Will To Survive Quotes:

I am defined by my will to survive, not by intelligence or cunning or money or good looks. The Creator didn't see her way clear to give me those things, instead she gave me a strong will.

- Jaune Quick–to–See Smith

topic: Strong, Will To Survive, Giving

The will to survive is not as important as the will to prevail... the answer to criminal aggression is retaliation.

- Jeff Cooper

topic: Gun, Will To Survive, Marine Corps, Retaliation, Prevailing

I didn't think there was any way to convince Jack that he wanted more than I had to give, that to people who'd been damaged the way I had been, fear and the will to survive would always be more powerful than attachment. I could only love in a limited way

- Lisa Kleypas

source: Lisa Kleypas (2009). “Smooth Talking Stranger: A Novel”, p.324, Macmillan

topic: Powerful, Thinking, Will To Survive

The individual will to survive is often seen as just that, an individual thing. In fact, it's sort of a gene we all carry and like a network of computers it all contributes in some way to when it's individually needed.

- Danny Boyle

source: "127 Hours - Danny Boyle interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

topic: Will To Survive, Way, Facts

To survive you must surrender without giving in, that is to say, fully accept the reality in all its horror and never give up the will to survive. That allows you to quickly adapt to the situation and dedicate yourself to the present moment rather than wallow in denial.

- Laurence Gonzales

topic: Giving Up, Reality, Will To Survive

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

- Maya Angelou

source: Twitter post from Aug 19, 2015

topic: Inspirational, Life, Inspiring, Life Philosophy, Celebrate Life

Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished.

- Og Mandino

topic: Love, Inspirational, Life, Will To Survive, True Love Conquers All

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.

- Dalai Lama

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Kindness And Compassion, Daily Buddhist

If you're going through hell, keep going.

- Winston Churchill

topic: Positive, Hell, Keep Going, Way In Life, Pushing On

Other times, I look at my scars and see something else: a girl who was trying to cope with something horrible that she should never have had to live through at all. My scars show pain and suffering, but they also show my will to survive. They're part of my history that'll always be there.

- Cheryl Rainfield

topic: Girl, Pain, Self Harm, Will To Survive, Pain And Suffering

For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

topic: Life, Inspiring, Moving, Hungry Eyes, Meaning Life

But does Man have any 'right' to spread through the universe? Man is what he is, a wild animal with the will to survive, and (so far) the ability, against all competition. Unless one accepts that, anything one says about morals, war, politics, you name it, is nonsense. Correct morals arise from knowing what man is, not what do-gooders and well-meaning old Aunt Nellies would like him to be. The Universe will let us know - later - whether or not Man has any "right" to expand through it.

- Robert A. Heinlein

topic: War, Future, Aunt, Wild Animal, Will To Survive

[It is nice] to explore someone's will to survive, the ferocity of loyalty, how far you would go to protect the ones you love... I believe women have more power than we give ourselves credit for... We have been known to lift cars off of babies! That's incredible.

- Katie Aselton

source: Source: blogs.indiewire.com

topic: Loyalty, Baby, Nice, Will To Survive, Ferocity

Nature can't evolve a species that hasn't the will to survive. Individuals might be bred to sacrifice themselves, but the race as a whole can never cease to exist.

- Orson Scott Card

topic: Sacrifice, Race, Might, Will To Survive

The Stovepipe is a memoir full of laughter and tears and a moving story of sisterly love as well as their will to survive.

- Dave Pelzer

topic: Laughter, Moving, Tears, Will To Survive, Sisterly

The miracle is that, in most cases, he succeeds - for the powers of survival, of the will to survive, and to survive as a unique inalienable individual, are absolutely, the strongest in our being: stronger than any impulses, stronger than disease.

- Oliver Sacks

topic: Unique, Miracle, Survival, Will To Survive

In her heart she is a mourner for those who have not survived. In her soul she is a warrior for those who are now as she was then. In her life she is both celebrant and proof of women's capacity and will to survive, to become, to act, to change self and society. And each year she is stronger and there are more of her.

- Andrea Dworkin

topic: Heart, Warrior, Self, Will To Survive

Human survival is something that you can't see in another person; you can see if someone has that will to survive or that will to win; you can't see that, you can only watch that evolve over time.

- Dhani Jones

topic: Winning, Survival, Watches, Will To Survive, Will To Win

There is an inability to sustain the tragic mood, a phoenix quality of the mind. It may be helpful or harmful, it is just a part of the will to survive—yet, also, it has made it possible for us to engage in one weakening war after another. But it is a necessary part of our mechanism that we should be able to cry only for a time over even an ocean of spilt milk—the spectacular must soon become the commonplace if life is to be supportable.

- John Wyndham

source: John Wyndham (1951). “The Day of the Triffids”, Fawcett

topic: War, Ocean, Phoenix, Spilt Milk, Will To Survive