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title: "1,776 Certainty Quotes by 1,221 authors"
description: "Certainty quotes discuss the tension between confidence, doubt, and faith in various fields."
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> [“How do you ever hold on to anybody?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-wein/how-do-you-ever-hold-on-to-anybody/)

[Elizabeth Wein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-wein/)

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> [“There is no certainity like faith.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/there-is-no-certainity-like-faith/)

[Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/)

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> [A good proof is one that makes us wiser.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iu-i-manin/a-good-proof-is-one-that-makes-us-wiser/)

[IU?. I. Manin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iu-i-manin/)

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> [“The Malady of Certainty.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-shafak/the-malady-of-certainty/)

[Elif Shafak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-shafak/)

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> [The more I see, the less I know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-franti/the-more-i-see-the-less-i-know/)

[Michael Franti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-franti/)

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> [I have no talent for certainty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/i-have-no-talent-for-certainty/)

[Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/)

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> [Doubt cannot override a certainty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-talmud/doubt-cannot-override-a-certainty/)

[The Talmud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-talmud/)

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> [“To be free is to lose one' certainty.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-george/to-be-free-is-to-lose-one-certainty/)

[Nina George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-george/)

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> [One of the best ways of repressing emotions is artificial certainty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefan-molyneux/one-of-the-best-ways-of-repressing-emotions-is-artificial-certainty/)

[Stefan Molyneux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefan-molyneux/)

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> [“Hope is never absent. What’s absent is our faith in a reality that’s never absent.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-d-lounsbrough/hope-is-never-absent-what-s-absent-is-our-faith-in-a-reality-that-s/)

[Craig D. Lounsbrough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-d-lounsbrough/)

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> [“Just remember, moral certainty is a luxury of the very young and the very old.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-s-duffy/just-remember-moral-certainty-is-a-luxury-of-the-very-young-and-the/)

[P.S. Duffy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-s-duffy/)

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> [Anything that has low certainty or has a lot of impact should be tested early.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-d-anthony/anything-that-has-low-certainty-or-has-a-lot-of-impact-should-be/)

[Scott D. Anthony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-d-anthony/)

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> [Of course I doubt. I do not practice a certainty. I practice a faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-breault/of-course-i-doubt-i-do-not-practice-a-certainty-i-practice-a-faith/)

[Robert Breault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-breault/)

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> [Fireside happiness, to hours of ease Blest with that charm, the certainty to please.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-rogers/fireside-happiness-to-hours-of-ease-blest-with-that-charm-the/)

[Samuel Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-rogers/)

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> [“The death is a bearable certainty. If it would only hurry.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dervi-su-i/the-death-is-a-bearable-certainty-if-it-would-only-hurry/)

[Derviš Sušić](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dervi-su-i/)

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> [“As we awaken we move from a realm of confusion to one of certainty and Peace.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-ripstein/as-we-awaken-we-move-from-a-realm-of-confusion-to-one-of-certainty/)

[Jacqueline Ripstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-ripstein/)

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> [Experiment is the sole source of truth. It alone can teach us something new; it alone can give us certainty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-poincare/experiment-is-the-sole-source-of-truth-it-alone-can-teach-us/)

[Henri Poincare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-poincare/)

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> [Sometimes I think death is a greater awareness than life. Life gives us the illusion of immortality, whereas death gives us the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/sometimes-i-think-death-is-a-greater-awareness-than-life-life-gives/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [There are few things reason can discover with so much certainty and ease as its own insufficiency.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-collier/there-are-few-things-reason-can-discover-with-so-much-certainty-and/)

[Jeremy Collier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-collier/)

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> [Knowing the precies answers is not as crucial as the certainty that the answers do, in fact, exist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-heimerdinger/knowing-the-precies-answers-is-not-as-crucial-as-the-certainty-that/)

[Chris Heimerdinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-heimerdinger/)

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> [For every action there is a reaction and every reaction bares a consequence, be sure the things you do today are worth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/for-every-action-there-is-a-reaction-and-every-reaction-bares-a/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I am not accustomed to saying anything with certainty after only one or two observations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andreas-vesalius/i-am-not-accustomed-to-saying-anything-with-certainty-after-only-one/)

[Andreas Vesalius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andreas-vesalius/)

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> [You have to test your hypothesis against other theories. Certainty in the face of complex situations is very dangerous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-holbrooke/you-have-to-test-your-hypothesis-against-other-theories-certainty-in/)

[Richard Holbrooke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-holbrooke/)

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> [We cannot live on probabilities. The faith in which we can live bravely and die in peace must be a certainty, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-anthony-froude/we-cannot-live-on-probabilities-the-faith-in-which-we-can-live/)

[James Anthony Froude](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-anthony-froude/)

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> [Learning emerges from discovery, not directives; reflection, not rules; possibilities, not prescriptions; diversity, not dogma; creativity and curiosity, not conformity and certainty;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-pace-marshall/learning-emerges-from-discovery-not-directives-reflection-not-rules/)

[Stephanie Pace Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-pace-marshall/)

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> [“Life seemed to him a gift; the statement ‘I am alive’ seemed to him to contain a satisfactory certainty and many other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/life-seemed-to-him-a-gift-the-statement-i-am-alive-seemed-to-him-to/)

[James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/)

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> [We must ensure that more binding, durable, and enforceable fiscal rules go hand-in-hand with funding certainty for countries pursuing sound and sustainable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/enda-kenny/we-must-ensure-that-more-binding-durable-and-enforceable-fiscal-rules/)

[Enda Kenny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/enda-kenny/)

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> [Faith was intended precisely for the simple, but the quest for certainty and simplicity becomes dangerous when it leads to fanaticism and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/faith-was-intended-precisely-for-the-simple-but-the-quest-for/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/)

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> [The intellectual who no longer feels attached to anything is not satisfied with opinion merely; he wants certainty, he wants a system.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-aron/the-intellectual-who-no-longer-feels-attached-to-anything-is-not/)

[Raymond Aron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-aron/)

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> [“Once a person believes - really believes - that certain ideas can lead to eternal happiness, or to its antithesis, he cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-harris/once-a-person-believes-really-believes-that-certain-ideas-can-lead-to/)

[Sam Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-harris/)

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> [“My only certainty in life is that I shall one day die. I can be certain of nothing else in the future.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fowles/my-only-certainty-in-life-is-that-i-shall-one-day-die-i-can-be/)

[John Fowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-fowles/)

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> [“Certainty was to curiosity what the sun was to the wings of Icarus. Where one shone forcefully, the other couldn't survive. With…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-shafak/certainty-was-to-curiosity-what-the-sun-was-to-the-wings-of-icarus/)

[Elif Shafak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-shafak/)

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> [What is it that sometimes speaks in the soul so calmly, so clearly, that its earthly time is short? Is it the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harriet-beecher-stowe/what-is-it-that-sometimes-speaks-in-the-soul-so-calmly-so-clearly/)

[Harriet Beecher Stowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harriet-beecher-stowe/)

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> [Optimism is a wish without warrant; Christian hope is a certainty, guaranteed by God himself. Optimism reflects ignorance as to whether good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-i-packer/optimism-is-a-wish-without-warrant-christian-hope-is-a-certainty/)

[J. I. Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-i-packer/)

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> [I have always felt that the moment when you first wake up in the morning is the most wonderful of the twenty-four…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-baldwin/i-have-always-felt-that-the-moment-when-you-first-wake-up-in-the/)

[Monica Baldwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-baldwin/)

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> [The Principle of Uncertainty fixed once for all the realisation that all knowledge is limited. It is an irony of history that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-bronowski/the-principle-of-uncertainty-fixed-once-for-all-the-realisation-that/)

[Jacob Bronowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-bronowski/)

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> [“Many fear this side of the door. We crave stability and certainty, so we keep both feet rooted in what we know,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-catmull/many-fear-this-side-of-the-door-we-crave-stability-and-certainty-so/)

[Ed Catmull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-catmull/)

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> [On the eve of long voyages or an absence of many years, friends who are tenderly attached will seperate with the usual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/on-the-eve-of-long-voyages-or-an-absence-of-many-years-friends-who/)

[Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/)

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> [“when the great intolerance of faith was lost, the secular robe of office had to supplant the sacred one, and society had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-broch/when-the-great-intolerance-of-faith-was-lost-the-secular-robe-of/)

[Hermann Broch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hermann-broch/)

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> [Mitchell Sanders was right. For the common soldier, at least, war has the feel-the spiritual texture-of a great ghostly fog, thick and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-brien/mitchell-sanders-was-right-for-the-common-soldier-at-least-war-has/)

[Tim O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-brien/)

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                        "text": "On the eve of long voyages or an absence of many years, friends who are tenderly attached will seperate with the usual look, the usual pressure of the hand, planning one final interview for the morrow, while each well knows that it is but a poor feint to save the pain of uttering that one word, and the meeting will never be. Should possibilities be worse to bear than certainties?",
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