Self Preservation Quotes

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Self-preservation is the first law of nature. — Samuel Butler
When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness. — Joseph Campbell
With the exception of the instinct of self-preservation, the propensity for emulation is probably the strongest and most alert and persistent of the economic motives… — Thorstein Veblen
To condemn spontaneous and delightful occupations because they are useless for self-preservation shows an uncritical prizing of life irrespective of its content. — George Santayana
Hunger, love, pain, fear are some of those inner forces which rule the individual's instinct for self preservation. — Albert Einstein
We have the wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him, nor safely let him go. Justice is in one scale, and self-preservation… — Thomas Jefferson
I am a Muslim and . . . my religion makes me be against all forms of racism. It keeps me from judging any man… — Malcolm X
It is in vain to oppose constitutional barriers to the impulse of self-preservation. It is worse than in vain; because it plants in the Constitution… — James Madison
For a moment the feeling crept over me that my work, my vision, is going to destroy me, and for a fleeting moment I let… — Werner Herzog
I was scared before every battle. That old instinct of self-preservation is a pretty basic thing, but while the action was going on some part… — Audie Murphy
There's so much that you can get mad about. Out of self-preservation, I focus on being grateful. — Mariska Hargitay
Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: first, a right to life; second, to liberty; third, to property; together with the right to… — Samuel Adams
The law of self-preservation is higher than written law. — Thomas Jefferson
Everybody has a hard job. All real work is hard. My work happened also to be undoable. Morning after morning for 50 years, I faced… — Philip Roth
Our culture has few taboos that can't be violated, and our establishment has largely given up on setting standards in the first place. Except where… — Ross Douthat
My inner wolf seeks to destroy the one I love for reasons of self-preservation. For the only cure to free my soul is to be… — Bree Despain
Isn't it funny how the memories you cherish before a breakup can become your worst enemies afterwards? The thoughts you loved to think about, the… — Ally Condie
Self-preservation's a man's first duty. And natives don't mind dying, you know. They don't feel about it as Europeans do. — Agatha Christie
Each of us is born with two contradictory sets of instructions: a conservative tendency, made up of instincts for self-preservation, self-aggrandizement, and saving energy, and… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Self-preservation, nature's first great law, all the creatures, except man, doth awe. — Andrew Marvell

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