Survival Story Quotes

“He falls further into darkness. The stinging pain of daily torture and the numbing cold hardly bother him now, and he relishes the thought that soon he might disappear entirely. Then Lylitte is there in his thoughts again, and the splitting pain brings him back into this life, and again, only one thing eases the torment: winding further out of existence.”
― Joseph A. Anderson, Eden 2:b

“I hate crickets,” he said. “Yes,” she replied. “Crickets are like cilantro. You either love ‘em or hate ‘em." “Did you just say cilantro?” The look on his face suggested she had just lost her mind. ”
― Alyssa Hall, And Then I Heard the Quiet

“A tribe needed many stabilizers, as many as they could get”
― Jennifer Mugrage, The Strange Land

“It was amazing how having a goal, and taking action, made you stop caring about things like that.”
― Jennifer Mugrage, The Strange Land

“This is good,” said Ikash to Sha, looking about. “The ash is all about us, but we are not being burned.”
― Jennifer Mugrage, The Strange Land

“I wonder if things would have turned out differently, if Ihadn’t taken this trail.”
― Dawn Chalker, Bear Me in Mind

“If anyone rises to power, it's not only because he could, but also because the stars were aligned in his favor. Many with apparent means to take it failed simply because they weren't destined for the honor”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“Many Germans nowadays say they were not Nazi, and many were not, but they were nearly ALL Party members. It was safer ... and if you were not, you could end up in a ‘camp’ for retraining ... so they mostly all paid ‘lip service’ to the Nazi Party.”
― Alfred Nestor, Uncle Hitler: A Child's Traumatic Journey Through Nazi Hell to the Safety of Britain

“Whoever survived cruel situations, finds the strength of obedient faith.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Real life doesn't give anyone a 'get out of jail free' card. SHIT HAPPENS! No one is exempt. Some struggles don't give us an option for a second try. There are no 'do-overs'. We learn by living!”
― Paul Bradford, The Sum of All the Pieces: Surviving Life's Challenges and Bad Decisions

“Survival’s not weakness—it’s proof of strength.”
― Joy Michelle Austin, Half Agony, Half Hope: A Christian Romantic Suspense About Rescue, Redemption, and Unbreakable Love

“I'd rather have nothing on my own than take th scraps someone may throw me.”
― Roxann Dehlin

“If you feel like this time you won’t survive the pain, remember that you will. You may not like it. There may be times when you don’t even want to, but survive you will. And thrive. And love again. This I know to be true.”
― Jeanette LeBlanc

“God has always been with me through all the good, bad and ugly chapters of my life. Why would He leave me now?”
― Victoria Cline, Green Skies and Holy Whispers

“I’ve held on to those memories for the longest; never
letting them go because it takes time – sometimes years –
to truly understand how a childhood adventure can impact
you.
When I look back, I marvel at how surreal that day had
been. It was the kind of misadventure one had only seen
in the movies and in all those stories the protagonists were
adults, some of whom did not make it. But we were just
children, and this was happening to us. And this was as real
as it could get.
For years after, numerous existential questions raced
through my head: Was God testing us? Were we handpicked
for it? Was it preordained? Th en the fog started to lift and I
saw it for what it was: a day in the jungle. Also, a day when
everything went wrong. I’d read somewhere that adversity
does not build character, it reveals it. We were tested, we
were pushed to the limits of our physical and emotional
endurance. We made it out alive, and it is important that
this experience be shared.”
― Nidhie Sharma, INVICTUS

“Sometimes the universe gives signs, it foreshadows.
It warns. Sometimes coming events cast their shadows before.Momentously happy ones too. But sometimes those signs are just our hearts wanting something so desperately that we project them. All things said, this whole reading-the-signs business can be tricky as hell.”
― Nidhie Sharma, INVICTUS

“For five long minutes, the skies rumbled and poured,
carpet-bombing the Jungle with spear-like drops. Puncturing the surface of the water with ferocity and purpose, those dark clouds were unrelenting. Unleashing their little warrior drops with the express purpose of drowning us. Cooking up a storm, relishing the deluge. Or perhaps the clouds were not at fault; maybe their delicate frame could no longer
hold the water. Maybe the Jungle had conspired with Zeus and Indra.”
― nidhie sharma, INVICTUS

“You need to rethink your definition of 'nice'."
"Why?"
"Because if we were stuck together I'd leave you behind. I'm not your 'nice terrant.' I could kill you if I wanted to."
"So nice.”
― Heather Chambers, Earth Sucks

“I am not ashamed of my past; I am not
ashamed of my humble beginnings.”
- Madam C. J. Walker
(Quoted in POEMS PAVE OUR LIVES)”
― Miranda P. Yeoh, Poems Pave Our Lives

“Funny how little things seem to weigh a ton when you carry them long enough.”
― Candice Jarrett, Mortal Tether

“Meat is Meat', Father said, then went about the fellow with a whalebone in the normal fashion, not hurrying the task, but casting a watchful gaze about them as he cut.”
― Peter Hackshaw, Ever Winter

“Her world was lonely and silent. Now that there was open water, there was no longer the crash of the ice pack, the long, low grind of the floes churning against one another, the deep and sudden splash of water as masses of the pack broke off and plunged into the sea, or the staccato burst like rifle shots that echoed across the island as the ice expanded. There was only the sound of her own voice as she spoke to Vic. She fussed over the cat like a mother and picked up and held her in her arms and talked to her like she had talked to Crawford and the others. Vic was a warm, breathing creature, who responded in purrs and rubs and an occasional meow. Ada thought she would go insane without her.”
― Jennifer Niven, Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic

“She heard the man calling, "Keep to the left, if you want to get home and see your father and mother." But she kept running along the smooth road, and just then she looks back, and she is out of the sea and into the air; and as she looks back the trail behind her fades away...
- Ada Blackjack, "The Lady in the Moon”
― Jennifer Niven, Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic

“Real history is made up from the documents that were not meant to be published.
- Mrs. Rudolph Martin Anderson, in a letter to the mother of Allan Crawford, the young Canadian placed in charge of the Wrangel Island expedition party.”
― Jennifer Niven, Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic

“Is it possible that somewhere there are people even now being ostracized by their kind for eating olives with a fork or peas with a knife? People who judge a man by his grooming, his bank account, or his ancestry? Our new world has stripped us to the fundamentals; and it is salutary, if not a little humbling, to reflect that these fundamentals--intelligence, character, and health--are not peculiarly human, that they are the same with men, with horses, with dogs, and with ants.
- Harold Noice, captain of the Donaldson, the ship that saved sole survivor Ada Blackjack of the Wrangel Island expedition, describing the Arctic”
― Jennifer Niven, Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic

“Resilience is the seed of hope, and hope is the root of all triumphs.”
― Sylvie [Ljava.lang.String;@c927284, The Silent Echo of My Childhood: A Story of survival from foster homes and children's prison to business success

“...for as long as I could remember, something hadn't felt quite right in my body, like a drawer that's off kilter inside its desk, refusing to slide smoothly in and out, catching as it opens and closes.”
― Megan Farison, Dissonance

“Watch the official trailer for Climbing Back: From Coma to Calling—a true story of survival, faith, and purpose. Journey with Helen Ify Konoma as she shares how she overcame the unimaginable and discovered her calling.*


"What tried to break me, instead revealed my purpose."

"No matter how far you fall, it is always possible to climb back stronger."

"From coma to calling—this is not just my story, it’s proof that faith and resilience can rewrite any ending.”
― Helen Ify Konoma, Climbing Back: From Coma to Calling: A True Story of Survival, Sickle Cell, and Divine Purpose

“When his fingers touched the bread during the inspection of his duffel bag, and he inhaled its warm rye scent, Peeter could no longer restrain himself. He broke off a small piece, placed it in his mouth, and chewed for a long time, trying – if only briefly – to deceive the constant hunger. For a moment, it worked: he swallowed the paste-like pap, felt a rush of euphoria, and quietly fell asleep.
— Volodymyr Shablia, Stone. Book Two


Context note: During prisoner transports to the Gulag, hunger was constant. Even a single bite of bread could bring brief relief – and an almost euphoric sense of escape from terrible reality.”
― Володимир Шабля, Камень. Биографический роман. Книга вторая. Непростые дороги в ад: Выживание в условиях насилия

“The hardest part wasn’t surviving the trauma—it was learning I deserved to be heard.”
― Denika Fercho, Broken Secrets