Human life Quote by Jacob Riis

“and those modes of defence are alone good, certain and lasting, which depend upon yourself and your own worth.”

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“I've tried to shield myself from life and inhabit my own small, safe corner; but there's no immunity from life.”

— Ann Kidd Taylor Sue Monk Kidd

“Human nature is human nature. We subject ourselves to things we know we might not be able to endure. We do it to test…

— Dan Smith

“Self-defense is an act that implies you have something valuable to defend. After the instinct, you begin to wonder. What, specifically, was I aiming…

— Emily Arsenault

“Life is always dangerous—never forget that. In the end, perhaps, not only great natural forces, but the work of our own hands may destroy…

— Agatha Christie

“We are highly susceptible to self destruction when we aren’t doing what we really want with our lives.”

— James Dillehay

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

— John Dryden

“Unless we learn to know ourselves, we run the danger of destroying ourselves.”

— Ja A. Jahannes

“I have made plenty of enemies in my lifetime, but none has ever done me as much injury as I do myself.”

— Kathryn L. Nelson

“Your self-defense becomes a self-defeat when you are doing it for selfish reasons! It's not about you and your pocket alone; let it be…

— Israelmore Ayivor

“There's no room for selfishness when you have a defenseless human being depending on you.”

— Mia Asher

“We are often our own worst enemies. We create our own limitations and then complain that life is unfair.”

— Carlos Wallace