Quotes About Avoidance

The things one tries hardest to avoid are what one finds one cannot escape,

I became at once a man, and did what all we grown men do when face to face with suffering and injustice; I preferred not to see them;

You don't lack motivation; you lack confidence in success—and that drives your motivation elsewhere, to avoid the feeling or the fear.

Once sex rears its ugly 'ead it's time to steer clear.

he was petrified. He basically stayed out of the

what it was. They wanted Andrew too, of course, and he was petrified. He basically stayed out of the country until it was all over, which is one of the

Avoidance doesn't extinguish your fear, action does.

When people try to evade problems you first have to ask if it is not just laziness. Jung once said, "Laziness is the greatest passion of mankind, even greater than power or sex or anything." (p. 77)

Is the goal I've set been determined by a desire to avoid the goal I should have set?

Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals... except the weasel.

Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.

My Top 5 Exercises: 1. Jumping to conclusions 2. Flying off the handle 3. Carrying things too far 4. Dodging responsibilities 5. Pushing my Luck

I love everybody. Some I love to be around. Some I love to avoid. And others I love to punch in the face.

Most people would rather die than think; in fact, they do so.

Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignore them long enough.

Why doesn't anyone ask me anything about the last two years?" I asked her. "The answer is very simple. We're afraid to ask because we're afraid of knowing... Maybe if we don't talk about it, and maybe if we pretend it never happened, it will be forgotten.

Sixth, tough conversations get tougher the longer you wait. I tend to avoid conflict, but I've come to realize that I'm not doing anybody any favors when I do so.

Unless you learn to completely accept the possibility of an uncertain outcome, you will try either consciously or unconsciously to avoid any possibility you define as painful.

If you are unable to trade without the slightest bit of emotional discomfort (specifically, fear), then you have not learned how to accept the risks inherent in trading. This is a big problem, because to whatever degree you haven't accepted the risk, is the same degree to which you will avoid the risk. Trying to avoid something that is unavoidable will have disastrous effects on your ability to trade successfully.

Fail #3: Ignoring

You see, the longer you put a problem off, the worse it becomes

It is easier to stay out than get out.

They stayed away in droves.

What did you do before?" "I used to run a lot.""Cross country? Track?""From the cops, actually.