Self-preservation Quotes

He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich.

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.

Self-preservation is an important thing to me.

Self-preservation, nature's first great law, all the creatures, except man, doth awe.

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

Whether they are defending the Soviet Union or bleating for Saddam Hussein, liberals are always against America. They are either traitors or idiots, and on the matter of America's self-preservation, the difference is irrelevant.

Self-preservation is the first responsibility.

When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.

An insatiable appetite for glory leads to sacrifice and death, but innate instinct leads to self-preservation and life.