Quotes About Doubt

The superstitious man wishes he did not believe in gods, as the atheist does not, but fears to disbelieve in them.

I'm afraid of everything. Fear of being alone, fear of being hurt, fear of being made a fool of, fear of failure... Still, I think all my fears bleed from one big one.

There isn't any fear in existence itself, or any uncertainty, but living creates it.

Hours of crisis often call for sacrifice. In matters of consequence, when have doubt and fear given the best advice? Why not heed faith, courage, and honor?

To fear and not be afraid- that is the paradox of faith.

You know, so often we think we have each step figured out. And then when one thing doesn't go our way, we begin to question, we being to fear what our next step will be.

Indecision, doubt and fear. The members of this unholy trio are closely related; where one is found, the other two are close at hand.

Both faith and fear may sail into your harbor, but only allow faith to drop anchor.

I know what it's like to feel that fear and the need of affirmation and appreciation. To build confidence in yourself is the toughest thing.

Her courage was a guise. She wondered if courage always was, or if there were those who truly felt no fear.

By making the start of the sequence automatic, they replace doubt and fear with comfort and routine.

You cease to be afraid when you cease to hope; for hope is accompanied by fear.

To fear to face an issue is to believe that the worst is true.

The combination of fear and ignorance (two sides of the same coin) can be paralyzing.

Fear and doubt are major stampeders.

Within orthodoxy, there is always a danger of faith collapsing into fear.

Servile doubt argues an impotence of mind, that says we fear because we dare not meet misfortunes.

In doubt, fear is the worst of prophets.

Worry is a sustained form of fear caused by indecision

Father, O father! what do we here In this land of unbelief and fear?

Because that, more than any monster, was what Sam had feared: that he was weak and cowardly. He had a terrible fear of being afraid.

People die of fright and live of confidence.

Anxiety is practising failure in advance. Anxiety is needless and imaginary. It's fear about fear, fear that means nothing.

With fear come the lies and the justifications that, no matter how convincing, lower our self-esteem.