S Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with S. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Surveys show that surveys never lie.”
Source: Woman: An Intimate Geography
“Surveys show that the #1 fear of Americans is public speaking. #2 is death. That means that at a funeral, the average American would rather be in the casket than doing the eulogy.”
“Survival activates miracles when a person relies on the graces of hope and faith.”
“Survival alone is not the goal. We are meant to feel, to care, to belong to something larger than fear.”
“Survival became the sole focus. Their faces all reflected the same ashen daze of despair.”
Source: Destiny of Dreams: Time Is Dear
“Survival birthed Man.
Identity divided him”
Source: The Endless Pendulum: Democracy, Right Wing, Left Wing, and The Sacred Conflict of Power
“Survival can be summed up in three words - never give up. That's the heart of it really. Just keep trying.”
“Survival feels like cowardice.”
Source: Aftermath
“Survival first, then heartbreak.”
“Survival has its own etiquette.”
Source: The Sacred Band
“Survival in any meaningful sense is the key issue of our time”
“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 in the demand economy depends on and requires experimentation, risk taking, and trial and error.”
“Survival instincts are one of those things that never die.”
“Survival is a dance in shadows; win by being unseen until the moment is yours.”
“Survival is a four letter word.”
Source: Spirits in the street
“Survival is a funny business, too. A losing game. Literally. They love us, and we lose them all. The ones who made us, the ones who gave us, the ones who sat down and played with us, the ones who held us, or just laid eyes on us. The ones who bought, traded, and sold us. Cleaned us, redeemed us, brought back the sheen on us. Loved us. Learned everything there is to know about us.”
Source: Metropolitan Stories
“Survival is a genetic law.”
“Survival is a growth strategy.”
“Survival is a hard habit to break.”
Source: Starling House
“Survival is a passive way of saying “my needs are greater than yours.”
Source: The Vestige
“Survival is a privilege which entails obligations. I am forever asking myself what I can do for those who have not survived.”
“Survival is an ancient dream
Life is nothing but an everlasting illusion
Nothing is Real
Don’t believe in illusion,
Remember me,
I am here …”
“Survival is an art. It requires the dulling of the mind and the senses, and a delicate attunement to waiting, without insisting on precision about just what it is you are waiting for.”
Source: The Women's Room
“Survival is as much a matter of grace as fight. The expression, 'grace under pressure' implies the attainment of equanimity and equilibrium. The fundamental durability of the human body surprises us because the pain can be so intense - yet pain is often transient and hides the tremendous effforts the body is engaged in to heal itself.”
Source: A Match to the Heart: One Woman's Story of Being Struck By Lightning
“Survival is balance. Life’s ugliness is balanced by beauty. Trauma is balanced by awe. For me, being on the road has come to represent awe-seeking—what I find in the still-wild places is counterbalance to the traumas.”
Source: Drive Through the Night
“Survival is based on spending money on things that you need, not things you don’t need because some things can wait until a season of prosperity.”
“Survival is both an exalted privilege and a painful burden.”
“Survival is for the human animal; fear the motivation. For the spiritual being survival is irrelevant. Curiosity, compassion and creativity are the name of the game; unconditional love the motivation.”
“Survival is for those who are flexible; they are smart enough to adapt and they never give up!”
Source: Norina Luciano
“Survival is just another fancy word for your fear of dying.
-Emit Eht”
Source: Emit Eht
“Survival is just refined paranoia”
“Survival is just the beginning. Reclaiming life is the real work.”
Source: Broken Secrets
“Survival is my primary instinct...it's out of my control. It's stronger than me. It's an outside force, a voice that says 'do this for your life or it will devour you.'”
“Survival is not a skill as much as an instinct… sometimes a foolish action no one would dare to take.”
Source: The Image: A Quantum Portal Has Opened
“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.”
“Survival is not important. What matters is how you survive.”
Source: Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
“Survival is not possible if the best of us lack all conviction, while the worst of us are full of passionate intensity.”
“Survival is not so much about the body, but rather it is about the triumph of the human spirit.”
“Survival is nothing more than recovery.”
“Survival is optional. No one has to change.”
“Survival is overrated.”
Source: The Speaker
“Survival is spending money on things that you need, not things you don’t need because some things can wait until a season of prosperity.”
“Survival is the ability to swim in strange water.”
Source: DUNE
“Survival is the celebration of choosing life over death. We know we're going to die. We all die. But survival is saying: perhaps not today. In that sense, survivors don't defeat death, they come to terms with it.”
Source: Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
“Survival is the foundation of endurance; complete triumph is the endgame.”
Source: Modern Bushido: Living a Life of Excellence
“Survival is the key word to remember—not victory, not conquest, just survival.”
Source: The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead
“Survival is the main objective. There are going to be some awful days, I know that from my background in the sport.”
“Survival is your strength not your shame.”