Quotes About Survival

No one is to be despaired of as long as he breathes. (While there is life there is hope.)

All that a man hath will he give for his life.

Humor enables one to live in the midst of tragic events without becoming a tragic figure.

London is a roost, for every bird.

Invalids live longest.

To act without rapacity, to use knowledge with wisdom, to respect interdependence, to operate without hubris and greed are not simply moral imperatives. They are an accurate scientific description of the means of survival.

The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.

A chicken doesn't stop scratching just because worms are scarce.

The first and final thing you have to do in this world is to last in it, and not be smashed by it.

Endure, and preserve yourselves for better things.

I have often been adrift, but I have always stayed afloat.

Nothing to do but work, Nothing to eat but food, Nothing to wear but clothes, To keep one from going nude.

To survive the day is triumph enough for the walking wounded among the great many of us.

And that was victory. The freedom to sprawl loosely upon a city street, heat his coffee and eat a can of beans ... with no enemy bullets forcing him to toss the can aside while diving behind another wall for momentary survival.

The secret of my success is that I always managed to live to fly another day.

I survived my childhood by birthing many separate identities to stand in for one another in times of great stress and fear.

Three people marooned on a desert island would soon reinvent politics.

Optimism and humor are the grease and glue of life. Without both of them we would never have survived our captivity.

There were times my pants were so thin I could sit on a dime and tell if it was heads or tails.

He that fights and runs away Will live to fight another day.

Schizophrenic behaviour is a special strategy that a person invents in order to live in an unlivable situation.

In the ant's house, the dew is a flood.

If we are to survive on this planet, there must be compromises.

In spite of all of the training you get and the precautions you take to keep yourself alive, it's largely a matter of luck that decides whether or not you get killed.