Quotes About Survival

Relax, I'm just going in up to my waist. And what about the piranhas? I doubt the fishies'll snack on anything critical. He leaned in to murmur at her ear, They only go for small prey.

Men tell stories. Women get on with it. For us it was a shadow war. There were no parades for us when it was over, no medals or mentions in history books. We did what we had to during the war, and when it was over, we picked up the pieces and started our lives over.

but there is no doubt they intend to kill us as dead as possible in a short time. - said the Wizard As dead as poss'ble would be pretty dead, wouldn't it? asked Dorothy. from Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz

But nobody can stay alive without getting into danger sometimes, and danger doesn't mean getting hurt, Cap'n; it only means we might get hurt. So I guess we'll have to take the risk.

swung his arm and chopped the wolf's head from its body, so that it immediately died. As soon as he could raise his axe another wolf came up, and he also fell under the sharp edge of

Well, said the Cowardly Lion, drawing a long breath of relief, I see we are going to live a little while longer, and I am glad of it, for it must be a very uncomfortable thing not to be alive.

the Cowardly Lion laughed, and said: I have always thought myself very big and terrible; yet such little things as flowers came near to killing me, and such small animals as mice have saved my life. How strange it all is! But

There is no doubt they intend to kill us as dead as possible in a short time. said the Wizard As dead as poss'ble would be pretty dead, wouldn't it? asked Dorothy.

And the Lion said to Dorothy: 'We are lost, for they will surely tear us to pieces with their sharp claws. But stand close behind me, and I will fight them as long as I am alive.

I have escaped so many dangers, during my lifetime, that I am not much afraid of anything that can happen.

If you remain always far, love will die. If you remain always near, love will die. Love can survive only in a continuous flowing relationship.

What if the meek inherited the Earth and we had to defend ourselves from Martians?

Sharia is derived from Arabic, and it means an "oasis." In the desert, man needs the oasis to survive. Sharia is not like any other religion or law, because Sharia is an entire system of life.

There are some great values in Christianity, but I think the values are located more deeply in our humanity than they are in our religion. There are certainly some survival values.

This, however, is a passing nightmare; in time the earth will become again incapable of supporting life, and peace will return.

I look upon [writing about religion] as a nice way to get by in this precarious world, though I've never been able to do it myself.

Filling out the form: Race? Human. Religion? Paiute. Occupation? Criminal anarchy. Hobbies? Survival with honor.

If you fall from a plane onto a river, and survived, it is luck, but if you fall from a plane onto asphalt ground, and survived, then that is a miracle.

Saying of the ProphetOppressionWhen oppression exists, even the bird dies in its nest.

If Canada is to survive, it can only survive in mutual respect and in love for one another.

One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially if one is to survive in the world. It takes rigor, and it takes courage.

Every person you see has stories, and every person you see has a few that would break your heart. We deserve each other's respect simply because we've survived all we have and kept going anyway.

The bully mind is not capable of loving or respecting others nor can it love or respect itself. Life's subtleties and the means of survival require its pretense of both these qualities.

Nature is telling us that if you don't respect the environment then you are living with artificial needs and a consumerism that is destroying the very conditions we need to survive.