Alija Izetbegovic Quotes

You have to accept the fact that as long as you are alive, you have something to lose. Living is dangerous.

To be alive at all involves some risk.

Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents; people die every day. Same with fighters: some die, some get hurt, some go on. You just don't let yourself believe it will happen to you.

As soon as there is life there is danger.

Life is dangerous. There are no guarantees.

The great risk of being alive is always that something can happen to you - or to someone you dearly love - at any moment.

There are only two kinds of men; the dead and the deadly.

Even without wars, life is dangerous.

While there's life, there's fear.

The truth is this is a very dangerous world.

I wish we could be 100% shielded from danger, but nothing is in life.

Life is a risk.

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

There is risk everywhere. Being alive carries the risk of death.

There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.

In this situation I was constantly exposed to danger and death.

Living is risking.

We've created an impression that life is risk-free, and it's not.

In wartime you never know what is going to happen, you never know whether you will still be around tomorrow, and that is a great leveller.

What I do think is really interesting is that, as I get older and more mature, I'm really attuned to how frightening this world is that we live in.

The personal threat is something that's always been a part of our lives.

I am not free because I can be exploded anytime.

Is it security you want? There is no security at the top of the world.

Life inspires more dread than death - it is life which is the great unknown.

Dangers bring fears, and fears more dangers bring.