Quotes about Defense
Thought - he told himself quietly - is a weapon one uses in order to act. No action was possible. Thought is the tool by which one makes a choice. No choice was left to him. Thought sets one's purpose and the way to reach it. In the matter of his life being torn piece by piece out of him, he was to have no voice, no purpose, no way, no defense.
— Ayn Rand
When we are dependent on the person with whom we are in conflict, both need and conflict are compounded. Love-hate over-reactions, fight-or-flight tendencies, withdrawal, aggressiveness, bitterness, resentment, and cold competition are some of the usual results. When these occur, we tend to fall even further back on background tendencies and habits in an effort to justify and defend our own behavior and we attack our spouse's. Inevitably, anytime we are too vulnerable we feel the need
— Stephen Covey
A mother defends herself with a heart filled with love before doing so with words. I wonder whether there is any love for the church in the hearts of those who pay so much attention to the scandals.
— Pope Francis
The kingdom of self is heavily defended territory.
— Eugene Peterson
Self-justification is a verbal defense for restoring the appearance of righteousness without doing anything about the substance.
— Eugene Peterson
Even though innocent, anything I say incriminates me; blameless as I am, my defense just makes me sound worse.
— Eugene Peterson
The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.
— St. Augustine
A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.
— John Calvin
Free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction.
— George W. Bush
To defend what we love we need a particularizing language, for we love what we particularly know.
— Wendell Berry
When we respond to attacks of doubt, distortion, and deceit with the truth of God's Word, the fiery dart is extinguished and the enemy takes another hit.
— Beth Moore
Who are these pilots anyway? They get the best of everything; their demands eat up the defense budget. Can we count on them? What do they do except wear Ray-Bans and eat steaks and go home each night to sleep on clean sheets?
— Steven Pressfield