15 Movie Quotes about Survival

15 qtes – February 1, 2021

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

Everything we experience as humans, our thoughts, our emotions, our behaviour, come as a result of millions of years of evolution. All of this serves that one essential purpose: survival. The most powerful drive we have as a species is our survival instinct. Evolution helped us to survive and reproduce. The “fight or flight” reaction is maybe the best-known expression of our survival instinct. Yep, a shot of adrenaline is just what you need sometimes... like these movie quotes about survival.

From the TV Series: Tiny Pretty Things

“You have to be quick on your feet to adapt and deal with the unexpected. And in time you learn two tricks that help you survive when there’s trouble in the spotlight. First, you never lose your smile. And second, you make damn sure you distract them with something else to look at.”

Anna Maiche - Cassie Shore

From the movie: Creed II

“Because of you... I lose everything. My country. Respect. You ever see stray dogs in the Ukraine? They go for days without food. People spit on them, they are nothing. No home. Only will to survive... to fight.”

sitting at a table across from Rocky in the Adrian's restaurant

Dolph Lundgren - Ivan Drago

From the movie: Venom

“- Eddie Brock: Are you gonna eat anybody else?
- Venom: Most likely.
- Eddie Brock: Oh, God.
- Venom: That is why we are here. Cooperate, and you just might survive. That is the deal.”

Tom Hardy - Eddie Brock
Tom Hardy - Venom

From the movie: Dunkirk

“- Blind Man: Well done, lads. Well done.
- Alex: All we did is survive.
- Blind Man: That's enough.”

John Nolan - Blind Man
Harry Styles - Alex

From the movie: The Princess Bride

“- The Princess Bride: We'll never survive.
- Westley: Nonsense. You're only saying that because no one ever has.”

Robin Wright - The Princess Bride
Cary Elwes - Westley

From the movie: Red Sparrow

“You have a gift, you know how to survive. This is what you were meant to do.”

talking to Dominika

Matthias Schoenaerts - Vanya Egorov

From the movie: The Bag Man

“Cats are amazing animals though. Survive all sorts of terrible shit, and they always land up on their feet.”

John Cusack - Jack

From the movie: The Hunted

“I will teach you how to kill. Quickly. Accurately. Efficiently. It will become a reflex action. You will learn how to enter a combat zone and evaporate into shadow. You will learn how to survive... or you will not!”

Tommy Lee Jones - L.T. Bonham

From the movie: Red Heat

“Any country that can survive Stalin can certainly handle a little dope.”

Ed O'Ross - Viktor Rostavili

From the movie: Geostorm

“As long as we remember that we share one future, we will survive.”

Talitha Eliana Bateman - Hannah Lawson

From the movie: One Special Night

“Feed the body food and drink, it will survive today. Feed the soul art and music, it will live forever.”

Julie Andrews - Catherine

From the movie: Rambo: First Blood Part II

“To survive a war, you gotta become war.”