Quotes About Self-preservation

Without our caretaker's protection, our only protection is to stay small and build defensive structures into our personality.

But because many of us are afraid of being hurt, we have decided to build only walls. No doors, no windows, no peep holes. Just walls.

I never get involved in anything and I don't make enemies either, I keep myself to myself.

The mind is always concerned with keeping the past alive, because without it - who are you? It constantly projects itself into the future to ensure its continued survival and to seek some kind of release or fulfillment there.

In this hard struggle I had little refreshment but from the fountains of my own soul. Had I not clung to myself, the atrocity of others had made me a demon.

He didn't believe there was a Heaven or Hell, and to him, the concept of sin was an abstraction founded in cultural mythology. It wasn't science, therefore it wasn't real. He knew though, that suicide was universally considered a sin, a grievous sin, and for some reason-perhaps a subconscious instinct of self-preservation, which was actually a biological, not a spiritual activity, he wondered... What if I'm wrong? What if I kill myself and I go to Hell?

People hasten to judge in order not to be judged themselves.

With the courage of the soul, we don't focus only on self-preservation, security, or safety; in fact, such courage compels us to risk our comfort and safety, and sometimes even our lives, as we act according to our most deeply held values. This kind of valor comes from a higher source and is the necessary ingredient for us to create a different dream.

Cierra las puertas de tu rostro para que no digan luego que aquella mujer enamorada fuiste tú.

I will not eat anything that walks, runs, skips, hops or crawls. God knows that I've crawled on occasion, and I'm glad that no one ate me.

You're an idiot. Don't put words into my mouth. I might not be happy I had no choice, and I might be confused as hell, but I am not going to let others get hurt because I'm confused. Now, let's go see this horde of scary, dangerous wolves so I can get my flesh burned and hide from the humans who tried to kill me. Because that sounds like a fun way to spend the day.

I won't risk it again. I won't destroy myself for you

I think if someone gets kicked in the face it is their fault - they watched the foot come towards their face.

I won't just give up anything to anybody because they're waving a gun around.

The only person to look out for me is me. I've got to make sure Corey Clark is all right.

There are people that have closed themselves off so much because they've been hurt so much in their lives.

Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.

It's a survival thing. I don't do anything to be artistic or just because I like it.

I have an instinct for survival, for self-preservation.

Be careful the purpose doesn't destroy you.

that the one who protects her heart from fear of loss ends up with no heart at all. Just an

The world is vicious, too huge to care about even its own survival

Don't thank me," she said. "I didn't do it out of any love for you. If I'd refused, you'd have killed me. This way, I've got a few hours' head start.

I would give my life for my children, but I wouldn't give myself. I can't make it more clear; it's only something which I am beginning to comprehend, which is revealing itself to me