Certainty Quotes · Page 7

It is wise to be sure, but otherwise to be too sure.

— Sophie Irene Loeb

“It must be an odd person indeed that can say for certain they are normal.”

— Initially NO

Such certainty is beautiful, but uncertainty is more beautiful still

— Wislawa Szymborska

The certainty of our salvation rests on the character of God.

— F.B. Meyer

“That's the hardest part," he says. "The absence of certainty.”

— Cynthia Hand

A barrell full of certainties won't roll very far.

— Gerd de Ley

Certainty regarding your career aged 15 is very unusual.

— Karla Crome

For those with ambition, reality is more of a creation than an unalterable certainty.

— Lori Guinn

We never have 100 percent certainty. We never have it. If you wait until you have 100 percent certainty, something bad is…

— Gordon R. Sullivan

We are often less grieved at disappointments than at ourselves for having said much concerning the certainty of our expectations.

— Norm MacDonald

Certainty, and the innovation that thrives in a climate of certainty, are key to progress.

— Andrew R. Wheeler

Science is the outcome of being prepared to live without certainty and therefore a mark of maturity. It embraces doubt and loose…

— A.C. Grayling

There is only one thing in this world which is constant. It's Change whether Time or People.

— Anurag Prakash Ray

The scientist believes in proof without certainty, the bigot in certainty without proof.

— Ashley Montagu

God knows the future, you don't. So stop worrying and make wise decisions. Trust him with the results.

— Anonymous

“The Conviction Principle Convey certainty with words, eye contact, posture, and tone of voice.”

— Bill McGowan

In Chaos Magic , beliefs are not seen as ends in themselves, but as tools for creating desired effects. To fully realize…

— Peter J. Carroll

We can bear up under everything, if we have only the certainty that the monster Hitler with his insatiable bloodletting and plundering…

— Friedrich Kellner

There are two options for any society: total prohibition as in a totalitarian state, or total license. Both avoid the ardours of…

— P. D. James

He had thought more than other men, and in matters of the intellect he had that calm objectivity, that certainty of thought…

— Anonymous

All speech should be presumed to be protected by the Constitution, and a heavy burden should be placed on those who would…

— Alan Dershowitz

What has the Cross left in each of us? You see, it gives us a treasure that no one else can give:…

— Pope Francis

Subatomic particles do not exist but rather show 'tendencies to exist', and atomic events do not occur with certainty at definite times…

— Fritjof Capra

A geometrical theory in physical interpretation can never be validated with mathematical certainty ... ; like any other theory of empirical science,…

— Carl Gustav Hempel

I remember one occasion when I tried to add a little seasoning to a review, but I wasn't allowed to. The paper…

— Paul Halmos

The [Israelis] believed - they were possessed of an absolute certainty and conviction - that 'terrorists' were in Chatila. How could I…

— Robert Fisk

Facts are certainly the solid and true foundation of all sectors of nature study ... Reasoning must never find itself contradicting definite…

— Anonymous

What I love about cooking is that after a hard day, there is something comforting about the fact that if you melt…

— Nora Ephron

“Stuff and nonsense: you must regard this deviation from your plan as part of the adventure that you sought when you decided…

— Adam Yamey

Because we are God's children...we can bring our needs to him with certainty in prayer… Prayer is not some kind of heavenly…

— Jim Cymbala

This is what it is to be human: to see the essential existential futility of all action, all striving -- and to…

— Spider Robinson

It is to them [fossils] alone that we owe the commencement of even a Theory of the Earth ... By them we…

— Georges Cuvier

While all the future, for thy purer soul, With "sober certainties" of love is blest.

— William Wordsworth

Antisappointment. Anticipation colliding head-on with the certainty of its own doom.

— Chip Kidd

“Faith can be a greater asset than certainty.”

— Dawn Jayne

“If you build the faith to trust a friend as God, then your heart can never be broken.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

Speculations? I have none. I am resting on certainties.

— Michael Faraday

I act with complete certainty. But this certainty is my own.

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

It is the certainty that you are about to recover, that brings results, not the hope.

— Emile Coue

“Doubt can lead you where certainty never will.”

— Todd Lockwood