“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
“When homo sapiens is changing, it will not be by the whole race gaining simultaneously whatever qualities better fit it for survival, but rather by certain types of mankind proving superior to the rest in survival value, so that they contribute a larger proportion to the later generations, and in so doing drag the average qualities of humanity in the same direction.” WholeCertainValuesHumanityRaceQualityGenerationsMankindTypeFitProveSurvivalAverageSuperiorsProportionDragHomo Sapiens Author:Charles Galton Darwin
“How do you know what's really organic? Today, there's all these impurities in the water and the air. The water for the fruits and vegetables has junk in it. If you get enough vitamins and minerals out of normal food and whole grains, and you get enough proteins and exercise (that's the key) then nature builds up a tolerance to all of these things. It's survival of the fittest. You can't have everything perfect, that's impossible, but the fit survive.” IfsKnowsEnoughWholeTodayWaterPerfectImpossibleAirKeysFitExerciseNormalSurvivalFruitToleranceDo You KnowVegetablesGrainJunkProteinVitaminsMineralsSurvival Of The FittestImpurityFruits And VegetablesWhole GrainsVitamins And Minerals Author:Jack LaLanne
“To some degree, the critic arises out of that negativity bias in that our brains are oriented towards threat and toward survival. The critic really started as a survivor mechanism in early infancy and childhood when we were trying to navigate our early family system and culture; when we're learning how to fit in so we could optimize that flow of love and affection. It was an internal voice telling us to shut certain patterns and reactions down, that negativity bias that's always looking for what's wrong, looking for the threat.” TryingCertainCultureVoiceBrainChildhoodFitDegreesSurvivalFlowThreatCriticsPatternsAffectionReactionsAriseInternalsSurvivorMechanismNegativityBiasInfancyNavigateLove And Affection Author:Mark Coleman
“There is a danger there - a very real danger to humanity. Consider, Watson, that the material, the sensual, the worldly would all prolong their worthless lives. The spiritual would not avoid the call to something higher. It would be the survival of the least fit. What sort of cesspool may not our poor world become?” WorldMayRealWould BeSpiritualHumanityPoorDangerMaterialsHigherFitSurvivalSensualWorldlyWorthlessWatsonWorthless Life Book:Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Stories Source: Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Stories
“This is the law of the Yukon, that only the strong shall thrive; that surely the weak shall perish, and only the fit survive.” LawStrongFitSurvivalWeakThriveBeing StrongYukon Author:Robert W. Service
“If only the fit survive and if the fitter they are the longer they survive, then Volvox must have demonstrated its superb fitness more conclusively than any higher animal ever has.” IfsScienceAnimalHigherFitSurvivalAccountsSuperb Book:The Great Chain of Life Source: The Great Chain of Life
“But nature - that is, biological evolution - has not fitted man to any specific environment. On the contrary, ... he has a rather crude survival kit; and yet -this is the paradox of the human condition - one that fits him to all environments. Among the multitude of animals which scamper, fly, burrow and swim around us, man is the only one who is not locked into his environment. His imagination, his reason, his emotional subtlety and toughness, make it possible for him not to accept the environment but to change it.” MenHumansReasonImaginationAnimalAcceptingEnvironmentConditionsEmotionalEvolutionFitSurvivalContraryParadoxSwimHuman ConditionLockedMultitudesCrudeSubtletyToughnessBiological Evolution Author:Jacob Bronowski
“If a thing is old, it is a sign that it was fit to live. Old families, old customs, old styles survive because they are fit to survive. The guarantee of continuity is quality. Submerge the good in a flood of the new, and good will come back to join the good which the new brings with it. Old-fashioned hospitality, old-fashioned politeness, old-fashioned honor in business had qualities of survival. These will come back.” IfsBusinessQualityStyleHonorFitSurvivalGuaranteesCustomsFloodOld FashionedHospitalityGood WillContinuityPoliteness Author:Eddie Rickenbacker
“It's survival of the fittest. You can't have everything perfect, that's impossible, but the fit survive. The fit can handle the impurities in the air and in the water, but the poor people who are sick, it really affects them more.” PeopleWaterPerfectPoorImpossibleAirFitSurvivalSickHandlePoor PeopleSurvival Of The FittestImpurity Author:Jack LaLanne
“Over-population is a phenomenon connected with the survival of the unfit, and it is a mechanism which has created conditions favourable to the survival of the unfit and the elimination of the fit.” ConditionsFitSurvivalPopulationConnectedPhenomenonMechanismElimination Author:William Ralph Inge