Quotes About Uncertainty

I can only repeat what I say to myself day and night: I expect nothing, yet life keeps taking unexpected turns.

If there is a next life yes, I have that hope, for it to be kinder. But probably whatever notion you come up with will be better than anything I could come up with. I'm in a constant state of uncertainty.

Her tecrübe sizi bir sonrakine haz?rlar. Bir sonrakinin ne olaca??n? hiç bilemezsiniz.

There are moments in our lives when we summon the courage to make choices that go against reason, against common sense and the wise counsel of people we trust. But we lean forward nonetheless because, despite all risks and rational argument, we believe that the path we are choosing is the right and best thing to do. We refuse to be bystanders, even if we do not know exactly where our actions will lead.

When you do something for the first time, questions and problems are the two things you can count on.

I might die from a bear attack; I could also succumb to a rattlesnake or a puma, slip down a rocky ravine, have a tree branch fall on my head, choke on beef jerky, or any other of a million unanticipated disasters. That's the thrill of backcountry exploration. My vulnerability is exquisite. If I don't watch out for me, no one else will.

In the face of all the uncertainties that surround any decision, the wise man acts in the light of his best judgment illumined by the integrity of his profoundest spiritual insights. Then the rest is in the hands of the future and in the mind of God. The possibility of error, of profound and terrible error, is at once the height and the depth of man's freedom. For this, God be praised!

Writing is a lonely are at times, we spend so much of our time locked in a room and never know if we are reaching anyone...

That's why you can't be worried about the world. They'll just do you in anyway. You can't depend on them because sooner or later they'll turn on you or just disappear and leave you there alone.

For weeks Tyrone thought he was going to die any minute, and there were also times when he was afraid he wasnt going to die.

He didnt know what was defeating him, but he sensed it was something he could not cope with, something that was far beyond his power to control or even at this point in time comprehend.

thats why you cant be worried about the world. theyll just do you in anyway. you can't depend on them because sooner or later theyll turn on you or just disapear and leave you there alone.

We were happy when he first came. We first thought he came from the Light; but he comes like the dusk of the evening now, not like the dawn of the morning. He comes like a day that has passed, and night enters our future with him… Plains Chieftain, c. 1870

I may be proven wrong, but I may be proven right.

I feel like a hostage to fortune. Not that I am complaining. I wanted to play the role. But in truth I didn't think the show would be such a success. OK, I thought it would fail. Not because it was bad. I was confident it was good, but plenty of good things just sort of wither on the vine.

Solomon raised an eyebrow. Or rather, he left it where it was and dropped his body slightly.

I didn't feel so bad about the myrrh, because I've never been quite certain what it is.

Death and disaster are at our shoulders every second of our lives, trying to get at us. Missing, a lot of the time. A lot of miles on the motorway without a front wheel blow-out. A lot of viruses that slither through our bodies without snagging. A lot of pianos that fall a minute after we've passed. Or a month, it makes no difference. So unless we're going to get down on our knees and give thanks every time disaster misses, it makes no sense to moan when it strikes.

Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational.

One reason we resist making deliberate choices is that choice equals change and most of us, feeling the world is unpredictable enough, try to minimise the trauma of change in our personal lives.

I live from one tentative conclusion to the next, thinking each one is final. The only thing i know for sure is that I'am confused.

Sometimes I doubt and sometimes I believe. And I like not making myself believe when I am doubting, and not making myself doubt when I am believing. Surely neither God nor Accident need my consistency.

We gaan zien. Wij gaan zien. Toch.

It's all a mystery, so much is mysterious.And we are here to endure it.And in the How, there lies the whole difference—