Self Defense Quotes

Self Defense Quote of the day

Self defense is a primary law of nature, which no subsequent law of society can abolish; the immediate gift of the Creator, obliges everyone to resist the first approaches of tyranny.

Your mind-set is your primary weapon

When a man is penalized for honesty he learns to lie.

We are fully justified in valuing the life and person of an intended victim more highly than the life of a pernicious assailant. The attacker must be stopped. At once and completely.

Anyone who willfully and maliciously attacks another without sufficient cause jeopardize the lives of others.

The best personal defense is an explosive counterattack.

Now how do we cultivate an aggressive response? I think the answer is indignation... Your response, if attacked, must not be fear, it must be anger.

Under any sort of attack, keep cool. And if you must shoot, shoot with precision.

I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense; I call it intelligence.

The principle of self defense is an American tradition that began at Lexington and Concord.

On the very instant that we know that our assailant intends us serious physical harm, we must work just as fast as we can.

The proper course of action, when under attack, is usually to counterattack.

Your physical safety is up to you, as it really always has been.

If a felon attacks you and lives, he will reasonably conclude that he can do it again. By submitting to him, you not only imperil your own life, but you jeopardize the lives of others.

Citizens of the democratic societies should undertake a course of intellectual self defense to protect themselves from manipulation and control, and to lay the basis for meaningful democracy.

It is much easier and safer to scare someone into submission than to beat them into submission.

Self-defense is not only our right; it is our duty.

Aggressiveness carries with it an incalculable moral edge in any combat, offensive or defensive.

It's a matter of will. If you know that you can keep your head, and that you must keep your head, you probably will keep your head.

Speed is the absolute essence of any form of combat

But Nightshirts aren't dangerous," Pippi assured her. "They don't bite anybody except in self defense.

Therefore, if you are attacked, retaliate instantly. Be sudden. Be quick. Speed is your salvation.

Let your attacker worry about his life. Don't hold back. Strike no more after he is incapable of further action, but see that he is stopped.

I only direct in self-defense.

I am convinced of the necessity to take an effective measure of self defense.

It's not just self defense, it's about...self control, body discipline, and mind discipline...and breath techniques. It involves yoga. It involves meditation. It's an art, not a sport.

Apathy is the self-defense of the powerless.

Israel has the right to shell Palestinian hospitals and schools out of self defense.

The hard part about one being tough yet meek is the illusion of being a punching bag.

Beautiful girls should know how to defend themselves against the advances of gentlemen.

But somehow in identifying myself as the healer, there was still a seed of both self-righteousness and defense from a kind of emptiness.

I felt the need to clarify we were there for the self defense class, in case he also taught about dog breeding or riding the high seas.

Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac.

I am never proud to participate in violence, yet I know that each of us must care enough for ourselves that we can be ready and able to come to our own defense when and wherever needed.

No party has renounced the right to armed resistance, in certain circumstances without lying

It wouldn’t be very ladylike to punch a guy in the balls, but it isn’t very manlike to harass a woman because she has different parts and a sweet face.

Unprovoked hostility is often but displaced self-defense: 'I must stop him before he stops me.' In many of such environments, nobody is really hateful so much as they are just fearful.

There are many legal and psychological ramifications to using Krav Maga in the real world and nearly all of them are extremely unpleasant.

just as a stool requires three legs to stand upright so the taekwondoist must cultivate basic skills, meaningful forms, and effective sparring in order to have both feet firmly planted in the art

Be careful with your knives baby, use them before anyone can use them against you." Nan-The Otherside

Don’t mistake:Kindness with weakness

When dragons attack, the only thing you should seek to stand behind is your own sword.

The Second Amendment is timeless for our Founders grasped that self-defense is three-fold: every free individual must protect themselves against the evil will of the man, the mob and the state.

Almost doesn't count.

I have a high art: I hurt with cruelty those who would wound me.

Fear never leaves you. It just adapts to you. And that’s the meaning of strengthening a warrior spirit from within, as you can’t fight all your battles with the same weapons.

Be grateful for the life of those who mass up challenges on the paths to your fulfillment. At least they taught you self-defense!

The duel may go on for long, but the self-defense often wins over the self-reproach.

A man of peace shall always live in peace, if all chances are given and only shall he stand to fight for his rights if peace and freedom isn't granted to him.

If anyone hits me, they can expect to be hit back, and harder. I never turn the other cheek because in my experience that doesn’t work.