There is one thing certain namely that we can have nothing certain therefore it is not certain that we can have nothing certain.
~ Samuel Butler
Every area of trouble gives out a ray of hope and the one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is certain or unchangeable.
~ John E. Kennedy
Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning.
~ George Eliot
The demand is for certainty is a sign of weakness.
~ Mark Rutherford
The unknown is what it is. And to be frightened of it is what sends everybody scurrying around chasing dreams illusions wars peace love hate all that.... Accept that it's unknown and it's plain sailing.
~ John Lennon
Only a weak mind seeks ultimate answers.
~ Agnes Thornton
When nothing is sure everything is possible.
~ Margaret Drabble
He who forecasts all perils will never sail the sea.
~ Anonymous
There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.
~ Tennessee Williams
One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of shore for a very long time.
~ André Gide
To teach how to live with uncertainty yet without being paralyzed by hesitation is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy can do.
~ Bertrand Russell
Faith ... acts promptly and boldly on the occasion on slender evidence.
~ John Henry Cardinal Newman
If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties it may be too late.
~ Lee Iacocca
The successful man is he who when he sees that no further certainty is attainable promptly decides on the most probable side as if he were completely sure it was right.
Not seeing is half-believing.
~ Vita Sackville-West
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched-they must be felt with the heart.
~ Helen Keller
There is no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the end from the beginning.
~ E. J. Klemme
I am a woman who understands the necessity of an impulse whose goal or origin still lie beyond me.
~ Olga Broumas
To end with certainty we must begin with doubting.
~ Stanislaus
Gardening is an exercise in optimism.
~ Maria Schinz
In the face of uncertainty there is nothing wrong with hope.
~ Bernie S. Siegel
No object is mysterious. The mystery is your eye.
~ Elizabeth Bowen
Faith hasn't got no eyes but she's long-legged.
~ Zora Neale Hurston
Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty.
~ John H. Finley
Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it you can make it so.
~ Belva Davis
If a man will begin with certainties he shall end in doubts but if he will content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties.
~ Francis Bacon
I said here's the river I want to flow on here's the direction I want to go and put my boat in. I was ready for the river to take unexpected turns and present obstacles.
~ Nancy Woodhull
The future is no more uncertain than the present.
~ Walt Whitman
Nobody can really guarantee the future. The best we can do is size up the chances calculate the risks involved estimate our ability to deal with them and make our plans with confidence.
~ Henry Ford Ii
Every time I think that I'm getting old and gradually going to the grave something else happens.
~ Lillian Carter
Many live in dread of what is coming. Why should we? The unknown puts adventure into life. ... The unexpected around the corner gives a sense of anticipation and surprise. Thank God for the unknown future.
~ E. Stanley Jones
I think I look good out there. I'm strong powerful and artistic. But I have my doubts as much as anyone.
~ Jill Trenary
If I ever felt inclined to be timid as I was going into a room full of people I would say to myself You're the cleverest member of one of the cleverest families in the cleverest class of the cleverest nation. ... Why should you be frightened?
~ Beatrice Potter Webb
Action will remove the doubts that theory cannot solve.
~ Tehyi Hsieh
Soon after a heart-wrung decision something inevitably occurs to cast doubt on your choice. Holding steady against that doubt usually proves your decision.
~ R. I. Fitzhenry
Doubt breeds doubt.
~ Franz Grillparzer
It's the moment you think you can't that you realize you can.
~ Celine Dion
From a shy timid girl I had become a woman of resolute character who could no longer be frightened by the struggle with troubles.
~ Anna Dostoevsky
Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.
~ Kahlil Gibran
Doubts and mistrust are the mere panic of timid imagination which the steadfast heart will conquer and the large mind transcend.
