“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
“The strong survive, but the courageous triumph.” ? Michael Scott, The Warlock
“People will do amazing things to ensure their survival.” ? Patricia Briggs, The Hob’s Bargain
“Relax. They’re not going to kill us. They’re going to TRY and kill us. And that is a very different thing.” ? Steve Voake, The Dreamwalker’s Child
“I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, [which] shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence, And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.” – Isaiah 62:6-7 (KJV)
“And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.” Genesis 32:28 (KJV)