Quotes About Uncertainty

the worst calamities that befall an army arise from hesitation

Thus the good fighter is able to secure himself against defeat, but cannot make certain of defeating the enemy. 4. Hence the saying: One may know how to conquer without being able to do it.

Kar??s?ndakini ve kendini bilen hiçbir savaÅŸta tehlikeye düÅŸmez; kar??s?ndakini bilmeyen, sadece kendini bilen bir kazan?r, bir kaybeder; kar??s?ndakini de, kendini de bilmeyen her savaÅŸta mutlaka tehlikeye düÅŸer.

Lo que de mí depende, puedo hacerlo; lo que depende del enemigo es incierto. | Disposiciones

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the good fighter is able to secure himself against defeat, but cannot make certain of defeating the enemy.

I thought about how unlikely it was I would ever meet any guy,fall in love, get married, have babies. Especially since I was going to spend the rest of my life in the cellar, where, in the not too distant future, I'd turn into a toadstool. I hoped I'd be the poisonous variety.

I can't decide which is worse, no electricity or unreliable electricity. I wonder if I'll ever have to decide which is worse, life as we're living or no life at all.

So what if I don't learn algebra?' 'Someday schools will be open again,' Mom said. 'Things will be normal. You need to do your work now for when that happens.' 'That's never going to happen,' Jon said. 'And even if schools do open up somewhere, they're not going to open up here. There aren't enough people left.' 'We don't know how many people are like us, holed up, making do until times get better.' 'I bet whoever they are, they aren't studying algebra,' Jon said.

Life may not continue the way we know it today, but it will continue. Life endures.

Which means every tomorrow is going to be worse than every today. Why feel sorry for myself today when tomorrow's bound to be worse?

When everything else is boring, there's something to be said for risk.

For that tiny instant, I was every 16-year-old in history, not knowing what the skies foretold about my future.

Freedom has always been dangerous.

This I know for sure: Life is...uncertain. As a society and as individuals, we must protect healthy people from disease. We must also treat those suffering from disease in an intelligent, humane, and compassionate way. We need to be rational and keep our fears in check.

During times of crisis or uncertainty, people often resort to rumors, or stories circulated without facts to confirm the truth, to help them cope with anxieties and fears. Of all the rumors, racial and hate rumors are considered the most dangerous because they are divisive and create hostility that can lead to violence.

Is that some other creature with me, in the darkness?

The Walker is abroad," he said again. "And this night will be bad, and tomorrow will be beyond imagining.

I walked up the stairs and hesitated at the open door.

It's fine. I hardly think about it now. It's long gone. Yet there is sometimes the shadow of a shadow, and when that happens I wonder if it could come back. And I don't know, because I don't know what caused it in the first place. My ohysche was turned inside out and shaken, but they never got to the bottom of why.

There were some things I could never begin to know about.

Ginevra," said my uncle, all despair at once annihilated by his rage, "I swear to you I shall never, never, NEVER, so long as I live, go back to that woman!" He went back to her six months later.

I'm going to walk you home. I know the way. Maybe, but the streets are dangerous. I don't want anything to happen to you. My door is about five feet from yours. What could happen? You never know.

Zane isn't for me," she said firmly. Maya laughed. "That sounds really good, but I can't help wondering who you're trying to convince.