Inspirational Quotes

Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.

Self Preservation Quotes

Pragmatism Self-Control Self Preservation I'm not the kind of cat that's going to cut off an ear if I can't do something.

Bob Dylan

American singer-songwriter

Adversity Friendship Growth Self Preservation As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.

Diogenes

Acceptance Action Self Preservation Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.

Bruce Lee

American martial artist and Actor

Conflict Avoidance Prudence Self Preservation Wisdom I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.

George Bernard Shaw

Irish playwright and critic

Fear Hypocrisy Injustice Self Preservation Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice.

Plato

Secrecy Self Preservation Trust Vulnerability The biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you.

Chanakya

Hindu statesman and philosopher

Caution Patience Self Preservation Wisdom Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.

Calvin Coolidge

30th U.S. President

Collapse Communism Danger Self Preservation The clock of communism has stopped striking. But its concrete building has not yet come crashing down. For that reason, instead of freeing ourselves, we must try to save ourselves from being crushed by its rubble.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn