Quotes of Survival
Once one determines that he or she has a mission in life, that is not going to be accomplished with a great deal of pain, and that the rewards in the end may not outweigh the pain-if you recognize historically that always happens, then when it comes, you survive it.
Richard Nixon (b. 1913)
American President
To survive it is often necessary to fight, and to fight you have to dirty yourself.
George Orwell (1903-1950)
British Author
If you live among wolves you have to act like a wolf
Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971)
Soviet Premier
J'ai vécu.
I survived
Joseph, Comte Sieyés (1748-1836)
Asked what he had done during the Reign of Terror.
The mass of men lead quiet lives of desperation.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
American Writer
Goad Almighty hates a quitter
Samuel Fessenden (1849-1903)
English Author
Neither evil tongues,
Rash judgements, nor the sneers of
selfish men,
Nor greetings where no kindness is,
nor all
The dreary intercourse of daily life,
Shall e'er prevail against us.
William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
English Poet
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
A Hero Ain't Nothing But a Sandwich