Quotes About Uncertainty

I am beginning to believe that nothing is quite so uncertain as facts. (Edward Curtis)

What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.

People will choose unhappiness over uncertainty.

I'll repeat something you might consider tattooing on your forehead: What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.

take things like playfulness and purposelessness very seriously. . . . This is not meant to be light, but I think I would have somehow encouraged myself to let go a little bit more and hang in there and not pretend to know where this is all going. You don't need to know where it's all going.

In cooking—as in business and war—hope for the best but plan for the worst.

It is fatal to know too much at the outcome: boredom comes as quickly to the traveler who knows his route as to the novelist who is overcertain of his plot. —PAUL THEROUX, To the Ends of the Earth

Most people will choose unhappiness over uncertainty.

It is fatal to know too much at the outset. Boredom comes as quickly to the traveler who knows his route as the novelist who is over certain of his plot." –Paul Theroux

Embrace uncertainty, groundlessness, and fear as the place where you'll really learn and grow.

para afrontar cualquier posible contingencia».

Suelo saber si voy bien encaminado con algo cuando siento un poco de miedo. Me digo: "Caray, podría estropearlo".»

I've never for a moment even thought about that. I don't do replays well. The question I'll never answer is, 'What would you have done differently had you known X?' I never, ever play that game because you didn't know X.

When we feel pain in one time zone—meaning past, present, or future—we just switch to another time zone rather than change, because change brings so much uncertainty and so much instability and so much fear to people.

Lo recuerdo muy bien diciéndome que no me preocupara por lo que fuera a ser en un futuro porque el trabajo que haría aún no se había inventado…

The stars will never align

How to thrive in an unknowable future? Choose the plan with the most options. The best plan is the one that lets you change your plans.

He had realized something while arcing in slow circles toward the earth—risks weren't that scary once you took them. His

Riesgos y beneficios asimétricos:

Uncertainty and the prospect of failure can be very scary noises in the shadows. Most people will choose unhappiness over uncertainty.

risks weren't that scary once you took them.

To do or not to do? To try or not to try? Most people will vote no, whether they consider themselves brave or not. Uncertainty and the prospect of failure can be very scary noises in the shadows. Most people will choose unhappiness over uncertainty

Asset allocation: "They absolutely, beyond a shadow of a doubt, know they're going to be wrong . . . so they set up an asset allocation system that will make them successful. They all agree asset allocation is the single most important investment decision.

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