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Quotes About Doubt

Since the sum of her experience had told her that the majority of one's prayers to God were not answered, she prayed now directly to us, she called upon the Devil, she implored him.
~ Norman Mailer
The secret is to fill your mind with thoughts of faith, confidence, and security. This will force out or expel all thoughts of doubt, all lack of confidence. To one man who for a long time had been haunted by insecurities and fears I suggested that he read through the Bible underlining in red pencil every statement it contains relative to courage and confidence. He also committed them to memory, in effect cramming his mind full of the healthiest, happiest, most powerful thoughts in the world.
~ Norman Vincent Peale
the trouble with most prayers is that they aren't big enough.
~ Norman Vincent Peale
The Bible is not interested in arguing, because if you state a thesis of belief you have already stated it's opposite; if you say, I believe in God, you have already suggested the possibility of not believing in him. [p.250]
~ Northrop Frye
Why is it,' he said quietly, 'that quite often even the things which are correct just don't seem to be right?
~ Norton Juster
And you are almost never right about anything,' he said, pointing at the Humbug. 'and, when you are, it's usually an accident.
~ Norton Juster
Every time he thought about it he became more convinced that there was nothing that was really true and even less in which to believe. So it was simpler not to care about anything, for in that way he was never disappointed.
~ Norton Juster
Orang yang selalu menunda-nunda niatnya tidak akan mencapai apa-apa. Bertindak memang ada bahayanya, tetapi bila kita duduk saja menunggu rezeki nomplok, yang akan datang adalah kegagalan. Kesampingkan saja keragu-raguan anda dan maju terus.!
~ Og Mandino
trepidation.
~ Og Mandino
Truly, many times have you heard me say that the rewards are great if one succeeds but the rewards are great only because so few succeed. Many succumb to despair and fail without realizing that they already possess all the tools needed to acquire great wealth. Many others face each obstacle in their path with fear and doubt and consider them as enemies when, in truth, these obstructions are friends and helpers.
~ Og Mandino
A reserved lover, it is said, always makes a suspicious husband.
~ Oliver Goldsmith
She was beginning to fear she had married a man whom she could not take seriously.
~ Olivia Manning
Todos têm seu dia de Judas.
~ Olivier Rolin
If I gave you my life, you would drop it wouldnt you?
~ Ondaatje Michael
The truth is that the naysayers in your life can never be fully satisfied. Whether you hide or shine, they'll always feel threatened because they don't believe they are enough.
~ Oprah Winfrey
The power of things inheres in the memories they gather up inside them, and also in the vicissitudes of our imagination, and our memory — of this there is no doubt.
~ Orhan Pamuk
Bunlara kaç kiÅŸi inan?yor? dedi yorgun, b?kk?n bir havayla. Biraz ilgi gören ve bundan ba?? dönen h?rsl? her vaiz, dinin elden gittiÄŸini söylemeye baÅŸlar. En saÄŸlam ekmek kap?s? budur.
~ Orhan Pamuk
İşte bu doÄŸru. Burada, Türkiye'de insan hiçbir ÅŸeye akl?yla inanamaz.
~ Orhan Pamuk
Nadie confía en nadie, todo el mundo espera alguna bajeza del prójimo.
~ Orhan Pamuk
a mitad de la cena, de repente me dijo que intuía que un día sería muy feliz. Y aquellas palabras me hicieron sentir con mayor claridad que se me había cerrado la posibilidad de ser feliz en la vida...
~ Orhan Pamuk
Çok doÄŸru," dedi Süleyman. Bana kal?rsa bana hak verdiÄŸi için deÄŸil, Hazreti Peygamber'li, Kuran-? Kerim'li bir lafa asla kar?? ç?kamad??? için
~ Orhan Pamuk
solo se arrepentía porque tuviera miedo, sino también
~ Orhan Pamuk
Mevlut wasn't sure whether the strangeness was in his mind or in the world.
~ Orhan Pamuk
they were no longer quite sure what they should be laughing at or objecting to.
~ Orhan Pamuk