I told Ella Mae Cheeks Johnson, then age 105, that she was the only person over 80 who I'd ever met who never referred to her physical infirmities or health problems. To which she replied, "I have my difficulties; I do not rejoice in them.
Patricia MulcahyTags: age woman survival positive-thinking positive-attitude infirmities ailments
I thought about the earth then, really thought about it, the tsunami's and earthquakes and volcanoes, all the horrors I haven't witnessed but have changed my life, the lives of everyone I know, all the people I'll never know. I thought about life without the sun, the moon, stars, without flowers and warm days in May. I thought about a year ago and all the good things I'd taken for granted and all the unbearable things that had replaced those simple blessings. And even though I hated the thought of crying in from of Syl, tears streamed down my face.
Susan Beth PfefferTags: family sun living survival
Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen. The stubborn retention of it, even in the face of extreme physical hardship, can hold a man's soul in his body long past the point at which the body should have surrendered it.
Laura HillenbrandTough times don't last, tough people do, remember?
Gregory PeckTags: inspirational survival attitude enduring
Surviving is one thing," he said quietly, his voice suddenly calmer, "but you've got to have a reason to do it. There's no point in living if you don't have anything worth living for.
David MoodyTags: life reason living survival
Survivors aren't always the strongest; sometimes they're the smartest, but more often simply the luckiest.
Carrie RyanTags: survival survival-of-the-fittest
War is not for winning, Masha," sighed Koschei, reading the tracks of supply lines, of pincer strategies, over her shoulder. "It is for surviving.
Catherynne M. ValenteMother Fuckers. They're going to feel pretty stupid when they find out.
They're fucking with the wrong people.
Tags: survival aggression zombies confrontation payback walking-dead
How should a Jew feel? There we went through the seven gates of hell for matzos. Here I stand in matzos over my head. So how should a Jew feel? You are an angel of God, and the Rebbe, he should live and be well, the Rebbe made miracles and wonders for me. At night, I tell myself it is a dream and I am afraid to wake up. If it is a dream, better I should not wake up, better I should die in my sleep.
Chaim PotokTags: persecution survival confusion torment matzos
For the first time in his existence, he knew he was drowning and he wasn't thinking about survival.
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