You can't be happy that fire cooks your food and be mad it burns your fingertips.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- You cannot enjoy the benefits of something without accepting its inherent risks or drawbacks.
- In plain terms
- If you want the good parts of something, you have to accept the bad parts too.
- What can you take from it?
- Accept the downsides when you embrace the upsides of life.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What risks are you willing to take?
- What benefits do you want?
Another view
Sometimes the risks outweigh the benefits entirely.
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