Doubt Quotes
Of all religions, Christianity is without a doubt the one that should inspire tolerance most, although, up to now, the Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire
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
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
Doubt of the reality of love ends by making us doubt everything.Henri Frdric Amiel
Morpheus You have to let it all go, Neo. Fear, doubt, and disbelief. Free your mind.Matrix, The
Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win By fearing to attempt.William Shakespeare, "Measure for Measure", Act 1 scene 4
Was it doubted that those who corrupt their own bodies conceal themselves?Walt Whitman, "Leaves of Grass".
When in doubt, observe and ask questions. When certain, observe at length and ask many more questions.George S. Patton
There are two ways to slide easily through life to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking.Alfred Korzybski
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".
I doubt that imagination can be suppressed. If you truly eradicated it in a child, he would grow up to be an eggplant.Ursula K. LeGuin
A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself he is indifferent to applause when he is confident of success.Alec Waugh
When in doubt, do the courageous thing.Jan Smuts
It is easier to believe than to doubt.Everett D. Martin
Truth is beautiful, without doubt but so are lies.Ralph Waldo Emerson
Unless I accept my faults, I will most certainly doubt my virtues.Hugh Prathe
He saw that it was an ironical thing for him to be running thus toward that which he had been at such pains to avoid. But he said, in substance, to himself that if the earth and the moon were about to clash, many people would doubtless plan to get upon the roofs to witness the collision.Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage, chapter 8
It has been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that you miss 100% of the shots you do not take.Wayne Gretski
I have no doubt that faith is only pure when it does not negate the faith of another. I have no doubt that evil can be fought and that indifference is no option. I have no doubt that fanaticism is dangerous. And of all the books in the world on life, I have no doubt that the life of one person weighs more than them all.Elie Wiesel, O Magazine, November 2000
We were all born with wings. In times of doubt spread them.Unknown
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.Margaret Mead
We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.C. S. Lewis
Your confidence in the people, and your doubt about them, are closely related to your self - Confidence and your self - Doubt.Kahlil Gibran
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
Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.Kahlil Gibran
The vain man is generally a doubter. It is Newton who sees himself as child on the sea shore, and his discoveries in the colored shell.Willmott
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 H. Huxley
Our belief at the beginning of a doubtful undertaking is the one thing that assures the successful outcome of any venture.William James
He who possesses the source of Enthusiasm Will achieve great things. Doubt not. You will gather friends around you As a hair clasp gathers the hair.I Ching
There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.Titus Maccius Plautus, Captivi
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
To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.Yann Martel, Life of Pi
It must be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage, than the creation of a new system. For the initiator has the enmity of all who would profit by the preservation of the old institutions and merely lukewarm defenders in those who would gain by the new ones.Machiavelli
Weary the path that does not challenge. Doubt is an incentive to truth and patient inquiry leadeth the way.Hosea Ballou
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
It must be considered that there is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than to initiate a new order of things. For the reformer has enemies in all those who would profit by the old order, only lukewarm defenders in all those who would profit by the new.Machiavelli
I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.Wilson Mizne
