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Quotes About Certainty

Not seeing is half-believing.
~ Vita SackvilleWest
To end with certainty, we must begin with doubting.
~ Stanislaus
Action will remove the doubts that theory cannot solve.
~ Tehyi Hsieh
In case of doubt, decide in favor of what is correct.
~ Karl Kraus
When in doubt, do it.
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
The ultimate umpire of all things in life is - fact.
~ Agnes C. Laut
Better a false belief than no belief at all.
~ George Eliot
Faith is nothing at all tangible. ... It is simply believing God; and like sight, it is nothing apart from its object. You might as well shut your eyes and look inside, and see whether you have sight, as to look inside to discover whether you have faith.
~ Hannah Whitall Smith
A believer, a mind whose faith is consciousness, is never disturbed because other persons do not yet see the fact which he sees.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Faith is hidden household capital.
~ Johann von Goethe
One thing is certain and the rest is lies; The Flower that once has blown for ever dies.
~ Omar Khayyam
Action will remove the doubt that theory cannot solve.
~ Tehyi Hsieh
I could prove God statistically.
~ George Gallup
To them that ask, where have you seen the Gods, or how do you know for certain there are Gods, that you are so devout in their worship? I answer: Neither have I ever seen my own soul, and yet I respect and honor it.
~ Marcus Aurelius
All sweeping assertions are erroneous.
~ L. E. Landon
Only a very bad theologian would confuse the certainty that follows revelation with the truths that are revealed. They are entirely different things.
~ Denis Diderot
Faith embraces many truths which seem to contradict each other.
~ Blaise Pascal
To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny.
~ Joseph Addison
If you know you are on the right track, if you have this inner knowledge, then nobody can turn you off... no matter what they say.
~ Barbara McClintock
Whenever I do something, it seems so right. And turns out so wrong.
~ Lana Turner
The last thing people want is a surprise, these days.
~ Gregory Heisler
People don't want to be plagued by not knowing-they want answers.
~ Michael Pitt
I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken.
~ Oliver Cromwell.
Making no mistakes is what establishes the certainty of victory, for it means conquering an enemy that is already defeated.
~ Sun Tzu