Doubt Quotes
Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might winBy fearing to attempt.William Shakespeare
Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.Peter Ustinov
Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.Chinese Prove
Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.Isaac Bashevis Singer, New York Times Magazine, Mar. 12, 1978
When you start to doubt yourself, the real world will eat you alive.Henry Rollins, From his song "Shine".
Doubt is often the beginning of wisdom.M Scott Peck
In necessary things, unity in doubtful things, liberty in all things, charity.Richard Baxte
Your confidence in the people, and your doubt about them, are closely related to your self - Confidence and your self - Doubt.Kahlil Gibran
The sum is, that the worship of God must be spiritual, in order that it may correspond with His nature. For although Moses only speaks of idolatry, yet there is no doubt but that by synecdoche, as in all the rest of the law, he condemns all fictitious services which men in their ingenuity have invented.John Calvin
This I do know beyond any reasonable doubt. Regardless of what you are doing, if you pump long enough, hard enough and enthusiastically enough, sooner or later the effort will bring forth the reward.Zig Zigla
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
We dare not tempt them with weakness. For only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed.John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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
If a person offend you and you are in doubt as to whether it was intentional or not, do not resort to extreme measures. Simply watch your chance and hit him with a brick.Mark Twain, "Advice to Youth" Speech, 1882
Believe your beliefs and doubt your doubts.F. F. Bosworth
All doubt, despair, and fear become insignificant once the intention of life becomes love, rather than dependence on love.Sri da Avabhas
True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not he knoweth all things but his own ignorance.Akhenaton
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
Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless one had better know the rules, for they sometimes guide in doubtful cases, though not often.Samuel Butle
Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.Shakespeare
When in doubt, do the courageous thing.Jan Smuts
Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.William Shakespeare
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.Margaret Mead
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
Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.Kahlil Gibran
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts about reality.Franklin Delano Roosevelt
There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.Titus Maccius Plautus, Captivi
To believe with certainty we must begin with doubting.Stanislaus Lescynski
The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt.Rene Descartes
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.Bertrand Russell
Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.Ralph Waldo Emerson
When in doubt, observe and ask questions. When certain, observe at length and ask many more questions.George S. Patton
Was it doubted that those who corrupt their own bodies conceal themselves?Walt Whitman, "Leaves of Grass".
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.Dale Carnegie
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
There is no harm in doubt and scepticism, for it is through these that new discoveries are made.Richard Feynman, Letter to Armando Garcia J, December 11, 1985
Of all religions, Christianity is without a doubt the one that should inspire tolerance most, although, up to now, the Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire
