never say never
Keep options open
A phrase cautioning against declaring something impossible or ruling anything out completely.
It acknowledges that circumstances change and absolutes rarely hold: I said I'd never move back home, but never say never.
The expression gently rebuts overconfident predictions about one's future actions or beliefs.
- keep tryingContinue making attempts
- climbAscend using effort
- hopeDesire for good outcomes
- changeTo make different
- opportunityFavorable circumstance for advancement
take a chance · leap · leap of faith · proverb · dare · soar · aphorism · maxim · perseverance · growth · adage · perspective · turnaround · insight · idiom · unpredictability · plot twist · exploration
never say neverabsolutely not
Emphatic total rejection
over my dead body · no way · not in a million years · when pigs fly · out of the question
never say nevernot ever
At no time
under no circumstances · dead set against · sworn off · never · once and for all
never say neverfatalism
Doctrine of inevitable outcomes
defeatism · resignation · it is what it is · que sera sera · c'est la vie