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title: "15 Instinct Survival Quotes by 14 authors"
description: "Browse 15 Instinct Survival quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Instinct Survival sayings and thoughts."
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> [I have an instinct for survival, for self-preservation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-barnes/i-have-an-instinct-for-survival-for-self-preservation/)

[Julian Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-barnes/)

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> [“We use God to justify our actions when in fact it is our own instinct for survival that pushes us on.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-moggach/we-use-god-to-justify-our-actions-when-in-fact-it-is-our-own-instinct/)

[Deborah Moggach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-moggach/)

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> [I have one instinct stronger than any other thing in life, and that is the instinct for survival.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-lagerfeld/i-have-one-instinct-stronger-than-any-other-thing-in-life-and-that-is/)

[Karl Lagerfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-lagerfeld/)

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> [Creativity to me is the life force that is in us. It’s an animalistic instinct for survival.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-tahari/creativity-to-me-is-the-life-force-that-is-in-us-it-s-an-animalistic/)

[Elie Tahari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-tahari/)

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> [“There is an art to living that is far above the base human instinct of survival. I want to live beautifully.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennie-allen/there-is-an-art-to-living-that-is-far-above-the-base-human-instinct/)

[Jennie Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennie-allen/)

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> [In the greater part of humankind there resides an instinct for survival. It is this which can clutch at straws and effect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tanith-lee/in-the-greater-part-of-humankind-there-resides-an-instinct-for/)

[Tanith Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tanith-lee/)

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> [Our most basic instinct is not for survival but for family. Most of us would give our own life for the survival…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/our-most-basic-instinct-is-not-for-survival-but-for-family-most-of-us/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“I think I have an instinct for survival, for self-preservation. Perhaps this is what Veronica called cowardice and I called being peaceable.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-barnes/i-think-i-have-an-instinct-for-survival-for-self-preservation-perhaps/)

[Julian Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-barnes/)

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> [“In the passing months, the base for their impossible love story had been built on the knowledge that beneath them was earth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anat-talshir/in-the-passing-months-the-base-for-their-impossible-love-story-had/)

[Anat Talshir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anat-talshir/)

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> [“What is life, except an ongoing instinct for survival? Nature uses that instinct to make us perform; otherwise we would all relax,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/piers-anthony/what-is-life-except-an-ongoing-instinct-for-survival-nature-uses-that/)

[Piers Anthony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/piers-anthony/)

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> [“In World War II, some Japanese soldiers preferred to take their own lives rather become prisoners of war. In Saipan hundreds of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harald-welzer/in-world-war-ii-some-japanese-soldiers-preferred-to-take-their-own/)

[Harald Welzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harald-welzer/)

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> [Our most basic instinct is not for survival but for family. Most of us would give our own life for the survival…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neiviv-eiram-ocsicnarf/our-most-basic-instinct-is-not-for-survival-but-for-family-most-of-us-2/)

[Neiviv Eiram Ocsicnarf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neiviv-eiram-ocsicnarf/)

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> [“Hardship can humble you, but it cannot break you unless you let it. Your instinct for survival will see you through if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-d-jakes-2/hardship-can-humble-you-but-it-cannot-break-you-unless-you-let-it/)

[T.D. Jakes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-d-jakes-2/)

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> [We're told, often enough, that as a species we are poised on the edge of the abyss. It's possible that our puffed-up,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/we-re-told-often-enough-that-as-a-species-we-are-poised-on-the-edge/)

[Arundhati Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arundhati-roy/)

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> [Amazingly, we take for granted that instinct for survival, fear of death, must separate us from the happiness of pure and uninterpreted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-matthiessen/amazingly-we-take-for-granted-that-instinct-for-survival-fear-of/)

[Peter Matthiessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-matthiessen/)

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