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Survival Quotes by Audre Lorde
- Difference is that raw and powerful connection from which our personal power is forged... We have been taught to either ignore our differences or to…
- I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival.
- The love expressed between women is particular and powerful because we have had to love in order to live; love has been our survival.
- My anger has meant pain to me but it has also meant survival, and before I give it up I'm going to be sure that…
- But the question is a matter of the survival and the teaching. That's what our work comes down to. No matter where we key into…
- I have a duty to speak the truth as I see it and share not just my triumphs, not just the things that felt good,…
- Those of us who stand outside the circle of this society's definition of acceptable women; those of us who have been forged in the crucibles…
- ... poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence. It forms the quality of the light within which we predicate…
- For women ... poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence. It forms the quality of light within which we…
More Survival Quotes
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
- I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude. — Desi Arnaz
- From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life. — Arthur Ashe
- A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there's less of you. — Margaret Atwood
- I grew up in the north woods of Canada. You had to know certain things about survival. Wilderness survival courses weren't very… — Margaret Atwood
- My great-grandfather, Sam Aykroyd, was a dentist in Kingston, Ontario, and he was also an Edwardian spiritualist researcher who was very interested… — Dan Aykroyd
- Government is necessary for our survival. We need government in order to survive. The Founding Fathers created a special place for government.… — Michael Badnarik
- Action is the antidote to despair. — Joan Baez
- For the record, I believe elected officials should talk about faith. Our founders believed the moral principles of faith were indispensable to… — Gary Bauer
- It's hard to give up the self-esteem connected to being codependent and appearing 'right,' which is probably a survival behavior learned from… — Melody Beattie
- It is not in giving life but in risking life that man is raised above the animal; that is why superiority has… — Simone de Beauvoir
- Cancer victims who don't accept their fate, who don't learn to live with it, will only destroy what little time they have… — Ingrid Bergman