Ronda Rousey Quotes

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

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

Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating. It means nothing.

Surviving is not something you need to learn. You don't need to learn survival skills; you have them already. That's why we're here, all of us, because it's a game of survival anyway.

Self-preservation is the first principle of our nature.

I have an instinct for survival, for self-preservation.

We are all ruled in what we do by impulses; and these impulses are so organized that our actions in general serve for our self preservation and that of the race.

Just like an animal, when you want to survive, you don't think anymore.

That human beings seek their own well-being and that of those close to them is not an especially provocative discovery. What is important is that this universal aspect of human nature persists no matter what economic system is in place; it merely expresses itself in different forms.

Survival is my primary instinct...it's out of my control. It's stronger than me. It's an outside force, a voice that says 'do this for your life or it will devour you.'

It is unfair to blame man too fiercely for being pugnacious; he learned the habit from Nature.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

It is ingrained in all living creatures, first of all, to preserve their own safety, to guard against what is harmful, to strive for what is advantageous.

The private interest of the individual would not be sufficiently provided for by reasonable and cool self-love alone; therefore the appetites and passions are placed within as a guard and further security, without which it would not be taken due care of.

Self-preservation is the first responsibility.

In extreme danger, fear feels no pity.

Nature... is nothing but the inner voice of self-interest.

Nature governs man by no principle more fixed than that which leads him to pursue his interest.

Survival," I said softly. "It's selfish, and it's dark, and we've always been a species willing to do anything to satisfy our needs. Individuals have morals. Mobs have appetites.

People will do amazing things to ensure their survival.

I have one instinct stronger than any other thing in life, and that is the instinct for survival.

Nature seems to look after her own only up to a certain point; beyond that they are supposed to fend for themselves.

I find that whoever you are as a person is how you're gonna fight, and every basic instinct kind of comes out at that moment.

Politics is applied biology.

To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general, the vitality and relative dignity of an animal can be measured by the intensity of its instinct to revolt.