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Quotes About Security

When we feel generally secure, that is, we are comfortable with closeness and confident about depending on loved ones, we are better at seeking support
~ Sue Johnson
When that person is emotionally unavailable or unresponsive, we face being out in the cold, alone and helpless. We are assailed by emotions — anger, sadness, hurt, and above all, fear. This is not so surprising when we remember that fear is our built-in alarm system; it turns on when our survival is threatened. Losing connection with our loved one jeopardizes our sense of security. The alarm goes off in the brain's amygdala, or Fear Central
~ Sue Johnson
they're emotional bonds. They're about the innate need for safe emotional connection. Just like [British psychiatrist] John Bowlby talks about in his attachment theory concerning mothers and kids. The same thing is going on with adults.
~ Sue Johnson
We know that love makes us vulnerable, but also that we are never as safe and strong as when we are sure we are loved. We know
~ Sue Johnson
The overall conclusion: a sense of secure connection between romantic partners is key in positive loving relationships and a huge source of strength for the individuals in those relationships. Among the more significant findings:
~ Sue Johnson
The foundation of contented, sustained relationships is the faith that your partner is there for you.
~ Sue Johnson
Underneath all the distress, partners are asking each other: Can I count on you, depend on you? Are you there for me? Will you respond to me when I need, when I call? Do I matter to you? Am I valued and accepted by you? Do you need me, rely on me? The anger, the criticism, the demands, are really cries to their lovers, calls to stir their hearts, to draw their mates back in emotionally and reestablish a sense of safe connection.
~ Sue Johnson
Loving connection is the only safety nature ever offers us.
~ Sue Johnson
Remember that the facts of a fight (whether it's a fight about the kids' schedule, your sex life, your careers) aren't the real issue. The real concern is always the strength and security of the emotional bond you have with your partner. It is about accessibility, responsiveness, and emotional engagement.
~ Sue Johnson
When they felt secure with their lover, they could reach out and connect easily; when they felt insecure, they either became anxious, angry, and controlling, or they avoided contact altogether and stayed distant
~ Sue Johnson
When we feel generally secure, that is, we are comfortable with closeness and confident about depending on loved ones, we are better at seeking support — and better at giving it.
~ Sue Johnson
You are my everlasting home. Don't you ever be afraid. I am enough. We are enough.
~ Sue Monk Kidd
Ich beneidete die Schildkroeten um ihre Panzer in denen sie jederzeit verschwinden konnten.
~ Sue Monk Kidd
This Mary I'm talking about sits in your heart all day long, saying, "Lily, you are my everlasting home. Don't you ever be afraid. I am enough. We are enough.
~ Sue Monk Kidd
But no phrase puzzled them more than Social Security deduction.
~ Suki Kim
You can ensure the safety of your defense if you only hold positions that cannot be attacked.
~ Sun Tzu
The art of war is of vital importance to the State.
~ Sun Tzu
You can be sure of succeeding in your attacks if you only attack places which are undefended.You can ensure the safety of your defense if you only hold positions that cannot be attacked.
~ Sun Tzu
A sovereign cannot raise an army because he is enraged, nor can a general fight because he is resentful. For while an angered many may again be happy, and a resentful man again be pleased, a state that has perished cannot be restored, nor can the dead be brought back to life. Therefore, the enlightened ruler is prudent and the good general is warned against rash action. Thus the state is kept secure and the army preserved.
~ Sun Tzu
EARTH comprises distances, great and small; danger and security; open ground and narrow passes; the chances of life and death.
~ Sun Tzu
Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack." It
~ Sun Tzu
Above the Fray, You Have No Fear Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war rise up against me, yet I will be confident.
~ Sun Tzu
Hence it is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for purposes of spying and thereby they achieve great results. Spies are a most important element in water, because on them depends an army's ability to move.
~ Sun Tzu
is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack.
~ Sun Tzu