(verb) Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.
"The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone."
"I don't want to go to heaven. None of my friends are there."
"Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant."
"A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time."
"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style."
"The fittest of the fittest shall survive!"
"We should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive."