"It's better to avoid than to run; better to run than to de-escalate; better to de-escalate than to fight; better to fight than to die. The very essence of self-defense is a thin list of things that might get you out alive when you are already screwed."

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Source : "Meditations on Violence: A Comparison of Martial Arts Training & Real World Violence". Book by Rory Miller, 2008.

Rory Miller

#Running Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Self Quotes

“No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or 'get rich' in business by being a conformist.”
“It is not advisable to venture unsolicited opinions. You should spare yourself the embarrassing discovery of their exact value to your listener.”
“WHAT is America but beauty queens, millionaires, stupid records and Hollywood?”
“Voting is the foundational act that breathes life into the principle of the consent of the governed.”
“For the first rate poet, nothing short of a Queen or a Chimera is adequate for the powers of his praise.”
“We cannot calculate the numbers of people who left, fled or were fished out of Europe just ahead of the Holocaust.”
“The secret of good writing is to say an old thing in a new way or to say a new thing in an old way.”
“Be willing to apologize. Proper apologies have three parts: 1) What I did was wrong. 2) I'm sorry that I hurt you. 3) How do I make it better? It's the third part that people tend to forget. Apologize when you screw up and focus on other people, not on yourself.”

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