Friedrich Nietzsche
(1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
“Personal growth has its price, and she was paying it without complaint.”
Source: Veronika Decides to Die
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Brazilian lyricist and novelist 1947Related quotes
Variant: The fact that I’m me and no one else is one of my greatest assets. Emotional hurt is the price a person has to pay in order to be independent.
Source: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
“Victory is reserved for those who are willing to pay its price.”
Sun Tzu
(-543–-495 BC) ancient Chinese military general, strategist and philosopher from the Zhou Dynasty
Attributed to Sun Tzu in multiple books and internet sites, but this text does not appear in The Art of War and seems to be a more recent creation.
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William Darling (politician)
(1885–1962) Scottish politician
Source: The Bankrupt Bookseller (1947), p. 178
Source: Jack Faust (1997), Chapter 2, “Revelations” (p. 30)
James Baldwin
(1924–1987) (1924-1987) writer from the United States
"The Black Boy Looks at the White Boy" in Esquire (May 1961); republished in Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son (1961)
“We must be prepared to pay the price for peace, or assuredly we shall pay the price of war.”
Harry Truman
(1884–1972) American politician, 33rd president of the United States (in office from 1945 to 1953)
Special Message to the Congress on the Threat to the Freedom of Europe (1948)
Context: The recommendations I have made represent the most urgent steps toward securing the peace and preventing war. We must be ready to take every wise and necessary step to carry out this great purpose. This will require assistance to other nations. It will require an adequate and balanced military strength. We must be prepared to pay the price for peace, or assuredly we shall pay the price of war. We in the United States remain determined to seek peace by every possible means, a just and honorable basis for the settlement of international issues.