Quotes About Doubt

I don't expect you to believe it, but I have another idea—that's two in one day;

His brow furrowed in a way that suggested he was calculating my likely ability to be that naive.

To withhold trust until there is no doubt is not trust.

But, truthfully, I lacked the courage to jump.' 'Perhaps it takes more courage not to,' Sandrine said

Quoique dise la vieille espérance. Forçons les portes du doute

Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.

Could she fall so low? No, there were limits, and she believed she still knew where some of them were.

The only liars bigger than the quack are the quack's patients.

Oh, of course, I always feel unconfident.

The only liars bigger than the quack are the quack's patients.

Dammit, Trotter. Don't try to make a stinking Christian out of me.

No," I said primly, I had no intention of being a writer because "I wouldn't want to add another mediocre writer to the world.

one need not believe in something for it to happen anyway.

But the other thing I felt—that no one had ever told me I might—was that as much as I loved him, I could never be totally sure that I wanted him around forever. I did not know if my life was categorically "better" for having him here.

That I was a success is not apparent now; that I would be a success was not apparent then.

He didn't know what he wanted. He only knew what he didn't want.

What would happen, I wonder, if I stopped questioning and doubting what I do, stopped judging my own efforts, stopped critiquing the sentences I write, and begin instead to simply trust the process- not just the ups and downs of my work, but everything else as well, the endlessly evolving process of life itself?

What in the hell are you doing running around the parking lot at this hour?" he asked. A not unreasonable question.

I kneeled without ecstasy, prayed without belief, and felt as a stranger.

It's hard to appreciate the beauty of a world when one doubts its very validity….But I've long since lost all such doubts, Ono,' he continued. 'When I am an old man, when I look back over my life and see I have devoted it to the task of capturing the unique beauty of that world, I believe I will be well satisfied. And no man will make me believe I've wasted my time.

We were right for each other once. Whether we always will be, that's anyone's guess.

Can it be, husband, you still fear the mist's fading, never mind the promise I made you?

That while it was right to look up to teachers, it was always important to question their authority.

No such thing as the world becoming an easy place to save your soul in.