite. It’s about self-protection. If we respect what we may not know about the suffering of others and look at them compassionately, we open the door that can lead to understanding.

Dear Superwoman, be on guard all the time. Be careful of what you let into your heart and what you give from your heart. You have one heart after all.

We are not supposed to run after miracles but we are supposed to run after self-perfection, self-growth, self - improvements.

What are you protecting yourself from? Will you sell your life for fear's price?

It was as if a lifetime's worth of emotional chutes and trapdoors installed for self-protection decades ago had malfunctioned in a spectacular way.