#survival

She had never really listened to anyone in her life; which, some said, was why she had survived. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#survival #humor

The recommended daily requirement for hugs is: four per day for survival, eight per day for maintenance, and twelve per day for growth. ↗

— Virginia Satir

#day #eight #four #growth #hugs

Much has changed since the end of the Cold War that augurs well for the survival of our nation. ↗

— Adam Schiff

#cold #cold war #end #much #nation

Evolution, energy, and ethics are the core elements that will guide us along the challenging path toward the Life Era: the first - evolution - because a good understanding of our universal roots and of our place in the cosmic scheme of things will help us create a feasible future course; the second - energy - because our fate will bear strongly on the ways that humankind learns to use energy efficiently and safely; and the third - ethics - because global citizenship and a planetary society are crucial factors in the survival of our species. ↗

— Eric Chaisson

#ethics #evolution #life #survival #age

Survival is running from death. Our whole life is running from death, but we all just meet it while we are running from it! what a failure is this try! ↗

— Fereidoon Yazdi

#life #survival #death

Better treatment and detection methods have also improved the survival rate for people with cancer, and for the first time in history, this year the absolute number of cancer deaths in the U.S. has decreased. ↗

— Ike Skelton

#also #better #cancer #deaths #decreased

The more we get out of the world the less we leave, and in the long run we shall have to pay our debts at a time that may be very inconvenient for our own survival. ↗

— Norbert Wiener

#get #inconvenient #leave #less #long

Soldiers manage by dividing themselves. They're one man in the killing, another at home, and the man that dandles his bairn on his knee has nothing to do wi' the man who crushed his enemy's throat with his boot, so he tells himself, sometimes successfully. ↗

— Diana Gabaldon

#war #warriors #home

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

#attitude #survival #attitude

We always kept in our hearts the most noble, beautiful feeling that sets human beings apart: hope. ↗

— Manel Loureiro

#life #survival #zombies #beauty