Doubt Quotes
The uncompromising attitude is more indicative of an inner uncertainty than a deep conviction. The implacable stand is directed more against the doubt within than the assailant without.Eric Hoffe
Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any authority - - Literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political.Ignazio Silone, The God That Failed (1950)
A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.Aesop
When in doubt, do the courageous thing.Jan Smuts
We know accurately only when we know little with knowledge doubt increases.Johann von Goethe
Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.Peter Ustinov
Doubt is not a pleasant state of mind, but certainty is absurd.Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire
By doubting we come at truth.Cicero
Without a doubt the greatest injury of all was done by basing morals on myth. For, sooner or later, myth is recognized for what it is, and disappears. Then morality loses the foundation on which it has been built.Lord Samuel, "Romanes Lecture", 1947
If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts but if we begin with doubts, and we are patient in them, we shall end in certainties.Francis Bacon
When in doubt, tell the truth.Mark Twain
We are living the events which for centuries to come will be minutely studied by scholars who will undoubtedly describe these days as probably the most exciting and creative in the history of mankind. But preoccupied with our daily chores, our worries and personal hopes and ambitions, few of us are actually living in the present.Lawrence K. Frank
It is an error to imagine that evolution signifies a constant tendency to increased perfection. That process undoubtedly involves a constant remodelling of the organism in adaptation to new conditions but it depends on the nature of those conditions whether the directions of the modifications effected shall be upward or downward.Thomas Huxley
Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith.Saint Francis of Assisi
Without doubt the greatest injury was done by basing morals on myth, for sooner or later myth is recognized for what it is, and disappears. Then morality loses the foundation on which it has been built.Herbert Samuel
And whether I come to my own today or in ten thousand or ten million years, I can cheefully take it now, or with equal cheerfulness I can wait... And as to you, Life, I reckon you are the leavings of many deaths, No doubt I have died myself ten thousand times before.Walt Whitman
There is no harm in doubt and scepticism, for it is through these that new discoveries are made.Richard Feynman, Letter to Armando Garcia J, December 11, 1985
Believe those who are seeking the truth doubt those who find it.Andr Gide
Unless I accept my faults, I will most certainly doubt my virtues.Hugh Prathe
No doubt alcohol, tobacco, and so forth, are things that a saint must avoid, but sainthood is a thing that human beings must avoid.George Orwell
Doubt is often the beginning of wisdom.M Scott Peck
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace where there is hatred, let me sow love where there is injury, pardon where there is doubt, faith where there is despair, hope where there is darkness, light and where there is sadness, joy.Unknown
When in doubt, have two guys come through the door with guns.Raymond Chandle
Through the doors of perception Down the corridors of uncertainty Into the room of self doubt Opens the window of opportunity.Unknown
Doubt of the reality of love ends by making us doubt everything.Henri Frdric Amiel
Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace Where there is hatred let me sow love Where there is injury, pardon Where there is doubt, faith Where there is despair, hope Where there is darkness, light Where there is sadness, joy.Saint Francis of Assisi
We dare not tempt them with weakness. For only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed.John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping. We see our past achievements as the end results of a clean forward thrust, and our present difficulties as signs of decline and decay.Eric Hoffe
We ought not be over anxious to encourage innovation, in case of doubtful improvement, for an old system must ever have two advantages over a new one; it is established and it is understood.C. C. Colton
We know accurately only when we know little; with knowledge doubt increases.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one.Voltaire
Anyone nit - Picking enough to write a letter of correction to an editor doubtless deserves the error that provoked it.Alvin Toffle
Undoubtedly, we become what we envisage.Claude M. Bristol
I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled, and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee, or a ragout.Jonathan Swift, "A Modest Proposal".
Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.William Shakespeare
Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.Napolean Hill
Your confidence in the people, and your doubt about them, are closely related to your self - Confidence and your self - Doubt.Kahlil Gibran
