“In any problem where an opposing force exists and cannot be regulated, one must foresee and provide for alternative courses. Adaptability is the law which governs survival in war as in life ... To be practical, any plan must take account of the enemy's power to frustrate it; the best chance of overcoming such obstruction is to have a plan that can be easily varied to fit the circumstances met.” WarProblemLawCoursesForceChanceEnemyPlansMilitaryFitCircumstancesMetsSurvivalOvercomingAccountsPracticalsAlternativesOpposingAdaptabilityObstruction Author:B. H. Liddell Hart
“the lady is almost the only picturesque survival in a social order which tends less and less to tolerate the exceptional. ... In the age-long war between men and women, she is a hostage in the enemy's camp. Her fortunes do not rise and fall with those of women but with those of men.” MenLongWarAgeOrderFallSocialEnemySurvivalMen And WomenFortuneCampsTolerateExceptionalHostageSocial OrderRise And FallPicturesque Author:Emily James Smith Putnam
“To face the realities of our lives is not a reason for despair-despair is a tool of your enemies. Facing the realities of our lives gives us motivation for action. For you are not powerless... You know why the hard questions must be asked. It is not altruism, it is self-preservation-survival.” KnowsGivingSelfHardReasonRealityActionFacesLife IsMotivationEnemyOur LivesDespairSurvivalToolsAltruismPreservationPowerlessSelf PreservationHard Questions Author:Audre Lorde
“You can't look at the Noah story and not see some kind of environmental connection. The Creator wants to start over. He wants creation to be given a shot at survival, and the true enemy is the wickedness of men.” MenKindEnemyCreationSurvivalEnvironmentalStarting Over Author:Darren Aronofsky
“In the animal kingdom, one of the keys to survival is to outwit your enemies. And when you're surrounded by carnivores, one of the best strategies is to fade into the background and disappear.” AnimalEnemyKeysSurvivalStrategyDisappearBackgroundsKingdomsFadesAnimal KingdomCarnivores Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“The women all had big minds because they were big animals, but they didn't use them for this reason: unusual ideas could make enemies and the women, if they were going to achieve any sort of comfort and safety, needed all the friends they could get. So, in the interest of survival they trained themselves to be agreeing machines. All their minds had to do was to discover what other people were thinking and then they thought it too.” PeopleIfsThinkingMindIdeasReasonUseBigsInterestAnimalEnemyAchieveNeededComfortSurvivalMachinesSafetyUnusual Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“As I became a creature of the empty tunnels, survival became easier and more difficult all at once. I gained in the physical skills and experience necessary to live on. I could defeat almost anything that wandered into my chosen domain. It did not take me long, however, to discover one nemesis that I could neither defeat nor flee. It followed me wherever I went - indeed, the farther I ran, the more it closed in around me. My enemy was solitude, the interminable, incessant silence of hushed corridors.” LongDifficultSilenceEnemyEasierSolitudeSkillsCreaturesSurvivalEmptyDefeatChosenRanTake MeDomainTunnelsCorridorsIncessantNemesis Author:R. A. Salvatore
“If I lived by some code, my actions would become predictable. The enemy would take advantage of this and I’d be killed. An honorable death doesn’t exist. Death is death. But it’s funny that survival and revenge require the same thing: no honor codes, no supposed higher principles to aspire to, no mercy” IfsActionEnemyPrinciplesHigherHonorSurvivalAdvantageMercyRevengeCodeAspireHonorablePredictableHonorable Death Author:Frank Beddor
“Loving Your Enemies... Far from being the pious injunction of a utopian dreamer, this demand is an absolute necessity for the survival of our civilization. Yes it is love that will save our world and civilization; love even for our enemies.” WorldPeaceEnemyCivilizationDemandSurvivalAbsolutesOur WorldDreamerLoving YouPiousUtopianLoving Your Enemies Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Why do some die and some live? The answer was clearly, that on the whole the best fitted live. From the effects of disease the most healthy escaped; from enemies, the strongest, swiftest, or the most cunning; from famine, the best hunters or those with the best digestion; and so on. Then it suddenly flashed upon me that this self-acting process would necessarily improve the race, because in every generation the inferior would inevitably be killed off and the superior would remain-that is, the fittest would survive.” SelfWholeScienceDiesProcessAnswersActingRaceEnemyGenerationsEffectsEvolutionHealthyDiseaseSurvivalSuperiorsStrongestInferiorsHuntersCunningFamineDigestion Author:Alfred Russel Wallace
“There is no fear in love, but perfect love casteth out fear. Fear is a painful emotion that arises at the thought that we may be harmed or made to suffer. As long as we must trust for survival to our ability to out look or out maneuver the enemy, we have every good reason to be afraid. Fear is torment. To know that love is of God and to enter into the secret place leaning upon the arm of the Beloved, this and only this can cast out fear.” KnowsInspirationalLooksMayLongMadeReasonSufferingHurtAbilityPerfectLove IsSecretEmotionEnemyArmsSurvivalVery GoodCastsPainfulAriseBelovedTormentNo FearPerfect LoveSecret Places Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“To his sister-in-law: What a contrast between us! You live a warm and glowing life, surrounded by loved ones whom you care for and who care for you; you are anchored in contentment. I drift about without rudder or compass, a wreck on the sea of life; I have no memories to cheer me, no pleasant illusions of the future to comfort me, or about me to satisfy my vanity. I have no family to furnish the only kind of survival that concerns us, no friends for the wholesome development of my affections, or enemies for my malice.” KindCareLawMemoriesEnemySeaDevelopmentComfortSurvivalIllusionConcernAffectionWarmVanityPleasantContentmentCheerLoved OnesContrastWho CaresCompassMaliceSisterIn-lawsWrecksGlowingNo FriendsCare For YouNo MemoryRuddersSister In Law Author:Alfred Nobel
“Our way of life is under attack. Those who make themselves our enemy are advancing around the globe. The survival of our friends is in danger. And yet no war has been declared, no borders have been crossed by marching troops, no missiles have been fired.” WayHas BeensWarLife IsEnemyDangerSurvivalBordersTroopsGlobesMissilesAdvancingNo War Author:John F. Kennedy
“I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of exterminating or, as it is barbarously said, liquidating enemies, is one of the most alarming developments of modern war and peace, from the point of view of those who desire the survival” SaidWarDesireViewsEnemyModernPolicyDevelopmentSurvivalPoint Of ViewExterminationModern War Book:Notes towards the Definition of Culture Source: Notes towards the Definition of Culture
“Everything is interconnected. My interest is linked to everyone else's. Our survival and future are linked. Therefore the destruction of your so-called enemy is actually the destruction of your self.” SelfInterestEnemySurvivalDestructionLinkedInterconnected Author:Dalai Lama
“After eighty, there are no enemies, only survivors.” EnemySurvivalSurvivorEighty Author:David Ben-Gurion