Preservation Quotes

The tendency of life is not the preservation of the species, but solely the preservation of each individual organism, as long as it is in existence at all, and is able to carry on its life processes.

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

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 killed, in an act of true love, by the one who loves me most.

It is our duty and our privilege to exhaust our lives for Jesus. We are not to be living specimens of men in fine preservation, but living sacrifices, whose lot is to be consumed

A good starting point [in the measurement of investment risk] is the preservation and enhancement of your purchasing power in real terms.

A society that feels itself too poor to afford the preservation of wilderness is not worthy of the name civilization.

If Todd [Willingham] was guilty of anything, it was just his self-preservation. He got up and ran out of the house and then thought about the children after the fact.

The power that keeps cities of men together Is noble preservation of law.

The blood of a nation ought never to be shed except for its own preservation in the utmost extremity.

Be still, Be joyous, Celebrate creation, preservation and destruction; For these are the seasons of your life: Of your knowing and being.

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.

Shall Nature, erring from her first command, self-preservation, fall by her own hand?

How important is a constant intercourse with nature and the contemplation of natural phenomena to the preservation of moral and intellectual health!

We are indebted to the Book of books (Bible) for our national ideals and institution. Their preservation rests in adhering to it's precepts.

The best service that can be rendered to a Country, next to that of giving it liberty, is in diffusing the mental improvement equally essential to the preservation, and the enjoyment of the blessing.

I'm pretty healthy so I think that helps a lot. I've been that way for a long time - 20 solid years of eating vegetarian/vegan and taking care of myself. That probably helps the preservation process.

The preservation of friendship is seen as opportunism. You are required to be in one camp or the other. You are enjoined to cut your heartstrings if they extend across the barricade.

These auspicious aspects, which the astrologers subsequently interpreted for me, may have been the causes of my preservation.

This is partly a function of approval ratings. People pay attention [to polls] and start saying, 'Lets take a more independent tack.' It is frankly self-interest, self-preservation.

Is it not wonderful, that the love of the parent should be so violent while it lasts and that it should last no longer than is necessary for the preservation of the young?

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

Thermonuclear fusion is an absolute requirement, for the preservation of the human species.

When you think of pristine preservation of America, you immediately think of Tulsa and Oklahoma.

It is the preservation of the species, not of individuals, which appears to be the design of Deity throughout the whole of nature.

According to Dickens, the first rule of human nature is self-preservation and when I forgive him for writing a character as pathetic as Oliver Twist, I'll thank him for the advice.

In the Darwinian world, self-preservation is the ultimate shiny good.

All Plutophiles are based in America. If you go to other countries, they have much less of an attachment to either the existence or preservation of Pluto as a planet.

What makes a church great in the eyes of God? Participation, proclamation, preservation, and propagation. Every church ought to exhibit all four.

Not that I don't appreciate the rescue," Holt said. "But I'm forced to ask, in the interest of self-preservation ... exactly how well armed are you right now?

If the incentives are aligned right - towards better preservation and restoration of nature and natural resources - then you'll see a tremendous amount of activity in that direction.

We are the Draft Beer Preservation Society.

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

Slavery is not penal in character and planned by that law which commands the preservation of the natural order and forbids disturbance.

The healing of our relationship with place begins with the preservation of the natural environment. We cannot go to the wild for renewal if no wilderness is left.

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

I want to see everything. I guess the positive version of not seeing or not knowing would be preservation of fantasy.

The only trouble with the movement for the preservation of our forests is that it has not gone nearly far enough, and was not begun soon enough.

There is nothing more practical than the preservation of beauty, than the preservation of anything that appeals to the higher emotions of mankind

The Highlanders regale themselves with whisky. They find it an excellent preservation against the winter cold. It is given with great success to the infants in the confluent smallpox.

When you go on an extreme diet, your body's self-preservation mechanism responds by burning calories as slowly as possible. Of course, that makes it much more difficult to lose weight.

Conscience is the guardian in the individual of the rules which the community has evolved for its own preservation.

I'm a citizen of the U.S.A but I also travel around the world and love other countries like the UK as if it was my own. I love your tolerance and preservation of the arts.

Nature does require her times of preservation.

I am never proud to participate in violence, yet I know that each of us must care enough for ourselves that we can be ready and able to come to our own defense when and wherever needed.

The first sentiment of man was that of his existence, his first care that of preserving it.

The continuation of man’s life is more attributable to his fear of death than it is to his desire to live. As a matter of fact, in countless cases, it is attributable to only the former.

Law is made by the winner to preserve victory over the loser.

Some social ills are preserved by the common misbelief that things such as ignorance, greed, and stupidity do not have the stamina required to reach old age.

She's Devine.She's Magic. And she didn't have to wait for anyone to tell her in order for her to believe that about herself. And that's what made her so magically beautiful.

Even those who want to go to heaven would rather kill than be killed.