Quotes About Survival

T]hey had killed him. [...] Murdered him, except he would not die. Would not die, he vowed, because he would live to kill his killers.

The revenant, he knew, searched for him.

When the need arose, a man extended a helping hand to his friends, to his partners, to strangers. In so doing, each knew that his own survival might one day depend upon the reaching grasp of another.

Michael Punke

Though no law was written, there was a crude rule of law, adherence to a covenant that transcended their selfish interests. It was biblical in its depth, and its importance grew with each step into wilderness. When the need arose, a man extended a helping hand to his friends, to his partners, to strangers. In so doing, each knew that his own survival might one day depend upon the reaching grasp of another. The

Glass spotted another dog by the creek, and this one he did not spare. Soon he had a fire burning in the center of the hut. Part of the dog he roasted on a spit over the fire and part he boiled in the kettle. He threw corn into the pot with the dog meat and continued his search through the village.

Blood oozed from deep puncture wounds at his neck and shoulder. His right arm flopped unnaturally. From the middle of his back to his waist, the bear's raking claws left deep, parallel cuts. It reminded Harris of tree trunks he had seen where bears mark their territory, only these marks were etched in flesh instead of wood. On the back of Glass's thigh, blood seeped through his buckskin breeches. Harris

How do you escape something that comes from inside? The revenant, he knew, searched for him.

is so strange, this life we lead. We search for happiness, but so much is about survival. Existence. We try to manage expectations, but really we're treading water, wasting time, or contemplating lives we might have led. Pretty soon we're like every other godless, money-hungry, backstabbing, jaded, jealous human being, wishing we were richer, prettier, younger, luckier, or could do it all over again.

Now it was time for others to take up the battle because he had given up trying to save or change the world. He simply wanted to survive it.

life is a three-course meal occasionally seasoned with shit but still edible.

Only a more Savage Nation can survive.

Objectivity is a peculiar demand to make of institutions which, as business corporations, are dedicated first of all to economic survival. It is a peculiar demand to make of institutions which often, by tradition or explicit credo, are political organs. It is a peculiar demand to make of editors and reporters who have none of the professional apparatus which, for doctors or lawyers or scientists, is supposed to guarantee objectivity.

Wait. Look. Notice. If you keep those three words in mind, you just might survive the next few days.

He who retreats lives longer.

Josh: I didn't know.... Nicholas: No reason why you should have - except that your ignorance could have gotten you killed... or worse.

Then I'll go keep our crocodile friends busy." Niten's teeth flashed in a smile. "I'll try to leave a few for you." He stepped away and faded into the night. "Be careful," Prometheus called. A disembodied voice drifted out of the fog. "I was born for this. What's the worst that could happen?" "You could be killed and eaten by the Spartoi." "Doesn't frighten me.

Sabes cuantos Oscuros Inmemoriales, parientes o aamigos de estos han intentado matarme?" Areop-Enap se encogio de hombros en un movimiento desagradable de todas sus patas. "¿Muchos?" "¿Y sabes cuantos siguen con vida?" "¿Pocos?", insinuo. Perenelle sonrio. "Muy pocos.

Nothing—Elder, Next Generation, immortal or human—was completely indestructible. Not even Areop-Enap. Perenelle herself had once brought an ancient temple down on the spider's head and it had shrugged off the attack—yet could it survive billions of poisonous flies?

These poor beasts are driven solely by their need to survive and to feed. It is their nature, and their nature has made them predictable. But man, on the other hand, has the capacity to change his nature. Man is the only animal that can destroy the world. Beasts live only in the present, but humans have the capacity to live for the future, to lay down plans for their children and grandchildren, plans that can take years, decades, even centuries, to mature.

the worst thing about prison was the dementors

The strong survive, but the courageous triumph.

You are not living, you are surviving.

environmental apocalypse?