Everything you want in life has a price connected to it. There's a price to pay if you want to make things better, a price to pay just for leaving things as they are, a price for everything.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Everything in life has a price, whether you change things or leave them as they are.
- In plain terms
- Everything has a price, including keeping things the same.
- What can you take from it?
- Accept that all choices involve costs.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What is the price of inaction?
- How do you weigh life's costs?
Another view
Some things like health have intrinsic value beyond price.
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