Quotes About Avoidance

avoidance is almost always about fear.

Procrastination is a form of punishment

I call it strategic incompetence." Shay's lips curved. "The art of avoiding certain tasks by pretending you don't know how to do them.

Avoidance is like feeding a monster that will come alive and plan a future attack, but this monster will lose power when it is brought out into the light.

Everything was perfectly healthy and normal here in Denial Land.

We're ostriches and the whole world is sand.

I mean it, I said. You're in danger. Relax, Harry. I'm not letting anyone lick me, and I'm not looking anyone in the eyes. It's kind of like visiting New York.

The best way to keep yourself from doing something grossly self-destructive and stupid is to avoid the temptation to do it. For example, it is far easier to fend off inappropriate amorous desires if one runs screaming from the room every time a pretty girl comes in.

You learn very quickly not to make mistakes given the correct incentive to avoid them.

The best way to keep yourself from doing something grossly self-destructive and stupid is to avoid the temptation to do it. For example, it is far easier to fend off inappropriate amorous desires if one runs screaming from the room every time a pretty girl comes in. Which sounds silly, I know, but the same principle applies to everything else.

I don't want to get killed. Or arrested. I'm really bad at being arrested. Or killed.

Quem muito se evita, se convive

Work. Like pain, I sensed that this was an experience I would want to avoid as often as possible.

Mistakes are like the memories you hide in an attic: old love letters from relationships that tanked, photos of dead relatives, toys from a childhood you miss. Out of sight is out of mind, but somewhere deep inside you know they still exist. And you also know that you're avoiding them.

Although you hadn't asked why, it had less to do with you not noticing than with you not wanting to hear the answer.

Shelby believed that love was like a solar eclipse - breathtakingly beautiful, absorbing, and capable of rendering you blind. She had not necessarily gone out of her way to avoid a relationship, but she hadn't wanted on either. It was called falling in love for a reason - because, inevitably, you crashed at the bottom.

Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at that moment.

He who shuns the millstone shuns the meal.

Im sitting here trying my hardest not to look your way. Not really because I dont want to see you. I just know that when I look up you wont be looking back.

Busy are they who can't face the reality

"Know thyself"? If I knew myself I'd run away

To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.

As soon as you know the reasons why you feel bad, you should decide to make the change. If there is an unresolved issue that you have been avoiding, try doing something about it. You may not succeed and you may even face some bigger problems as you try to make these changes. But taking the risk to change is better than staying in a situation that is causing you to be unhappy.

If you cannot manage conflict, dont create conflict.