Quotes about Survival
A sheep in the midst of wolves is safe compared with the Christian in the midst of ungodly men.
- Charles Spurgeon
That a man lives is because he is straight. That a man who dupes others survives is because he has been fortunate enough to be spared.
- Confucius
A man who seeks escape from the responsibility of supporting his life by his own thought and effort, and wishes to survive by conquering, ruling and exploiting others, is NOT an Individualist.
- Ayn Rand
A man had better starve at once than lose his innocence in the process of getting his bread.
- Henry David Thoreau
The miracle is that we are here, that no matter how undone we've been the night before, we wake up every morning and are still here. It is phenomenal just to be.
- Anne Lamott
Basic Instincts It's the way mother birds build nests, and build them high enough to elude
- Bishop TD Jakes
The peasants of the Asturias believe that in every litter of wolves there is one pup that is killed by the mother for fear that on growing up it would devour the other little ones.
- Victor Hugo
Our society is obsessed with personal rights, but it will survive only if we adopt personal obligations.
- Dennis Prager
To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.
- Wendell Berry
Expediency is a law of nature. The camel is a wonderful animal, but the desert made the camel.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Self-preservation is the first principle of our nature.
- Alexander Hamilton
Nature has made up her mind that what cannot defend itself shall not be defended.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson