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Self-preservation is the central aim of all life-activities. — Boris Sidis

Beauty should never lower its guard around Appetite. — Shay Caroline

Denial is a defense mechanism, all about self-preservation. — Eric Jerome Dickey

Conflate a narcissistic instinct for self-preservation with moral superiority. — Dennis Lehane

Self-preservation is the first responsibility. — Margaret Anderson

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 in the other. — Thomas Jefferson

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

Shall Nature, erring from her first command, self-preservation, fall by her own hand? — George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne

Self-preservation was more important than revenge, and — Henning Mankell

The one thing that is braver each day than I is my sense of self-preservation It moves not, and stands not, unless it is driven by something — Elliott Colla

After a traumatic experience, the human system of self-preservation seems to go onto permanent alert, as if the danger might return at any moment. — Judith Lewis Herman

The Bible is always short on details. Didn't Stephen's innate sense of self-preservation thwart his martyrdom at all? — Hope Jahren

Love is annoying like that. It takes away your sense of humor and self-preservation. — Audrey Hart

Banks have a strong self-preservation instinct and are quick to adapt to new regulations. — Herve Falciani

That level of responsibility drastically conflicts with my belief in self-preservation by inactivity. — C.L. Allen

I have an instinct for survival, for self-preservation. — Julian Barnes

Self love is the instrument of our preservation. — Voltaire

The law of self-preservation is higher than written law. — Thomas Jefferson

I had learned in the last two years that the more demanding the basic needs of self-preservation grow, the closer one comes to nature. — Jacques Sandulescu

Those who cannot dance, should not dance. — Cian Beirdd

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

We are creatures of habit more than we are creatures of change. — A.J. Darkholme

Neighborliness is more than a slogan here; it is, as it has always been, an essential element of self-preservation in a challenging environment. The — Ted Koppel

We derive courage from love. Bravery borne from love trumps the ingrained desire for self-preservation. — Kilroy J. Oldster

No matter which way you dice it, self-preservation is selfish. — Keith Houghton

There's a fine line between self-preservation and mummification. — Mik Everett

Without parlaying with the renunciation of the world, a person must establish a means to live in harmony with the uncertainties of a chaotic world. — Kilroy J. Oldster

Memories are meant to serve you, not enslave you. — A.J. Darkholme

Do you have no sense of self-preservation? — Nalini Singh

Considering one's plate is full with circumstance, how senseless is it to assume one is able to digest someone else's hopelessness? — T.F. Hodge

Writing is the thing that sustains me and keeps me going. It is a form of self-preservation for me. — Bei Dao

If my goal is simply to survive the journey, then I'm not on the journey in the first place. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

She had a kind heart, though that is not of much use when it comes to the matter of self-preservation. — Penelope Fitzgerald

Self-preservation is an enemy of love. — Roxanna Aliba Kazibwe

This passion because it is so strong, must destroy in order to be contained within the limits of self-preservation. — Sabina Spielrein

There's so much that you can get mad about. Out of self-preservation, I focus on being grateful. — Mariska Hargitay

She didn't dare expose her heart the way she'd exposed her body. — Nicki Elson

Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue. — Baruch Spinoza

He had all the self-preservation instincts of a bug near a shiny windshield. — Karen Chance

Self-preservation isn't worth it if you can't live with the self you're preserving — David Levithan

His (the theologian) basic instinct of self preservation forbids him to respect reality at any point or even to let it get a word in. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Fear brings out the basest instincts," writes British political scientist Sue Goss, "and narrows our sense of belonging to self-preservation."16 — Diana Butler Bass

Anger is a legitimate feeling, one often designed for self-protection. — Kimberlee Roth

Marine training is essentially a psychological battle against the instinct for self-preservation. — Nathaniel Fick

Self-Preservation is a full-time occupation. — Ani DiFranco

But poetry is not to be lived, except for the few to whom it is more important than self-preservation. — Rosamond Lehmann

That form of the instinct of self-preservation with which we guard everything that is best in ourselves ... — Marcel Proust

Should I take anything?" I asked, as Shamus slammed the trunk shut.
"A healthy sense of self-preservation would be good," he said. — Devon Monk

Her cowardice had been re-branded as self-preservation, and she was grateful for it. — Jayne Lockwood

Humor was another of the soul's weapons in the fight for self-preservation. — Viktor E. Frankl

Sometimes you just need to know when a fight is best saved for another day when the odds are more in your favour. — A.J. Darkholme

No one could have called Mr. Standen quick-witted, but the possession of three sisters had considerably sharpened his instinct of self-preservation. — Georgette Heyer

Wealth is not what you have for yourself. Wealth is what you share with others. — J.R. Rim

Self-preservation is an important thing to me. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

I have to take care of myself. It's about self-preservation. — Danielle De Niese

Damaged people were survivors, and they survived because they always put themselves first. Self-preservation demanded it. — Penelope Douglas

Man's rights are evident branches of, rather than deductions from, the duty of self-preservation, commonly called the first law of nature. — Samuel Adams

There are some things that a woman knows that she cannot tell even her family. It is part intuition and part self-preservation. — Alyson Richman

Hunger, love, pain, fear are some of those inner forces which rule the individual's instinct for self preservation. — Albert Einstein

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

She must protect herself. There would be no one to do it for her. A plan started to prick up its ears inside her, slowly, but getting stronger. — Catherynne M Valente

But I will write in spite of everything, absolutely; it is my struggle for self-preservation. — Franz Kafka

Human institutions depend for their existence and stability on the impulse of self-preservation and its close associate, the fear instinct. — Boris Sidis

Love is not a purpose, it's a paradox; it's not an end-goal, it's an auxiliary fuel source to help get there. — A.J. Darkholme

Concerning the blindness and bigotry of people, the pleasures of hatred rise superior even to the instinct of self-preservation. — Isaac Asimov

For his sake, I'm glad he disappeared. I don't blame him. I know it was an act of self-preservation. — Hannah Hart

Self-preservation is the first principle of our nature. — Alexander Hamilton

Self-preservation has a tendency to lead to poverty. — Jim Rohn

See yourself as a long-term work in progress, not a short-term project of preservation. — Oli Anderson

Man's strongest instinct is not sex or self-preservation. it's to level the playing field. — Ron Brackin

When you're surrounded by stupidity, self-preservation isn't a sin. — Meljean Brook

And this is the final meaning of work: the extension of human consciousness. The lesser meaning of work is the achieving of self-preservation. — D.H. Lawrence

Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation. — J.R.R. Tolkien

Oh, I've no sense of self-preservation," Reynard replied easily. "That's what I depend on you for. — Martha Wells

Self-preservation is the first law of nature. — Samuel Butler

If a man smite you on one cheek, smash him down; smite him hip and thigh, for self-preservation is the highest law. — Ragnar Redbeard

I've got a sense of self-preservation. OK, granted , it's still in the original shrink wrap but I've got one if I ever want to use it. — Rachel Caine

Fuckin' A ... hope didn't so much spring eternal as it drowned out common sense and self-preservation. — J.R. Ward

Self-preservation and self-denial: the basis of all political economy. — Lord Acton

The signs are just not subtle enough to pass onto oversight in lieu of self preservation. — Daleen Van Tonder

the right to self-preservation could become egotism, and the power of generation could become license, — Fulton J. Sheen

Instantaneous forgiveness can bring longstanding self-preservation, not to mention a cheaper Ralph's bill on Rolaids. — Ace Antonio Hall

Careers, children and homemaking all come above preserving your appearance. Self-preservation is at the bottom of the scale. — Trinny Woodall

Man is wise to fear: it sharpens the sense of self-preservation. — Anne McCaffrey

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. — Diogenes

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

As comedy presents the vital rhythm of self-preservation, tragedy exhibits that of self-consummation. — Susanne Katherina Langer

Where the hell is your sense of self-preservation, woman? You reckless, beautiful, stray cat! — Sandra Ross

Self-preservation is an art and I a masterpiece. — Sonya Vatomsky

Luckily, I's learned at an early age that self-preservation was the only way to survive with your soul intact. — Abbi Glines

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

Everyone has a story; everyone hides his past as a means of self-preservation. Some just do it better, and more thoroughly, than others. — Jodi Picoult

A biomass will live with a self-preservation instinct — Sunday Adelaja

The human being to lack that second skin we call egoism has not yet been born, it lasts much longer than the other one, that bleeds so readily. — Jose Saramago

In the Darwinian world, self-preservation is the ultimate shiny good. — N.D. Wilson

The law of self-destruction and the law of self-preservation are equally strong in mankind! — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Life is an addiction and self-preservation is its sweetest high — Taylor P. Davidson

Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare. — Audre Lorde