Quotes About Survival

Kalau nyawa kita sendiri terancam, kemampuan kita berempati jadi tumpul oleh hasrat egois yang amat sangat untuk bertahan hidup.

Very few castaways can claim to have survived so long at sea as Mr. Patel, and none in the company of an adult Bengal tiger.

Only fear can defeat life.

Whatever the reason for wanting to escape, sane or insane, zoo detractors should realize that animals don't escape to somewhere but from something.

Life goes on and you don't touch tigers.

I will not die. I refuse it. I will make it through this nightmare. I will beat the odds, as great as they are. I have survived so far, miraculously. Now I will turn miracle into routine. The amazing will be seen every day. I will put in all the hard work necessary. Yes, so long as God is with me, I will not die. Amen.

T]o be a castaway is to be caught up in grim and exhausting opposites.

I kept one eye on the horizon, one eye on the other end of the lifeboat.

Zonder gekte zou geen enkele soort kunnen overleven.

I began to wait. My thoughts swung wildly. I was either fixed on practical details of immediate survival or transfixed by pain, weeping silently, my mouth open and my hands on my head.

Whatever the reason for wanting to escape, sane or insane, zoo detractors should realize that animals don't escape to somewhere but from something.

Animals in the wild lead lives of compulsion and necessity within an unforgiving social hierarchy in an environment where the supply of fear is high and the supply of food low and where territory must constantly be defended and parasites forever endured. What

I was alone and orphaned, in the middle of the Pacific, hanging on to an oar, an adult tiger in front of me, sharks beneath me, a storm raging about me.

animals fight, it is with the intent to kill and with the understanding that they may be killed. A

proves to be a devastating hunter. Hyenas attack

Very few castaways can claim to have survived so long, and none in the company of an adult Bengal tiger.

Animals are also poisoned. And there are indecencies

I have survived so far, miraculously. Now I have to turn miracle into routine.

I will beat the odds, as great as they are. I have survived so far, miraculously. Now I will turn miracle into routine. The amazing will be seen every day.

It was Richard Parker who calmed me down. It is the irony of this story that the one who scared me witless to start with was the very same who brought me peace, purpose, I dare say even wholeness.

There are many ways in which life's little candle can be snuffed out. A cold wind pursues us all.

Isn't it ironic, Richard Parker? We're in hell yet still we're afraid of immortality.

if it weren't for this hyena, the sailors wouldn't have thrown me into the lifeboat and I would have stayed on the ship and I surely would have drowned; and if I had to share quarters with a wild animal, better the upfront ferocity of a dog than the power and stealth of a cat.

Things floated in the water but none that brought me hope. I could see no other lifeboats.