Survived Quotes

• I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

  Bette Davis

  Women, Empowering, Inspirational Women

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• The creative adult is the child who has survived.

  Ursula K. Le Guin

  Children, Creativity, Imagination

  Ursula K. Le Guin (2017). “No Time to Spare: Thinking about what Matters”, p.120, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Peace, War, Hate

  Speech in Ottawa on January 10, 1946. "Eisenhower Speaks: Dwight D. Eisenhower in His Messages and Speeches". Book edited by Rudolph L. Treuenfels, 1948.

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• Where was I?""A different island," said old Tallow. Her voice was stern, but there was an ache in her look that Omakayas had never before seen. "An island called Spirit Island where everyone but you died of the itching sickness- you were the toughest one, the littlest one, and you survived them all.""You were sent here so you could save the others," she said. "Because you'd had the sickness, you were strong enough to nurse them through it. They did a good thing when they took you in, and you saved them for their good act. Now the circle that began when I found you is complete.

  Louise Erdrich

  Strong, Islands, Circles

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• Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me.

  Ingrid Bergman

  Inspirational, Encouraging, Cancer

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When I look back on my life, I wonder how I survived - my mother said I had a guardian angel.

  Micky Dolenz

  Mother, Angel, Looks

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• I've been through hell. It's hard to think you have this life, and then all of a sudden - was it a lie? You're struggling because it wasn't real. But I survived. It was hard, but it didn't kill me.

  Elin Nordegren

  Real, Lying, Struggle

  "Elin: I Never Hit Tiger Woods With A Golf Club" by Jay Yarow, www.businessinsider.com. August 25, 2010.

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• Someone has to spread the good news that we survived.

  Stephenie Meyer

  News, Spread, Good News

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• Scars are beautiful when we see them as glorious reminders that we courageously survived.

  Lysa TerKeurst

  Beautiful, Scar, Reminders

  Twitter post from Jan 31, 2016

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• I survived, but it's not a happy ending.

  Tim O'Brien

  Life, Happy Endings, Rainy

  Tim O'Brien (2009). “The Things They Carried”, p.58, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I have survived and possibly I should not hope for more than that.

  Christine Keeler

  Should

  Christine Keeler, Douglas Thompson (2012). “Secrets and Lies: Now Profumo is Dead, I Can Finally Reveal the Truth About the Most Shocking Scandal in British Politic”, p.244, John Blake Publishing

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• You don’t seduce in the same way at my age. You seduce with brains, with talent. Yesterday for lunch I met the most incredible 90-year-old woman. She survived Auschwitz, she was beautiful, she didn’t have white hair, she didn’t wear glasses. She was totally seductive. I just thought, Oh, my God, I still have time ahead of me.

  Diane von Furstenberg

  Beautiful, Glasses, Hair

  "How Diane von Furstenberg Is Like a Cowboy". Interview with Andrew Goldman, www.nytimes.com. June 28, 2013.

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• One of my favorite things about hanging out with the monsters is the healing. Straight humans seemed to get killed on me a lot. Monsters survived. Let's hear it for the monsters.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Healing, Monsters, Favorites Things

  Laurell K. Hamilton (2011). “Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter collection 11-15”, p.252, Penguin

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• But don't forget who you really are. And I'm not talking about your so-called real name. All names are made up by someone else, even the one your parents gave you. You know who you really are. When you're alone at night, looking up at the stars, or maybe lying in your bed in total darkness, you know that nameless person inside you...Your muscles will toughen. So will your heart and soul. That's necessary for survival. But don't lose touch with that person deep inside you, or else you won't really have survived at all.

  Louis Sachar

  Stars, Lying, Real

  Louis Sachar (2013). “Stanley Yelnats' Survival Guide to Camp Greenlake”, p.89, A&C Black

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• I've overcome a lot - sexual abuse, death of a loved one, bad parents and experienced life. My nature is such I not only survived all this but I have thrived. I've always been psychologically ambitious in that I've never been willing to settle emotionally for anything less then what's needed. I've wanted more then that from life.

  Augusten Burroughs

  Death Of A Loved One, Parent, Abuse

  Source: blogcritics.org

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• I have survived. I am here. Confused, screwed up, but here. So, how can I find my way? Is there a chain saw of the soul, an ax I can take to my memories or fears?

  Laurie Halse Anderson

  Truth, Memories, Confused

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2011). “Speak”, p.188, Macmillan

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• I'm surprised that I've survived my own dysfunction, really.

  George Michael

  Dysfunction, My Own

  "George Michael: 'I'm surprised I've survived my own dysfunction'". Interview with Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. December 4, 2009.

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• she died.i survived because i survived.i die everyday.

  Ravinder Singh

  Everyday, Died, Dies

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• I've lived through a lifetime of crises and survived.

  Bess Myerson

  Lifetime, Crisis

  "Chronicle" by Nadine Brozan, www.nytimes.com. October 1, 1994.

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• I survive. I survived it all then and I'll survive the rest of it. Without your help.

  Janet Morris

  Commitment, Discipline, Ontology

  Janet Morris (2011). “Tempus with His Right-Side Companion Niko”, p.235, Paradise Publishing

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• Great minds have always seen it. That is why man has survived his journey this long. When we fail to wish any longer to be otherwise than what we are, we will have ceased to evolve. Evolution has to be lived forward. I say this as one who has stood above the bones of much that has vanished, and at midnight has examined his own face.

  Loren Eiseley

  Journey, Men, Long

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• I like to think of birthdays as celebrating life." "Only losers acknowledge they survived a year and hope they cheat death again.

  P. C. Cast

  Thinking, Years, Loser

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• I could be dead or something even more tragic could have happened, but by God's grace I am still alive. I was hooked on Crystal Meth for eight years and did it every single day, all day long. I honestly have no idea how my heart survived or how I didn't suffer multiple overdoses, I don't get it.

  Christian Hosoi

  Heart, Eight, Years

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

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• Remember all those times I swore I needed you? Well consider them lies because baby here I am without you and I survived.

  Lil Wayne

  Baby, Hate, Lying

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• I feel like I have a Ph.D. in life, I'm a survivor. I've not only survived, I've thrived.

  Gennifer Flowers

  Survivor, Feels

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