Doubt Quotes
If a person offend you and you are in doubt as to whether it was intentional or not, do not resort to extreme measures. Simply watch your chance and hit him with a brick.Mark Twain, "Advice to Youth" Speech, 1882
Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.Napolean Hill
When in doubt, do the courageous thing.Jan Smuts
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.Voltaire
Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless one had better know the rules, for they sometimes guide in doubtful cases, though not often.Samuel Butle
Youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind. You are as old as your doubt, your fear, your despair. The way to keep young is to keep your faith young. Keep your self confidence young. Keep your hope young.Luella F. Phean
Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.Isaac Bashevis Singer, New York Times Magazine, Mar. 12, 1978
Friendship improves hapiness and reduces misery, by doubting our joys and dividing our grief.Joseph Addison, (1672 - 1719)
Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.Peter Ustinov
Fear of the devil is one way of doubting God.Kahlil Gibran
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.Mark Twain
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
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.Ralph Waldo Emerson, (attributed)
Weary the path that does not challenge. Doubt is an incentive to truth and patient inquiry leadeth the way.Hosea Ballou
It has, moreover, been proven that horror, nastiness, and the frightful are what give pleasure when one fornicates. Beauty is a simple thing ugliness is the exceptional thing. And fiery imaginations, no doubt, always prefer the extraordinary thing to the simple thing.Marquis de Sade
If you are ever in doubt as to whether to kiss a pretty girl, always give her the benefit of the doubt.Thomas Carlyle
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one.Voltaire
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.Franklin D. Roosevelt, message for Jefferson Day, April 13, 1945
I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.Wilson Mizne
Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.Andre Gide
There is no doubt that the first requirement for a composer is to be dead.Arthur Honegge
This I do know beyond any reasonable doubt. Regardless of what you are doing, if you pump long enough, hard enough and enthusiastically enough, sooner or later the effort will bring forth the reward.Zig Zigla
I have supported my deviations with reasons I did not stop at mere doubt I have vanquished, I have uprooted, I have destroyed everything in my heart that might have interfered with my pleasure.Marquis de Sade
We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form.William Ralph Inge
There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.Titus Maccius Plautus, Captivi
There is something Pagan in me that I cannot shake off. In short, I deny nothing, but doubt everything.George Gordon Byron
It is easier to believe than to doubt.Everett D. Martin
Our belief at the beginning of a doubtful undertaking is the one thing that assures the successful outcome of any venture.William James
Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.Chinese Prove
Doubt of the reality of love ends by making us doubt everything.Henri Frdric Amiel
If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.Rene Descartes
If we were to be asked suddenly to give a definition of humility we would doubtless be greatly embarrassed.Edwin Holt Hughes
I respect faith, but doubt is what gives you and education.Wilson Mizne
This is the true nature of home - It is the place of Peace the shelter, not only from injury, but from all terror, doubt and division.John Ruskin
Your confidence in the people, and your doubt about them, are closely related to your self - Confidence and your self - Doubt.Kahlil Gibran
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
To believe with certainty we must begin with doubting.Stanislaus Lescynski
