“One learns by doing a thing; for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try.” — Sophocles Copy Share Image
“Best not to take, yet doubt its strength, A leash with Demons at its length.” — McKenzie Bodkin Copy Share Image
“So many it seems, have made it their life's goal to bask in the ignorance of their certainty.” — John Chaplin Copy Share Image
I've always given presidents the benefit of the doubt on their nominees. — John McCain Copy Share Image
She was a terrible mother, there was no doubt about it, but she didn't even have the strength to feel guilty. — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
Why give Russia or Syria any reason to doubt that Obama would use force? — Lois Frankel Copy Share Image
I have no doubt that my origin and ethnicity have strongly influenced controversy over my invention of email. — Shiva Ayyadurai Copy Share Image
The areas of consensus shift unbelievably fast; the bubbles of certainty are constantly exploding. — Rem Koolhaas Copy Share Image
... enforced Christianity was the surest breeding ground for unbelief. Many men either became unbelievers or met unbelievers during their military service. — Bill Cooke Copy Share Image
Selfishness of the stable or rigid sort is as a rule more bitterly resented than the more fickle variety, chiefly, no doubt,… — Charles Horton Cooley Copy Share Image
Doctrines like Christianity or Islam or Marxism require unanimity of belief. One dissenter casts doubt on the creed of millions. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
If you are anxious, if you doubt yourself, if you stress over everything, it ultimately means you really care about what you… — Amy Macdonald Copy Share Image
Real love is more than a physical feeling. If there's even the slightest doubt in your head about a guy, then forget… — Ethan Embry Copy Share Image
Irrespective of doubts and convictions, and for the Infinite Love I bear for one and all, I continue to come as the… — Meher Baba Copy Share Image
A role model in the flesh provides more than inspiration; his or her very existence is confirmation of possibilities one may have… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
When you're winning, your confidence is through the roof, but when you're losing, that self-doubt is like, 'Am I doing the right… — Tito Ortiz Copy Share Image
Doubts are suppressed by groups... But remember that the internal incentives that shape how the group perceives risks and rewards may be… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
The reason why Matthew Arnold, to my feeling, fails entirely as a poet (though no doubt his ideas were good - at… — Edith Sitwell Copy Share Image
Confidence is a static state. Determination is active. Determination allows for doubt and for humility - both of which are critical in… — Anna Deavere Smith Copy Share Image
My first day in the police was July 16, 1972. I was the only woman in the IPS. I remember getting a… — Kiran Bedi Copy Share Image
The modern technological world appears overwhelming to many people. It drives some to pessimism and despair. It makes others doubt the future… — Glenn T. Seaborg Copy Share Image
“If you are going to doubt someone, then do so all the way to the end. The Lord calls that awareness. Do… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Humans may crave absolute certainty; they may aspire to it; they may pretend, as partisans of certain religions do, to have attained… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
... we know that productivity suffers when uncertainty is high. But we've failed to realize the equally destructive effects of too little… — Judith M Bardwick Copy Share Image
