#survival

See, they say it’s ‘survival of the fittest’, but you and I really know that it’s ‘survival of the most heavily armed ↗

— Lia Habel

#survival #humor

My survival was up to me. I had nothing and I had no one. What I did have, I told myself, was my mind, my imagination, my memory, my feelings, my spirit. These were important and powerful things. ↗

— John Marsden

#imagination #memory #mind #power #spirit

It occurs to me that we allow ourselves to imagine only such messages as we need to survive. ↗

— Joan Didion

#imagine #messages #survival #survive #imagination

I have always believed in the principle that immediate survival is more important than long-term survival. ↗

— Jack McClelland

#publishing #survival #writing #imagination

It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value. ↗

— Stephen Hawking

#clear #intelligence #long-term #survival #value

War is not for winning, Masha," sighed Koschei, reading the tracks of supply lines, of pincer strategies, over her shoulder. "It is for surviving. ↗

— Catherynne M. Valente

#survival #war #life

What we have in life that we can count on is who we are and where we come from, she thought absently. For better or worse, that is what we have to sustain us in our endevors, to buttress us in our darker moments, and to remind us of our identity. Without those things, we are adrift. ↗

— Terry Brooks

#brooks #life #survival #life

While complying can be an effective strategy for physical survival, it's a lousy one for personal fulfillment. Living a satisfying life requires more than simply meeting the demands of those in control. Yet in our offices and our classrooms we have way too much compliance and way too little engagement. The former might get you through the day, but only the latter will get you through the night. ↗

— Daniel H. Pink

#compliance #engagement #fulfillment #survival #workplace

Every stress leaves an indelible scar, and the organism pays for its survival after a stressful situation by becoming a little older. ↗

— Hans Selye

#becoming #every #indelible #leaves #little

After we deal and heal...NOT A A SHRED OF EVIDENCE EXISTS THAT LIFE IS SERIOUS .....Jan Marshall ↗

— Jan Marshall

#healing #humor #satire #seniors #survival