Doubt Quotes
Far or forgot to me is nearShadow and sunlight are the sameThe vanished gods to me appearAnd one to me are shame and fame. They reckon ill who leave me outWhen me they fly, I am the wingsI am the doubter and the doubt, And I the hymn the Brahmin sings.Ralph Waldo Emerson
It must be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage, than the creation of a new system. For the initiator has the enmity of all who would profit by the preservation of the old institutions and merely lukewarm defenders in those who would gain by the new ones.Machiavelli
Truth is beautiful, without doubt but so are lies.Ralph Waldo Emerson
Doubt yourself and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself and you see judges everywhere. But if you listen to the sound of your own voice, you can rise above doubt and judgment. And you can see forever.Nancy Kerrigan
If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace where there is hatred, let me sow love where there is injury, pardon where there is doubt, faith where there is despair, hope where there is darkness, light and where there is sadness, joy.Unknown
It is easier to believe than to doubt.Everett D. Martin
Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths.Moliere
Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts for if you let it pass, the desire may never return, and you may remain in ignorance.William Wirt
To believe with certainty we must begin by doubting.King Stanislas I of Poland
Unless I accept my faults, I will most certainly doubt my virtues.Hugh Prathe
There lives more faith in honest doubt, Believe me, than in half the creeds.Alfred, Lord Tennyson, In Memoriam A. H. H. 96, ll. 11 - 12.
A lively, disinterested, persistent looking for truth is extraordinarily rare. Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not to be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism or doubt.Henri Frdric Amiel
There is something Pagan in me that I cannot shake off. In short, I deny nothing, but doubt everything.George Gordon Byron
A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.Aesop
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.Bertrand Russell
When in doubt, observe and ask questions. When certain, observe at length and ask many more questions.George S. Patton
Doubt is often the beginning of wisdom.M Scott Peck
We are living the events which for centuries to come will be minutely studied by scholars who will undoubtedly describe these days as probably the most exciting and creative in the history of mankind. But preoccupied with our daily chores, our worries and personal hopes and ambitions, few of us are actually living in the present.Lawrence K. Frank
Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might winBy fearing to attempt.William Shakespeare
We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.C. S. Lewis
There lives more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds.Alfred Lord Tennyson
We know accurately only when we know little with knowledge doubt increases.Johann von Goethe
This is the true nature of home - - It is the place of Peace; the shelter, not only from injury, but from all terror, doubt and division.John Ruskin
It is only about things that do not interest one that one can give really unbiased opinions, which is no doubt the reason why an unbiased opinion is always valueless.Oscar Wilde
A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself he is indifferent to applause when he is confident of success.Alec Waugh
Undoubtedly, we become what we envisage.Claude M. Bristol
Knowledge and personality make doubt possible, but knowledge is also the cure of doubt; and when we get a full and adequate sense of personality we are lifted into a region where doubt is almost impossible, for no man can know himself as he is, and all fullness of his nature, without also knowing God.T. T. Munge
Friendship is the allay of our sorrows, the ease of our passions, the discharge of our oppressions, the sanctuary to our calamities, the counselor of our doubts, the clarity of our minds.Jeremy Taylo
Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.William Shakespeare
Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.Chinese Prove
Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping. We see our past achievements as the end results of a clean forward thrust, and our present difficulties as signs of decline and decay.Eric Hoffe
It is an error to imagine that evolution signifies a constant tendency to increased perfection. That process undoubtedly involves a constant remodelling of the organism in adaptation to new conditions; but it depends on the nature of those conditions whether the directions of the modifications effected shall be upward or downward.Thomas H. Huxley
When you start to doubt yourself, the real world will eat you alive.Henry Rollins, From his song "Shine".
To believe with certainty we must begin with doubting.Stanislaus Lescynski
We ought not be over anxious to encourage innovation, in case of doubtful improvement, for an old system must ever have two advantages over a new one; it is established and it is understood.C. C. Colton
Youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind. You are as old as your doubt, your fear, your despair. The way to keep young is to keep your faith young. Keep your self confidence young. Keep your hope young.Luella F. Phean
