Survival Quotes - Page 9

Everybody’s gotta have somebody to step on. Makes ’em feel important.

Anyway, you can be sure of one thing, a man's got to fake just to stay alive.

...children are at heart selfish, and reasonably so, for they are programmed for survival.

My survival was up to me. I had nothing and I had no one. What I did have, I told myself, was my mind, my imagination, my memory, my feelings, my spirit. These were important and powerful things.

Between death and hell a bridge shining silver wings offers his soul hope.

Jane woke, stretched, and decided to kill herself. If she hadn’t found a reason to live by the end of the day she would jump from the rig. It felt good to have a plan.

I was somewhere between angry and turned-on.

I recalled something I’d read a long time ago about Satan. When he appeared, it wouldn’t be as a demon but as an ordinary-looking guy with a convincing message of peace.

I used to murder people for money, but these days it’s more of a survival technique.

This life is like a game, so you better play it right!

Rich people read their bills. Poor people dread theirs.

Civilization transformed man from a food gatherer to a gatherer of pieces of paper: diplomas, employment contracts, money, etc.

Before civilization, artists painted for the living. Today, most paint for a living.

The truth is, living in any society is difficult. Those who become desperate with a fractured sense of security are much more prone to being taken advantaged of.

Because courage, survival, love - all these things didn’t live in one man. They lived in them all or they died and every man with them; they had come to believe that to abandon one man was to abandon themselves.

Confidence, courage and determined spirit are vital for surviving hard times.

Survival often demands our courage.

He glanced at James before continuing. “If you're going to survive this, the first rule you need to learn is never count on anyone but yourself. Never. People make mistakes, and the zombies are fast. They don't need to sleep or eat anything but us. Don't leave your protection in the hands of someone else.

He didn't mince words. “Anyone that wants to live, get in.” His voice was deep and powerful, matching the promise his body made. He was confident and self-assured, the kind of man you wanted in your corner when the monsters came knocking. With his arrival, our chance of survival had just shot up exponentially.

You just do it, then if you die, you die.