Uncertainties Quotes - Page 2

To end with certainty we must begin with doubting.

Soon after a heart-wrung decision something inevitably occurs to cast doubt on your choice. Holding steady against that doubt usually proves your decision.

From a shy timid girl I had become a woman of resolute character who could no longer be frightened by the struggle with troubles.

The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides never decides.

The only certainty is that nothing is certain.

Nothing perhaps is strange once you have accepted life itself the great strange business which includes all lesser strangeness.

Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty.

There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.

It is for your own good to love a dare-devil rather than a holy coward. A dare-devil is a unique devil, battling your fears, your pains, conquering your uncertainties, carrying you his arms, and flying out of the corrosive fire. The coward is a trickster serpent, which vanishes in your time of despair, and appears in time of equanimity.

When in doubt do it.

The future is no more uncertain than the present.

Doubts and mistrust are the mere panic of timid imagination which the steadfast heart will conquer and the large mind transcend.

All uncertainly is fruitful... so long as it is accompanied by the wish to understand.

Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we often might win by fearing to attempt.

If a man will begin with certainties he shall end in doubts but if he will content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties.

Doubt indulged soon becomes doubt realized.

If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable ... we must be content to creep along the ground and can never soar.

I think I look good out there. I'm strong powerful and artistic. But I have my doubts as much as anyone.

There is no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the end from the beginning.

Every time I think that I'm getting old and gradually going to the grave something else happens.

Doubt yourself and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself and you see judges everywhere. But if you listen to the sound of your own voice you can rise above doubt and judgment. And you can see forever.

Faith hasn't got no eyes but she's long-legged.

The most difficult step ever is the first step. It comes with doubts, uncertainties, and all sort of fears. If you defy all odd and take it, your confidence will replicate very fast and you'll become a master!

I said here's the river I want to flow on here's the direction I want to go and put my boat in. I was ready for the river to take unexpected turns and present obstacles.

if you miss what seems so glamorous; if you miss what seems so fantastic to have, don't worry. It may be just a matter of fantasy to have it. Real things are rare but real to have. serendipity and the vicissitudes of life determine what is real, ideal and what is a fantasy. The real future is uncertain to all.

We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.

Many live in dread of what is coming. Why should we? The unknown puts adventure into life. ... The unexpected around the corner gives a sense of anticipation and surprise. Thank God for the unknown future.

Throughout this life you can never be certain of living long enough to take another breath.

When the lie and the truth are two trenchant weapons, they are at the risk of becoming downright uncertainties.

Where will I be five years from now? I delight in not knowing.

To teach how to live with uncertainty yet without being paralyzed by hesitation is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy can do.

The successful man is he who when he sees that no further certainty is attainable promptly decides on the most probable side as if he were completely sure it was right.

When one devotes oneself to meditation mental burdens unnecessary worries and wandering thoughts drop off one by one life seems to run smoothly and pleasantly. A student may now depend on intuition to make decisions. As one acts on intuition second thought with its dualism doubt and hesitation does not arise.

In the face of uncertainty there is nothing wrong with hope.

Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it you can make it so.

Faith and doubt both are needed not as antagonists but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve.

Our lives are never certain even for an hour.

Action will remove the doubts that theory cannot solve.

The shortest period of time lies between the minute you put some money away for a rainy day and the unexpected arrival of rain.