Quotes About Certainty

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

When speculation has done its worst, two and two still make four.

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.

God chargeth me to believe His daylight at midnight.

After you stop and pay attention, the next step is to assume an attitude of confidence, and trust the information you are receiving.

A double-minded man is unsure in all his ways.

Liberty finds no refuge in a jurisprudence of doubt.

And suddenly you can't sleep, because your heart trusts your vision more than you.

average citizen, skeptical and mistrustful of government, feels that paying taxes is tantamount to throwing money at corrupt politicians for little in return. The American saying—only two things in life are certain: death and taxes—

Just because you make a decision quickly doesn't mean it's wrong. You don't always need a lot of time to make a good decision.

We have not meet our destination till we are there for sure.

Absolument," Spencer trilled.

Well, sir, if things are real, they're there all the time." "Are they?" said the Professor; and Peter did not quite know what to say.

If we have to go through a mental exercise, yes or no, every time we are faced with a tough decision, we will continue to have trouble with living what we supposedly believe.

My intuition is always on my side. I trust it to be there at all times.

By the time a man asks you for advice, he has generally made up his mind what he wants to do, and is looking for confirmation rather than counseling.

It is near thirty years since He made it sure; and since that time, though there has fallen out much sin, yet I was never out of an assurance of mine interest, nor long out of sight of His presence.

Being right half the time beats being half-right all the time.

I was right then, I'm right now. I think time has proven me right.

Every time I write something down I check it to see if it has that telltale glow, the glow that tells me there's something there. If it glows, it stays. Everything is either on or off.

Every increase in your knowledge is a simultaneous decrease. You learn and you unlearn at the same time. A new certainty is a new doubt as well.

From time to time, I do consider that I might be mad. Like any self-respecting lunatic, however, I am always quick to dismiss any doubts about my sanity.

The only time you know for sure whether creating a result is possible or not is when you have done it. All other thoughts on the matter are simply speculation.

The only time a dead certainty applies is in a dream world.