Best Survivor Quotes to Inspire, Uplift & Motivate You Every Day

“People say they want the cancer survivor, the good stories, but what they want - at least my audience - is pictures of hot girls.”

“It's great to be part of Survivor Series and getting the chance to do that. At the same time I want NXT to stand out on its own.”

“I've always had the spirit of a survivor.”

“I'm a survivor.”

“The 'Survivor' community is very tight. I mean very tight.”

“Survivor Series is all about teamwork.”

“I'm actually a survivor of throat cancer so I'm very, very careful with my voice.”

“Stephen's the great survivor, isn't he? He just goes on and on.”

“I'm not playing 'Survivor' when someone I love has cancer.”

“I don't miss a minute of 'Survivor.'”

“The band I was in, Soul Survivor, moved to Los Angeles in 1964 and tried real hard for two years.”

“I like myself being a survivor.”

“To not only be a cancer survivor, but to return to the sport of boxing, because, I mean, this is not basketball, this is not baseball, this is not a sport you play. This is a sport where you can die in the ring. So it says a lot to me to come back and be a world champion in that aspect.”

“A lot changed when I had Natasha. I'm a survivor.”

“I'm not just a runner. I'm not just a fast guy. I'm a fighter. I'm a survivor in life.”

“I'm a survivalist and a survivor.”

“My mother is a survivor who's had a lot of things happen in her life that have been very trying.”

“My kids - even though it's a family business - they don't even know what day or time 'Survivor' is even on. They just know it's on TiVo.”

“'Survivor' was not fixed. There's no way to fix 'Survivor.'”

“My name is Rene Angelil, throat cancer survivor, artist manager, and I am also known as Celine Dion's husband.”

“You recognize a survivor when you see one. You recognize a fighter when you see one.”

“I love 'Survivor.' It's the best show ever.”

“I have always said about myself I am a survivor because I am.”

“More than a victim, I am a survivor of a dehumanization process.”

“You were born a winner, a warrior, one who defied the odds by surviving the most gruesome battle of them all - the race to the egg. And now that you are a giant, why do you even doubt victory against smaller numbers and wider margins? The only walls that exist are those you have placed in your mind. And whatever obstacles you conceive, exist only because you have forgotten what you have already achieved.”

“So often survivors have had their experiences denied, trivialized, or distorted. Writing is an important avenue for healing because it gives you the opportunity to define your own reality. You can say: This did happen to me. It was that bad. It was the fault & responsibility of the adult. I was—and am—innocent.” The Courage to Heal by Ellen Bass & Laura Davis”

“Over time as most people fail the survivor's exacting test of trustworthiness, she tends to withdraw from relationships. The isolation of the survivor thus persists even after she is free.”

“It was no coincidence, that fear could move a person to extremes, just as seamlessly as love. They were the conjoined twins of emotion: If you didn't know what was at stake to lose, you had nothing to fight for.”

“Rousseau said that a woman’s place is the home. Many women are at home…watching their children starve. Some Assembly members voted for schools to teach girls home arts. Did any woman of the Third Estate not learn home arts as soon as she could walk? If women were educated, they’d have other ways to feed their children besides laundering and whoring.”

“She’d always loved the mountains, but as she turned back to face the spectacular seascape in the distance, she nearly lost her breath at the diversity of beauty to be found on this ancient, tiny island. She remembered a thought she’d had, just briefly, during her first day ever walking in Ireland, when they were going down through the forest on the way from Glenmalure to Glendalough. I could live my life doing this, she’d thought. And she’d done that, for a while.”

“If you hope for something, truly yearn for it from deep inside yourself, you have to try everything you can to make it come true. That’s the key to life, my young friend. You won’t always succeed, but knowing you’ve tried your best will carry you through. And sometimes, when you do succeed in making your hopes real, it allows all the beauty of being here on this earth to fill you up with joy.”

“The calming presence of the forest merged with the beating hearts of the human beings, each of whom was emanating the same peaceful energy that Emily was feeling. This is magical, she thought. I could live my life doing this. And then the moment passed.”

“My people believe in balance,” he said. “We believe that all living things—plants, animals, people—have an intelligent spirit, and that they all make important contributions to the balance of the world.”

“He told me that if I hung up, he'd do it. He would commit suicide. He told me that if I called the cops he would kill every single one of them and I knew that he had the potential and the means to do it”

“Today I wore a pair of faded old jeans and a plain grey baggy shirt. I hadn't even taken a shower, and I did not put on an ounce of makeup. I grabbed a worn out black oversized jacket to cover myself with even though it is warm outside. I have made conscious decisions lately to look like less of what I felt a male would want to see. I want to disappear.”

“Intimidated, old traumas triggered, and fearing for my safety, I did what I felt I needed to do.”

“REMEMBER YOUR GREATNESS”

“You think maybe if you just work harder and faster, you can hold off the chaos, but then one day you’re changing a patio light bulb with a five-year life span and you realize how you’ll only be changing this light maybe ten more times before you’ll be dead.”