23 Inspirational Survival Quotes [with images]


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Last Updated: September 15, 2023

Stuck in a rut?

Lacking motivation?

Wondering why you started out on this prepping journey?

We’ve collected together some of the best quotes for survival and prepping, find your inspiration here.

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James Cascio

Resilience is all about being able to overcome the unexpected. Sustainability is about survival. The goal of resilience is to thrive.

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James Yeager

Your responsibility to be ready for the fight never ends.

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Gen. George S. Patton

Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.

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Francis of Assisi

Start by doing what is necessary, then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

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Dr. Seuss

Sometimes the questions are complicated but the answers are simple.

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Carl Sagan

Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.

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Boy scout motto

Be prepared.”

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Benjamin Franklin

The best view comes after the hardest climb.

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

He who is best prepared can best serve in his moment of inspiration.

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Proverbs 28:19

He who works the land will have abundant food, but the one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

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Proverbs 27:12

A prudent person takes precautions. The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.

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Proverbs 21:20

In a house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil, but a foolish man devours all he has.

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Michael Mabee

We are not preparing ourselves for the world we live in, we are preparing for the world we find ourselves in.

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Joseph Heller

The enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter what side he is on.

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Joseph Addison

Going back to a simpler life is not a step backwards.

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Walt Disney

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

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Tom Ralston

There’s nothing more gratifying than being able to depend on your own abilities.

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Steve Maraboli

Your fear is 100% dependent on you for it’s survival.

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Stephen King

There’s no harm in hoping for the best as long as you’re prepared for the worst.

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Spencer W. Kimball

Preparedness, when properly pursued, is a way of life, not a sudden, spectacular program.

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Sarah J. Mass

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.

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Benjamin Franklin

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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Aristotle Onassis

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

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