Quotes About Certainty

Faith is building on what you know is here so you can reach what you know is there.

Faith implies the disbelief of a lesser fact in favor of a greater.

Faith is to believe in something not yet proved and to underwrite it with our lives: it is the only way we can leave the future open.

Without faith nothing is possible. With it nothing is impossible.

The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weather is that which is woven of conviction.

For the believer there is no question for the non-believer there is no answer.

There lives more faith in honest doubt Believe me than in half the creeds.

Science has faith. We make postulates. We can't prove those postulates, but we have faith in them.

I grew up, as reported, in a large family of Catholics without even a decent ration of tentativeness among the lot of us about our religious faith.

Reality must prove itself again and again to questioners ... it is the fantasy which goes on without contradiction, without having to prove itself.

There were lots of things in this lifetime that I'd doubted, precious little I'd known for sure. But in that moment, I knew I would save her, or die trying.

Absolutely. I am a father, and I know best. If there's any question, just ask me.

The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.

Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt.

God's Word is pure and sure, in spite of the devil, in spite of your fear, in spite of everything.

My last fear, the fear of God, died with my faith.

The scientist believes in proof without certainty.

You want to be a hero? Learn to create certainty in the face of fear.

Feed and strengthen your body. Fear is physical. When you lift weights or go for a sprint, that energy flows back into your body and restores you to certainty.

If you are not concerned about the outcome of a circumstance, you will experience no fear. Whatever the outcome will be, will be, whether you fear it or not.

While doubt cannot be expelled, it can be subdued.

I am never afraid of what I know.

I spoke without fear of contradiction. I simply did not suffer self-doubt.

Something indefinite is always worse than something definite, a strong fear that doesn't last very long is easier than one that's nebulous but doesn't go away.