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Quotes About Uncertainty

Fear of night. Fear of not night.
~ Franz Kafka
No matter how long the preparation, you will never feel ready to write an exam, to start a business, to be parent or even to die. Just go for it.
~ Moffat Machingura
When you put fear behind the wheel, you're bound to crash, but when you drive in faith the ride will be rough, but preceding into a journey of your lifetime.
~ Anthony Liccione
i am so crammedfull of fearsthat if you were to touch me i might eitherfly or break.
~ Sanober Khan
She was young and scared, and hadn't realized there was time to spare.
~ Unknown
Without the possibility of making mistakes, we wouldn't need to bother about making a decision.
~ Unknown
He could still escape—the fear was in front of him, and all he had to do was wrench free and run in the other direction. But he kept walking forward, straight into its embrace.
~ Anne Ursu, The Real Boy
The nicest thing about being lost is that you get rid of the fear of losing your path!
~ Mehmet Murat Ildan
I am not afraid of anything in the world. But I'm afraid of myself, afraid of what I will be in the future.
~ Luffina Lourduraj
I still don't have all the answers, but I'm no longer afraid to confront the questions.
~ Pittacus Lore, The Fate of Ten
Even Damocles developed a routine.
~ Johnny Rich, The Human Script
You would be derailing your life voluntarily out of fear that it might become ruined by chance. Or you could pick up and move on. Those were the only choices.
~ Unknown
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.
~ Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
A fanatic is a man who consciously over-compensates a secret doubt.
~ Aldous Huxley
Once men are caught up in an event they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men.
~ Antoine de St. Exupery
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.
~ Eric Hoffer
It is not the crook in modern business that we fear, but the honest man who doesn't know what he is doing.
~ Owen D. Young
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.
~ Tony McCoy
Working with food was fraught with anxiety when I was a girl. Like all farmers, we were at the mercy of the weather, and we lived in fear of crop failure.
~ Bobbie Ann Mason
We really only have two choices. Play it safe, or take a chance. For me, pulling back because of fear has always made me feel worse.
~ Gail Sheehy
What's both fascinating and challenging about investing is that the changing nature of business and finance means you can never have it all figured out.
~ Whitney Tilson
High finance trembles in its boots whenever there is some political complication.
~ Vanna Bonta
HASH: There is no definition for this word - nobody knows what hash is.
~ Ambrose Bierce
It doesn't matter who you are, or what you've done, or think you can do. There's a confrontation with destiny awaiting you. Somewhere, there is a chile you cannot eat.
~ Daniel Pinkwater