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Reason is the main resource of man in his struggle for survival.

Resurrection does not simply spell the survival of the soul but requires the transformation of the world as we know it.

Remain focused on fulfilling your business mission. Never allow adversity divert your attention and efforts.

Right now, in my mind, this is nothing but grip strength and focus.

Reverse Darwinism: survival of the most idiotic.

Re-vision -- the act of looking back, of seeing with fresh eyes, of entering an old text from a new critical direction - is for women more than a chapter in cultural history: it is an act of survival.

Re-vision – the act of looking back, of seeing with fresh eyes, of entering an old text from a new critical direction – is for woman more than a chapter in cultural history: it is an act of survival. Until we understand the assumptions in which we are drenched we cannot know ourselves. And this drive to self-knowledge, for women, is more than a search for identity: it is part of our refusal of the self-destructiveness of male-dominated society.

Satisfied needs do not motivate. It's only the unsatisfied need that motivates. Next to physical survival, the greatest need of a human being is psychological survival - to be understood, to be affirmed, to be validated, to be appreciated.

Science has made unrestricted national sovereignty incompatible with human survival. The only possibilities are now world government or death.

Seek out strategic alliances; they are essential to growth and provide resistance to bigger competition.

Rules or no rules, pitchers are going to throw spitters. It's a matter of survival.

Run lean; avoid unnecessary expenses.

Sandals are made out of rubber, and when lit on fire burn black.

Since I didn't grow up going to school dances, etc., I didn't have the normal . . . I grew up in a very different way so a lot of the childish concerns or teenage concerns weren't my concerns. My concerns were survival.

Self-Reliance is a prerequisite to the complete freedom to act.

She endured. And survived. Marginally, perhaps, but it is not required of us that we live well.

So here's to the girls on the go Everybody tries. Look into their eyes, And you'll see what they know: Everybody dies. A toast to that invincible bunch, The dinosaurs surviving the crunch. Let's hear it for the ladies who lunch Everybody rise!

Society never progresses because the majority one day wakes up and says, “Let’s do things differently.” The majority didn’t wake up and say, “Oh, let’s just free the slaves.” ... Society always progressed because a relatively small group of people — usually considered outrageous radicals by the status quo of their time — had a better idea and articulated another way. That’s simply how evolution works; it’s the mutation — the member of the species who does things differently - that points the way to the future because they’re better adapted for survival.

So do you want a turd sandwich or a turd sandwich with mustard. I'd go with the mustard, but still, it's a turd sandwich.

Some pious men may find this truth unorthodox and bitter: But Nature, Chance, and Time ensure survival of the fitter!

Sometimes you have to take the harder course of action.

Someone once said "The only thing that will be left after a nuclear holocaust is Cher and cockroaches." I think that's funny, because, you know, I am a survivor. If I am anything, that's what I am.

So the horns of the stag are sharp to offend his adversary, but are branched for the purpose of parrying or receiving the thrusts of horns similar to his own, and have therefore been formed for the purpose of combating other stags for the exclusive possession of the females; who are observed, like the ladies in the times of chivalry, to attend to the car of the victor. The final cause of this contest amongst the males seems to be, that the strongest and most active animal should propagate the species, which should thence become improved.

Spending practically every minute of your day on pure survival is an absolutely boring life.

So I'm pampering myself to a homemade stone pumice session, to sand down my feet because I'm worth it.

So often the end of a love affair is death by a thousand cuts, so often its survival is life by a thousand stitches.

Space travel leading to skylife is vital to human survival, because the question is not whether we will be hit by an asteroid, but when. A planetary culture that does not develop spacefaring is courting suicide. All our history, all our social progress and growing insight will be for nothing if we perish. No risk of this kind, however small it might be argued to be, is worth taking, and no cost to prevent it is too great. No level of risk is acceptable when it comes to all or nothing survival.

Stand-up is like a row boat: it's fun and romantic when you're choosing to do it. But if you have no other choice than to be in a row boat it's not as enjoyable; that's survival.

Stay in the game and stay alive.

Survival is not possible if the best of us lack all conviction, while the worst of us are full of passionate intensity.

Survival activates miracles when a person relies on the graces of hope and faith.

Survival in any meaningful sense is the key issue of our time

Survival instincts are one of those things that never die.

Survival in the demand economy depends on and requires experimentation, risk taking, and trial and error.

Surely no rational or realistic person will discount the possibility that [during wartime] the United States might suddenly resort to nuclear weapons. Those who retain the instinct for survival, not to speak of minimal concern for their fellow man, will seek ways to act before rather than after the event.

Survival has its own etiquette.

Survival in more primitive ages required constant alertness, but survival in today's mechanized world almost demands that we turn off our senses. In urban life especially, there is too much to see, hear and smell.

Survival in the conventional sense of the term means to continue to live, but also to live after death.

Survival is a four letter word.

Survival of the fittest led to "nature red in tooth and claw" and this is not sufficiently wishy-washy for modern scientists.

Survival of the world depends on our sharing what we have, and working together. If we don't the whole world will die. First the planet, and next the people.

Survival is not important. What matters is how you survive.

Survival is not so much about the body, but rather it is about the triumph of the human spirit.

Survival is the key word to remember—not victory, not conquest, just survival.

Survival often feels like an indignity.

Survival of the fittest is over. Get over it. We need survival of the wisest.

Survival strategy. If you’re not careful, this place will eat you alive, and Kaylee’s like bait for the beasts.

Symmetrical equations are good in their place, but ' vector ' is a useless survival, or offshoot from quaternions, and has never been of the slightest use to any creature.

Survival, I know, is to begin again.

Survival is not about being fearless. It's about making a decision, getting on and doing it, because I want to see my kids again, or whatever the reason might be.