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title: "9 Risk Pain Quotes by 8 authors"
description: "Browse 9 Risk Pain quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Risk Pain sayings and thoughts."
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> [You can't shut off the risk and the pain without losing the love that remains.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-springsteen/you-can-t-shut-off-the-risk-and-the-pain-without-losing-the-love-that/)

[Bruce Springsteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-springsteen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da0/bruce-springsteen-546_losing_you-can-t-shut-off-the-risk-and-the-pain_3213776.jpg)

> [As a rose cant live without the rain So a heart can't love without risk of pain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/as-a-rose-cant-live-without-the-rain-so-a-heart-can-t-love-without/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/184/anonymous-1_flowers_as-a-rose-cant-live-without-the-rain-so_348976.jpg)

> [“What's better, I thought, to be safe and suffer alone, or to risk pain and actually live?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-plum/what-s-better-i-thought-to-be-safe-and-suffer-alone-or-to-risk-pain/)

[Amy Plum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-plum/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/328/amy-plum-3659_kate_what-s-better-i-thought-to-be-safe-and-s_776510.jpg)

> [“To love is to risk the pain of loss. But it’s a risk that’s worth taking.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deirdre-martin/to-love-is-to-risk-the-pain-of-loss-but-it-s-a-risk-that-s-worth/)

[Deirdre Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deirdre-martin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a45/deirdre-martin-88238_love_to-love-is-to-risk-the-pain-of-loss-but_331513.jpg)

> [“To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-n-harris/to-love-is-to-risk-not-being-loved-in-return-to-hope-is-to-risk-pain-2/)

[José N. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-n-harris/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5df/jos-n-harris-929_failure_to-love-is-to-risk-not-being-loved-in-re_766707.jpg)

> [ “If someone is determined not to risk pain, then such a person must do without many things: \[...\] - all that makes… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-scott-peck/if-someone-is-determined-not-to-risk-pain-then-such-a-person-must-do/)

[M. Scott Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-scott-peck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/981/m-scott-peck-1921_life_if-someone-is-determined-not-to-risk-pai_303371.png)

> [If you are determined not to risk pain, then you must do without many things: having children, getting married, the ecstasy of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-scott-peck/if-you-are-determined-not-to-risk-pain-then-you-must-do-without-many/)

[M. Scott Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-scott-peck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db8/m-scott-peck-1921_alive_if-you-are-determined-not-to-risk-pain-t_2692567.png)

> [Living was a dangerous past-time, and often quite painful—but there was also such joy in living, such beauty, things that one would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/living-was-a-dangerous-past-time-and-often-quite-painful-but-there/)

[Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/949/jim-butcher-151_art-of-living_living-was-a-dangerous-past-time-and-oft_1432806.png)

> [“It is hard to account for the common human resistance to happiness, unless it is that we would rather be crippled by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-vickers/it-is-hard-to-account-for-the-common-human-resistance-to-happiness/)

[Sally Vickers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-vickers/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/166/sally-vickers-59511_happiness_it-is-hard-to-account-for-the-common-hum_3151475.jpg)

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