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Quotes About Uncertainty

Unless you cross the comfort zone and enter the realm of uncertainty where the failures are more likely than successes, you'll never realize your true capabilities and strengths. In my view, Leaders must be fearless to cross the comfort zone, and step outside-the-box to explore unknown territories.
~ Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate
Dan begin jy voel soos die hond wat die bus gevang het. Ongemaklik. Want dié groot, vet bus loop skynbaar nie net na bestemming Bevordering nie. Daar is ander plekke waar hy ook kan stop.
~ Deon Meyer
Who knows anybody?
~ Derek Kirk Kim
What is it?' Stephanie whispered. 'That, my dear Valkyrie, is what we call a monster.' She looked at Skulduggery. 'You don't know what it is, do you?' 'I told you what it is, it's a horrible monster. Now shut up before it comes over here and eats us.
~ Derek Landy
Plans are invitation to disappointment.
~ Derek Landy
Emergency Valve Regulators," she repeated. "So you do know what your doing? "Not really," he said yanking another wire. 'I made up that term to keep you happy. I'm just pulling all the red wires because they're the pretty ones.
~ Derek Landy
I'm fairly certain. I could be some ghastly hallucination, a figment of my own imagination
~ Derek Landy
Wait, do they even know I'm coming with you?" "No. But they like surprises. Almost always.
~ Derek Landy
We live in a time of fear," Skulduggery said, "where we're too scared of upsetting the status quo to ask the questions we need to be asking.
~ Derek Landy
I cannot have chaos erupting around me until I am prepared for it. I am a collector. I am an observer. I don't participate. My resources, and my standing, must be secure before I can allow the uncertainty of war to crash down upon us.
~ Derek Landy
We're going to get killed, aren't we?" "It looks likely. Our only hope is a surprise attack." "They're looking right at us." "Dammit.
~ Derek Landy
Plans are like buses," he said. "Sometimes they just don't turn up when you need one.
~ Derek Landy
He glared at Gracious. "I can't believe you fell asleep." "I didn't fall asleep." "Then do you know if she's home or not?" "I haven't a clue," Gracious admitted. "I fell asleep.
~ Derek Landy
I have faith," Tanith said. "As do I," said Ghastly. Valkyrie smiled at them gratefully. "So you think the plan will work?" "God, no," said Ghastly. "Sorry,
~ Derek Landy
Tanith looked back to Valkyrie. "And Val, relax, OK? We've though of everything." "Skulduggery told me once that only he thinks of everythings, but he doesn't do it very often because it spoils the surprise."... "Easy as proverbial pie." "Unless something goes wrong," Valkyrie said. "Well, yes. Unless something goes horribly, dreadfully wrong. Which it usually does of course.
~ Derek Landy
I keep imagining that one of these days I'll grow up and become someone who knows what they're doing, but so far that hasn't happened.
~ Derek Landy
Her reflection had hidden something from her. This, Valkyrie thought to herself, is probably not a good sign.
~ Derek Landy
Skulduggery shrugged. "When in doubt, wear a hat, that's what I always say.
~ Derek Landy
I have faith," Tanith said. "As do I," said Ghastly. Valkyrie smiled at them gratefully. "So you think the plan will work?" "God, no," said Ghastly. "Sorry, Val," said Tanith.
~ Derek Landy
You know," Ghastly said to Skulduggery, "for someone who hates plans, you've got an awful lot of them." "Well, yes," Skulduggery replied, "but really, the likelihood of any of them actually working is extraordinarily slim.
~ Derek Landy
Knowledge would be fatal. It is the uncertainty that charms one. A mist makes things wonderful.
~ Oscar Wilde
Every experiment destroys some of the knowledge of the system which was obtained by previous experiments.
~ Werner Heisenberg
I don't think any person has any special knowledge about what God has planned for me and you any more than me and you do.
~ Willie Nelson
Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.
~ Edgar Degas