Quotes About Survival

Man struggles to survive, not to succumb

We must at all costs avoid saying no because people prefer those who say yes, and this allows us to survive in hostile territory.

Human beings can withstand a week without water, two weeks without food, many years of homelessness, but not loneliness. It is the worst of all tortures, the worst of all sufferings. Like her, these men, and the many others who sought her company, were all tormented by that same destructive feeling, the sense that no one else on the planet cared for them.

I'm a cornered tiger with nowhere to run; the only option that remains is to attack.

When you are going through difficult times, remember: you might have lost some major battles, but you survived and you're still here.

Human beings can withstand a week without water, two weeks without food, many years of homelessness, but not loneliness. It is the worst of all tortures, the worst of all sufferings. We're all tormented by that same destructive feeling, the sense that no one else on the planet cared about us

L'essere umano può sopportare una settimana di sete, quattordici giorni di fame, alcuni anni senza un tetto, ma non riesce a tollerare la solitudine.

In a world where everyone struggles to survive whatever the cost, how could one judge those people who decide to die?

Porque, en la vida real, el amor necesita ser posible. Incluso aunque no haya una retribución inmediata, el amor sólo consigue sobrevivir cuando existe la esperanza —por lejana que sea— de que conquistaremos a la persona amada. El resto es fantasía.

When he thought to complain about the burden of it's weight, he remembered that, because he had the jacket, he had withstood the cold of the dawn

You drown not for falling into a river, but by staying submerge in it.

Terror, terror, terror. Life was a reign of terror, in the shadow of the guillotine.

The World's a dangerous place. It doesn't matter where you are, your'e always at risk of being approached by people who have no scruples about attacking, destroying, killing. And we never learn how to defend ourselves. We're all in the hands of those powerful than us.

Life is stronger than death.

Hunger makes thief of any man.

Somehow I had learned from Thoreau, who doubtless learned it from Confucius, that if a man comes to do his own good for you, then must you flee that man and save yourself

Hunger makes a thief of any man.

Well, and they must all starve if the plants starve. 'It was true that all their lives depended upon the earth' (Buck, 71).

He lived in the rich city as alien as a rat in a rich man's house that is fed on scraps thrown away, and hides here and there and is never a part of the real life of the house.

Well, and every man has his troubles and I must make shift to live with mine as I can

En fin, en este país se hace cada día más difícil sobrevivir al modelito. La globa la lleva, los pobres arrastran la bolsa del pan sin pan.

step into my learning zone. I feel the discomfort and see that I have survived.

We are all children of the Great Spirit, we all belong to Mother Earth. Our planet is in great trouble and if we keep carrying old grudges and do not work together, we will all die. —CHIEF SEATTLE

You are so lucky I'm too tired to murder you right now.