Quotes
Quotes about Doubt
Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.
Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.
Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.
What's this that myrrh doth still smell in thy kiss, And that with thee no other odour is? 'Tis doubt, my Postumus, he that doth smell So sweetly always, smells not very well.
Give Me Strength! A petition no doubt directed at our Creator above, these words are uttered in times of complete exasperation.
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.
Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.
Faith and doubt both are needed - not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith.
Fanaticism is . . . overcompensation for doubt.
A fanatic is a man who consciously over compensates a secret doubt.
Who mix'd reason with pleasure, and wisdom with mirth; If he had any faults, he has left us in doubt.
At early dawn when the air is crisp And you're standing knee deep in a beautiful rip You see a trout rise to an unknown fly Then your heart starts to thump and you wonder why You're a neophyte fly fisherman. You can measure the cast and study the lie Then lengthen the line to make your first try As you check the rod to get a good presentation You hold your breath in solemn anticipation You must be a fly fisherman! The fly floats gently on its way to the trout You know it will "take it" without a doubt. You're all charged up and ready to strike But the fly floats by because something's not right You are still a fly fisherman. You open your fly box and select a new fly Then lengthen the tippet before the next try Change your position to help with the cast And hope you have made the right decision at last Now you are a doubtful fly fisherman.
You wait a moment to settle your nerves Then make your cast with a right hand curve The fly settles down and the float looked good But the trout refused it and there you stood A dejected fly fisherman. You looked things over and were not yet beat Then changed flies again and were ready to repeat The next try was poor because you rushed the cast You hold your breath in solemn anticipation You must be a fly fisherman! The fly floats gently on its way to the trout You know it will "take it" without a doubt. You're all charged up and ready to strike But the fly floats by because something's not right You are still a fly fisherman. You open your fly box and select a new fly Then lengthen the tippet before the next try Change your position to help with the cast And hope you have made the right decision at last Now you are a doubtful fly fisherman.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool then to speak out and remove all doubt.
When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.
Thank You Friend I never came to you, my friend, and went away without some new enrichment of the heart; More faith and less of doubt, more courage in the days ahead. And often in great need coming to you, I went away comforted indeed. How can I find the shining word, the glowing phrase that tells all that your love has meant to me, all that your friendship spells? There is no word, no phrase for you on whom I so depend. All I can say to you is this, God bless you precious friend.
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith.
One may not doubt that, somehow Good Shall come of Water and of Mud; And sure, the reverent eye must see A purpose in Liquidity.
Even doubtful accusations leave a stain behind them.
Happiness is possible only when one is busy. The body must toil, the mind must be occupied, and the heart must be satisfied. Those who do good as opportunity offers are sowing seed all the time, and they need not doubt the harvest.
Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other job, they would be happy. Well, that is doubtful. So get as much happiness out of what you are doing as you can and don't put off being happy until some future date.
Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.
Man is the only animal that contemplates death, and also the only animal that shows any sign of doubt of its finality.
It is best to love wisely, no doubt: but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.
