Quotes About Doubt

Jeg havde lyst til at sige til dem: 'Nej, jeg er ikke tosset og har aldrig været det. Eller måske er jeg tosset, men så er i det også.

The second destructive thought virus is "This won't work for me.

I had no idea how to find work I'd love doing. Even the idea of trying felt wildly irresponsible.

We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack.

It's not that I don't believe in miracles, but I never quite trust that they're real.

We always tend to keep within ourselves threshold reactions such as a little doubt, or a little impulse not to do something. If the impulses are not very strong we are inclined to put them aside in a one-sided way and by this we have hurt an animal or a spirit within us.

The day your heart fills only with fear and insecurities, everything you see becomes the ghost that you were always scared of.

The higher one sits, the greater the fear of fall.

You won't become what you want to be, else you become what you fear to be.

Some skeptics believe religious people are religious because they fear Hell. It's about as fair as saying skeptics are skeptics because they fear the ridicule of modern society.

We must question every inner-belief we possess without fear or attachment.

Egotism fears its own self.

Hope transcends everything. It goes beyond all doubts. It silences fear. It quiets despair.

Frightened that you'll be overcome by yourself? That a gentle monster inside of you might take over and never let go?

If I can trust the word of a friend, why do I question the word of the God of the universe? Go figure. Sin is truly bizarre." [Running Scared, p. 111]

I am not afraid of anything in the world. But I'm afraid of myself, afraid of what I will be in the future.

I still don't have all the answers, but I'm no longer afraid to confront the questions.

Don't dig up in doubt what you planted in faith.

Maybe he would see me as weak and stupid. Maybe he was right.

Welcome to fear, said Moist to himself. It's hope, turned inside out. You know it can't go wrong, you're sure it can't go wrong...But it might.

A sensible man may fear certain possibilities, but don't let fear turn possibility into certainty.

A fanatic is a man who consciously over-compensates a secret doubt.

Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain whether of our worth or worthlessness we are almost impervious to fear. Thus a feeling of utter unworthiness can be a source of courage.

I don't know which is stronger: the thrill of winning or the fear of failure. I don't know which one affects me most. I don't know where the middle is.