Category: Quote of the Day

“The instinct to survive is human nature itself, and every aspect of our personalities derives from it. Anything that conflicts with the survival instinct acts sooner or later to eliminate the individual and thereby fails to show up in future generations. … A scientifically verifiable theory of morals must be rooted in the individual’s instinct to survive–and nowhere else!–and must correctly describe the hierarchy of survival, note the motivations at each level, and resolve all conflicts. We have such a theory now; we can solve any moral problem, on any level. Self-interest, love of family, duty to country, responsibility toward …

“Nothing is better for self-esteem than survival.” ? Martha Gellhorn, Travels With Myself and Another

“In the year 2025, the best men don’t run for president, they run for their lives. . . .” ? Stephen King, The Running Man

“A scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived.” ? Chris Cleave, Little Bee

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; and hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the …

“And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it. And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.” Genesis 41:15-16 (KJV)

“Be happy – if you’re not even happy, what’s so good about surviving?” ? Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

“Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.” ? Robertson Davies

“The thing about hearts is that they always want to keep beating.” ? Elizabeth Scott, Living Dead Girl

“If we truly trust no one, we cannot survive.” ? Megan Whalen Turner, The King of Attolia

“You don’t drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.” ? Edwin Louis Cole

“He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.” John 3:31 (KJV)

“For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged..” Proverbs 28:2 (KJV)

“We are respecting our parents’ wishes….They didn’t want to shelter us from the world’s treacheries. They wanted us to survive them.” ? Lemony Snicket, The End

“Adventures are only interesting once you’ve lived to see the end of them. Before that, they are nothing but fear, and being too cold or too hot or too wet or too hungry, and getting hurt.” ? Holly Lisle, The Silver Door