--- title: "Popular Certainty Proverbs" description: "Browse 1,776 Certainty quotes by 1,221 authors. Discover the best Certainty sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b2/pete-wentz-1891_cabinets_we-are-symbolic-we-are-driving-to-the-ed_1177626.png" --- > [We are symbolic. We are driving to the edge of the city and talking in vague-yet-resolute certainties about our dreams and our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-wentz/we-are-symbolic-we-are-driving-to-the-edge-of-the-city-and-talking-in/) [Pete Wentz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-wentz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b2/pete-wentz-1891_cabinets_we-are-symbolic-we-are-driving-to-the-ed_1177626.png) > [“I like the scientific spirit—the holding off, the being sure but not too sure, the willingness to surrender ideas when the evidence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-whitman/i-like-the-scientific-spirit-the-holding-off-the-being-sure-but-not/) [Walt Whitman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-whitman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1af/walt-whitman-265_affection_i-like-the-scientific-spirit-the-holding_1774340.png) > [Whoever builds his faith exclusively on demonstrative proofs and deductive arguments, builds a faith on which it is impossible to rely. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-arabi/whoever-builds-his-faith-exclusively-on-demonstrative-proofs-and/) [Ibn Arabi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibn-arabi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d0/ibn-arabi-14601_affected_whoever-builds-his-faith-exclusively-on_103076.jpg) > [If you want to attract more investment, foreign investment, more talent, more business, I think having some level of certainty that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-r-chenevert/if-you-want-to-attract-more-investment-foreign-investment-more-talent/) [Louis R. Chenevert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-r-chenevert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc0/louis-r-chenevert-32065_attract_if-you-want-to-attract-more-investment-f_883772.jpg) > [If we get total certainty, we get … bored out of our minds. So, God, in Her infinite wisdom, gave us a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-robbins/if-we-get-total-certainty-we-get-bored-out-of-our-minds-so-god-in-her/) [Tony Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-robbins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b2/tony-robbins-232_bored_if-we-get-total-certainty-we-get-bored-o_1963143.jpg) > [“It's one thing to guess or use trial and error with respect to trivial matters or decisions that can easily be reversed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brooks-jackson/it-s-one-thing-to-guess-or-use-trial-and-error-with-respect-to/) [Brooks Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brooks-jackson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a83/brooks-jackson-63469_buying-a-car_it-s-one-thing-to-guess-or-use-trial-and_1549099.jpg) > [Love isn't just about feeling sure of the other person, knowing what he would give up for you. It's knowing with certainty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-hobb/love-isn-t-just-about-feeling-sure-of-the-other-person-knowing-what/) [Robin Hobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-hobb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d21/robin-hobb-489_certainty_love-isn-t-just-about-feeling-sure-of-th_1665338.jpg) > [ But just as much as it is easy to find the differential \[derivative\] of a given quantity, so it is difficult to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-bernoulli/but-just-as-much-as-it-is-easy-to-find-the-differential-derivative-of/) Johann Bernoulli [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/324/johann-bernoulli-74276_calculus_but-just-as-much-as-it-is-easy-to-find-t_3054028.png) > [So the journey is over and I am back again where I started, richer by much experience and poorer by many unexploded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldous-huxley/so-the-journey-is-over-and-i-am-back-again-where-i-started-richer-by/) [Aldous Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldous-huxley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91c/aldous-huxley-97_back-again_so-the-journey-is-over-and-i-am-back-aga_2305744.jpg) > [I am convinced that it is impossible to expound the methods of induction in a sound manner, without resting them upon the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-stanley-jevons/i-am-convinced-that-it-is-impossible-to-expound-the-methods-of/) [William Stanley Jevons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-stanley-jevons/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ded/william-stanley-jevons-10797_ability_i-am-convinced-that-it-is-impossible-to_1081399.jpg) > [Science is uncertain. Theories are subject to revision; observations are open to a variety of interpretations, and scientists quarrel amongst themselves. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/science-is-uncertain-theories-are-subject-to-revision-observations/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2e/isaac-asimov-309_accounts_science-is-uncertain-theories-are-subjec_891260.jpg) > [People, I just want to say, you know, can we all get along? Can we get along? Can we stop making it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-boswell/people-i-just-want-to-say-you-know-can-we-all-get-along-can-we-get/) [James Boswell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-boswell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/005/james-boswell-7136_action_people-i-just-want-to-say-you-know-can-w_501772.jpg) > [To a certain extent all philosophers have been involved in a systematic questioning that undermines confidence and certainty. Philosophy as a whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-baggini/to-a-certain-extent-all-philosophers-have-been-involved-in-a/) [Julian Baggini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-baggini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7b/julian-baggini-3081_certainty_to-a-certain-extent-all-philosophers-hav_874653.png) > [A great man, who was convinced that the truths of political and moral science are capable of the same certainty as those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-de-caritat-marquis-de-condorcet/a-great-man-who-was-convinced-that-the-truths-of-political-and-moral/) [Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-de-caritat-marquis-de-condorcet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/659/nicolas-de-caritat-marquis-de_astronomy_a-great-man-who-was-convinced-that-the-t_379142.png) > [See that unfortunate soldier who is falling hurt to death ("tombe blessé à...", Fr.) on the battlefield; he learns that his folks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/african-spir/see-that-unfortunate-soldier-who-is-falling-hurt-to-death-tombe-bless/) [African Spir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/african-spir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91d/african-spir-10042_battlefields_see-that-unfortunate-soldier-who-is-fall_2952595.jpg) > [I have learned to prize holy ignorance more highly than religious certainty and to seek companions who have arrived at the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-brown-taylor/i-have-learned-to-prize-holy-ignorance-more-highly-than-religious/) [Barbara Brown Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-brown-taylor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f21/barbara-brown-taylor-3225_belief_i-have-learned-to-prize-holy-ignorance-m_549170.png) ## Top authors on Certainty - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bertrand-russell-17477.jpg) Bertrand Russell 21 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/certainty/bertrand-russell/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-tony-robbins-91869.jpg) Tony Robbins 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/certainty/tony-robbins/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-christopher-hitchens-23938.jpg) Christopher Hitchens 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/certainty/christopher-hitchens/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richard-p-feynman-78819.jpg) Richard P. 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