Avoidance Quotes
Avoidance Quote of the day
My sister having so much to do, was going to church vicariously, that is to say, Joe and I were going.
Avoid those who seek friends in order to maintain a certain social status or to open doors they would not otherwise be able to approach.
Collision avoidance systems are the next big radio frequency (RF) toxin to hit the USA general population as they become standard safety equipment in most new cars.
Bravery is the choice to show up and listen to another person, be it a loved one or perceived foe, even when it is uncomfortable, painful, or the last thing you want to do.
The most common emotional defense is avoidance (an ineffective coping skill for any stressor) as expressed through denial (e.g., "That wasn't really bad, I barely remember it").
Well, it is true. Sometimes avoiding something can give it more and more meaning rather than less and less.
You cannot avoid what you fear because what you fear is inside of you.
We numb our minds and heart so one need not be broken and the other need not be bothered.
We play phone tag, back and forth, the kind of tag where it's clear we're avoiding each other, where no one wants to be touched, tagged, you're it
If you avoid your truthful emotions and pain you will implode and contract into a diminished and feeble state.
To live a lie may allow us to avoid the truth, but the real lie lays in believing that we can avoid the truth in the first place.
Conflict avoidance often causes greater conflict.
I often ask to what place I am running, for if I am unable to identify that place it is likely that I am running in a circle of the most circular sort.
Fear becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Thinking that there is something to be avoided manifests something to avoid.
Is the goal I’ve set been determined by a desire to avoid the goal I should have set?
Ignorance is avoiding that which stands in front of me out of the misplaced hope that it will put what I’m ignoring behind me. Instead, it’s most certain to drop it on top of me.
There are some things in life that we try to ignore, thinking that maybe if we don't see the problem, it won't see us when in reality, it's only getting bigger.
But we always avoided talking about these things—difficult things—and I wondered if that meant we'd be a little uncomfortable with or disappointed by each other for the rest of our lives.
When has been disappointed for so long, hope becomes the enemy. One cannot be dashed to the earth unless one is lifted first, and I learned to avoid hope.
There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect of having to think about it.
The worst thing that I can do is humanize God. The second worst thing that I can do is deify myself. And the best thing that I can do is to avoid both.
With respect to the acceptance of dissociative disorders, as with most issues in life, it is counterproductive to spend time trying to convince people of things they don't want to know.
Embrace those parts of yourself that you've skillfully avoided until now. That's your true adventure.
You get hit the hardest when trying to run or hide from a problem. Like the defense on a football field, putting all focus on evading only one defender is asking to be blindsided.
In my experience, it is entirely possible to watch something happen and not to see it at all.
I am often guilty of expecting the worst so as to avoid disappointment and welcome surprise.
One sure way I can avoid facing myself is by refusing to look into the face of God.
We want to 'write in' our plan and 'write out' the consequence. When we do that, we're headed 'right back' to what we foolishly thought we could 'write out.
If you aren't outraged, then you just aren't paying attention
I knew that suffering can purify, that it's a kind of fire that can be worth enduring, but there were degrees of it to which I chose not to subject myself.
Emotional pain cannot kill you, but running from it can. Allow. Embrace. Let yourself feel. Let yourself heal.
I’m like a fish in a pool, turning quickly to avoid what challenges it. My only decision is whether to go right or left to sidestep confrontation.
The choice to avoid risk is the choice to avoid living, and to avoid living is one of the greatest risk of all.
Fight for change? Thirst for difference?Start talking what men avoid talking about.
The only way to avoid failure is to sit in a corner and do nothing.
The reason placing blame repeatedly fails to work is that I repeatedly place it on everyone else instead of where it actually belongs.
It’s not that I can’t remember. It’s that I prefer not to remember, which means that I prefer not to remember what not remembering did to me the last time I did it.
