A Quote by Margaret Anderson

Self-preservation is the first responsibility.

Margaret Anderson

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First Preservation Responsibility Self Self-Preservation

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Margaret Anderson
American - Editor
November 24, 1886 - October 18, 1973

The goal of the martial arts is not for the destruction of an opponent, but rather for self-growth and self-perfection. The practice of a martial art should be a practice of love - for the preservation of life, for the preservation of body, and for the preservation of family and friends.

Dan Inosanto

The human instinct for self-preservation is strong. I know, because mine pulls at me, too, like the needle on a compass. And everybody - I've been reading some philosophy - everybody seems to agree that the instinct and responsibility of all humans is to take care of themselves first. You have the right to self-defense. You have the right to survive, if you can.

Nancy Werlin

When the collective mentality of any organization is self and self-preservation first, it's a sure sign of pending doom.

Chris Fussell

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

Samuel Butler

People always choose self-preservation over the greater good, most of the time, with the belief that self-preservation is the greater good.

Dana Loesch

Physiologists should think before putting down the instinct of self-preservation as the cardinal instinct of an organic being. A living thing seeks above all to discharge its strength--life itself is will to power; self-preservation is only one of the indirect and most frequent results.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Self-preservation is the first principle of our nature.

Alexander Hamilton

In America, the political system just is paralyzed for whatever reason. Maybe I'm right, maybe I'm wrong, in that it's just become this giant blob bureaucracy, the primary objective is self-preservation, and the definition of self-preservation is don't do anything because then you continue to illustrate where you're needed.

Rush Limbaugh

Self-preservation shouldn't be the first instinct in politics. It should be doing the right thing for the country.

Seth Moulton

Summer has come with the loveliness of a mother Heat, not warmth, now pours onto my face, aging me, taking me closer to death. Let it. I am here to live my story, to love my story. I will not fail to savor any gift out of a desire for self-preservation. Self-preservation is not a great virtue in this story.

N.D. Wilson

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

Andrew Marvell

Two ideas are psychologically deep-rooted in man: self-protection and self-preservation. For self-protection man has created God, on whom he depends for his own protection, safety and security, just as a child depends on its parent. For self-preservation man has conceived the idea of an immortal Soul or Atman, which will live eternally. In his ignorance, weakness, fear, and desire, man needs these two things to console himself. Hence he clings to them deeply and fanatically.

Walpola Rahula

Self-preservation's a man's first duty. And natives don't mind dying, you know. They don't feel about it as Europeans do.

Agatha Christie

Are we to regard the world of nature simply as a storehouse to be robbed for the immediate benefit of man? ... Does man have any responsibility for the preservation of a decent balance in nature, for the preservation of rare species, or even for the indefinite continuance of his race?