Quotes About Certainty

This can't be true but I remember it.

We now know beyond a reasonable doubt that it doesn't go away because it's due to a medical condition, a biochemical imbalance in the brain. By Reattributing the pain to this medical condition, you strengthen your certainty that it is not your will, not you, and that it won't take over your spirit. You are still intact and able to make conscious, considered decisions in response to your pain.

Bet you ten bucks we make it. What are the odds? she thought, and realized with sudden, blinding clarity that she wouldn't take the other side of that bet, that only a loser would bet against them. This is really it, she thought, amazed. This is really forever. I believe in this. Min? he said, and she kissed him, putting all her heart into it. No bet, she said against his mouth. Your odds are too good. Our odds are too good

Once you know the truth, it's always obvious

Be sure of your call to every business you go about. Though it is the least business, be sure of your call to it; then, whatever you meet with, you may quiet your heart with this: I know I am where God would have me. Nothing in the world will quiet the heart so much as this: when I meet with any cross, I know I am where God would have me, in my place and calling; I am about the work that God has set me.

Palmer did not know what to say. He looked at Dorothy. She was staring at him. Somehow her face gave him the answer. He shook his head no.

Be confident and the world responds to your confidence, rewards your faith.

Nothing kills suspicion like suspicion.

At least one thing is certain: Chris and I are inextricably connected. Do I have factual reasons to know this? Proof? Assurances? No None. Some people believe in God; I believe in Chris.

I love you, Allison. It happened when I wasn't looking for it, when I didn't know I needed it. But I fell in love with you so quickly and so smoothly. So without question.

Steffi has been the one exception to the endless proof that the world is unstable and unreliable.

There was the anxiety that one day would not follow the next, combined with the certainty that it would.

Havia a ansiedade de que uum dia não se sucedesse ao outro, junto com a certeza de que certamente se sucederia. Era como prender a respiração, como Udayan tentara fazer na baixada. E, no entanto, de alguma maneira ela estava respirando. Assim como o tempo ficava parado, mas também passava, alguma outra parte de seu corpo que lhe era inconsciente estava agora extraindo oxigêncio, obrigando-os a continuar.

Faith doesn't mean you don't have to do the work; it just means you're absolutely certain the work will pay off.

Sometimes I can spend months doing things to make sure that my instincts work correctly, but ultimately it's still instinctive.

We work really hard never to get confused with what we know from what we think or hope or wish.

Computerization brings about an essential change in the way the worker can know the world and, with it, a crisis of confidence inthe possibility of certain knowledge.

You don't need any confirmation if you are already in the spirit

Throw away the doctrine of waiting for confirmation

You have to have conviction and completely question everything and anything you do. No matter how much you study, no matter how much you know, the side of your brain that has the smarts won't necessarily help you in making art.

For any culture which is primarily concerned with meaning, the study of death - the only certainty that life holds for us - must be central, for an understanding of death is the key to liberation in life.

No sane person should believe that something is subjective merely because it cannot be settled beyond controversy.

When I was in school, I liked math because all the problems had answers. Everything else seemed very subjective.

When you're dealing with serious subjects, there is a pressure to be absolutely sure that you know what you're doing.