Criticism is futile because it puts a person on the defensive and usually makes them strive to justify themselves. Criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person's precious pride, hurts their sense of importance, and arouses resentment.
The worst thing is the world is a defensive my-kid-can't-do-anything-wrong parent.
Incentives are not strategy, they are tactics. Defensive measures.
Defensive and offensive lineman control the game and true sports fans know that.
I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence.
If you go into Hasakah province in northeast Syria, that's an area that's as big as Lebanon. It's controlled by the Kurds, the Christians and the moderate Sunnis. And there are airstrips and hotels. You could settle a lot of people there. All we would have to do is be willing to provide them with some weaponry, some defensive weaponry.
The Anarchists answer that the abolition of the State will leave in existence a defensive association, resting no longer on a compulsory but on a voluntary basis, which will restrain invaders by any means that may prove necessary.
Today, Israel is stronger than ever. Israel has defensive tools of its own - those developed in the past and those developed today and those that will be developed tomorrow.
The halberd is inferior to the spear on the battlefield. With the spear you can take the initiative, the halberd is defensive.
You have to feel confident. If you don't, then you're going to be hesitant and defensive, and there'll be a lot of things working against you.
You start talking about God and a lot of people are going to become very defensive.
You never do any good being put on the defensive and staying there.
Karate is a defensive art from beginning to end.
The open side Defensive End has to be one of your best football players. Size does not matter as much. We want an athletic player who can move around.
Living in fear is what every hater, negative person, and the devil wants. Live a righteous life with God and nothing but positivity. You must forgive anyone who has done you dirty, and move on. Your personal life, career, and love life will be that much more amazing after. Life is too short to live it being empty inside, sad, angry, and defensive just to hide your pain. Let it all go and let love and happiness in. Put yourself out there all the way and don't be fearful of losing love. If you don't live life by fully enjoying it and opening your heart, your just not living.
Cybersecurity is not only a question of developing defensive technologies but offensive technologies, as well.
Further, a defensive policy involves the loss of the initiative, with all the consequent disadvantages to the defender.
Celebrities used to be found in clusters, like oysters - and with much the same defensive mechanisms.
We must go beyond being reactive and defensive. As Europeans we must regain our self-confidence and realize our own strengths.
Nature in America has always been suspect, on the defensive, cannibalized by progress. In America, every specimen becomes a relic.