“there is no gain without risk, perhaps no risk without love.”
Stephen King book Pet Sematary
Source: Pet Sematary
À vaincre sans péril, on triomphe sans gloire.
Don Gomès, act II, scene ii.
Le Cid (1636)
“there is no gain without risk, perhaps no risk without love.”
Stephen King book Pet Sematary
Source: Pet Sematary
Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America
2014, 25th Anniversary of Polish Freedom Day Speech (June 2014)
“Love without risk is an impossibility, like war without death.”
Alain Badiou (1937) French writer and philosopher
Source: In Praise of Love
Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) Indian spiritual teacher
Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago
“Adventure without risk is Disneyland.”
Douglas Coupland (1961) Canadian novelist, short story writer, playwright, and graphic designer
“No safety without risk, and what you risk reveals what you value.”
Jeanette Winterson (1959) English writer
Sexing the Cherry (1989)
Variant: What you risk reveals what you value. (p.91)
Source: Written on the Body
“The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.”
William Blake (1757–1827) English Romantic poet and artist
“Actors are lucky, they have glory without responsibility.”
Alfred De Vigny (1797–1863) French poet, playwright, and novelist
Les acteurs sont bien heureux, ils ont une gloire sans responsabilité.
Page 44.
Journal d'un poète (1867)
“No act of knowledge acquisition is entirely without risk.”
Alastair Reynolds book House of Suns
Source: House of Suns (2008), Chapter 5 (p. 59)