Saint Ambrose Quotes

Even if they don't know it, everyone has the instinct to survive.

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

Look out for Number One. If you don't, no one else will.

You grow up rough, you think differently. You think you've got to protect yourself at all times. I didn't want any help. I thought I could do everything by myself, which you can't.

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

In the end, you have to protect yourself at all times.

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.

I'd learned a lot in the Army. I knew that above all things in the world I had to become so big, so strong that people and their hatred could never touch me.

And I like to keep whatever is mine remaining that way. It's a funny little game to play and it's a slippery slope. I always say to myself I'm never going to give anything away because there's never any point or benefit for me.

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.

I suppose that one of the reasons I wrote 'In Contempt' was because of the money. After the trial I came to realize that there were things that I needed to do if I was to protect myself and my family, so there were some selfish reasons for it.

Self preservation is the first law of nature and governments.

A man's own safety is a god that sometimes makes very grim demands.

It emasculated people to be protected in this way... [They should] be used to protecting themselves.

The first inclination which an animal has is to protect itself

Woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself.

We should be able to defend ourselves by ourselves.

You cannot rely on the police, you cannot rely on the government, you cannot rely on the bank to protect you.

Nobody else is going to protect yourself. You've got to protect yourself.

I can't take nothing for granted. I have to really protect myself - either get out of bounds or continue to finish the play.

Fighting, you have to be selfish.

The thing to do is to build a fortress within yourself.

My rule is to save myself first.

A living creature develops a destructive impulse when it wants to destroy a source of danger... The original motive is not pleasure in destruction... I destroy in a dangerous situation because I want to live and do not want to have any anxiety. In short, the impulse to destroy serves a primary biological will to live.

The trodden worm curls up. This testifies to its caution. It thus reduces its chances of being trodden upon again. In the language of morality: Humility.