106 Quotes About Self-preservation

...in my own perilous position, and above all, in the remarkable game that I saw Silver now engaged upon-keeping the mutineers together with one hand, and grasping, with the other, after every means, possible and impossible, to make his peace and save his miserable life.

I am never proud to participate in violence, yet I know that each of us must care enough for ourselves that we can be ready and able to come to our own defense when and wherever needed.

Even those who want to go to heaven would rather kill than be killed.

Truly caring people know they have to take care of themselves first.

Greed is self-preservation in action - it is selfishness in action. So to treat greed, we must treat selfishness.

For humans, not fearing death is 99% a blessing, and only 1% a curse.

A focus on self-preservation is a choice for self-destruction.

After a traumatic experience, the human system of self-preservation seems to go onto permanent alert, as if the danger might return at any moment.

People have a tendency of filtering their memories – exaggerate the positives and downplay their weaknesses and faults. Self-preservation will be another obstacle you will have to surmount when it comes to suppressed memories.