Quotes About Doubt

The longing for certainty ... is in every human mind. But certainty is generally illusion.

We are not certain, we are never certain.

Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul when hot for certainties in this, our life!

When I was young I was sure of everything; in a few years, having been mistaken a thousand times, I was not half so sure of most things as I was before; at present, I am hardly sure of anything but what God has revealed.

Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cock-sure of many things that were not so.

A reasonable probability is the only certainty.

Doubt is not a pleasant state, but certainty is a ridiculous one.

There is only one thing about which I am certain, and this is that there is very little about which one can be certain.

The only certainty is that nothing is certain.

I'm often wrong, but never in doubt.

There is one thing certain, namely, that we can have nothing certain; therefore it is not certain that we can have nothing certain.

The demand is for certainty is a sign of weakness.

Only a weak mind seeks ultimate answers.

Not seeing is half-believing.

To end with certainty, we must begin with doubting.

I think I look good out there. I'm strong, powerful, and artistic. But I have my doubts as much as anyone.

Soon after a heart-wrung decision, something inevitably occurs to cast doubt on your choice. Holding steady against that doubt usually proves your decision.

In case of doubt, decide in favor of what is correct.

Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we often might win, by fearing to attempt.

Yes, I have doubted. I have wandered off the path, but I always return. It is intuitive, an intrinsic, built-in sense of direction. I seem always to find my way home.

Self distrust is the cause of most of our failures. In the assurance of strength, there is strength, and they are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their own powers.

Doubt yourself and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself and you see judges everywhere. But if you listen to the sound of your own voice, you can rise above doubt and judgment. And you can see forever.

To be ambitious for wealth, and yet always expecting to be poor; to be always doubting your ability to get what you long for, is like trying to reach east by traveling west. There is no philosophy which will help a man to succeed when he is always doubting his ability to do so, and thus attracting failure. No matter how hard you work for success, if your thought is saturated with the fear of failure, it will kill your efforts, neutralize your endeavors and make success impossible.

He is always right who suspects that he makes mistakes.