Certainty Quotes

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Conviction is a force multiplier. If you want something, claim it in your gut. The universe itself responds to your inner certainty. — Marianne Williamson
Fireside happiness, to hours of ease Blest with that charm, the certainty to please. — Samuel Rogers
The only certainty is uncertainty — Pliny the Elder
The Public ... demands certainties ... But there are not certainties — H. L. Mencken
Optimism is a wish without warrant; Christian hope is a certainty, guaranteed by God himself. Optimism reflects ignorance as to whether good things will ever… — J I Packer
From all our observations we may collect with certainty, that misery is the lot of man, but cannot discover in what particular condition it will… — Samuel Johnson
The first men who set out for Mars had better make sure they leave everything at home in apple-pie order. They won't get back to… — Wernher von Braun
A thin line separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt. Our lives constantly walk that line. When we slip off on one… — Barbara Johnson
In our instinctive attachments, our fear of change, and our wish for certainty and permanence, we may undercut the impermanence which is our greatest strength,… — Rachel Naomi Remen
I never wavered in my certainty that God did not exist. I was simply liberated by the thought that there might be a way to… — Alain de Botton
In short, is American life of the future to be characterized by freedom or by servitude, strength or weakness? The answer must be clear and… — Douglas MacArthur
People are saying that they want be convinced [about global warming], perfectly. They want to know the climate science projections with 100 per cent certainty.… — Gordon R. Sullivan
It is the certainty that you are about to recover, that brings results, not the hope. — Emile Coue
Continually revise your relationship to God until the only certainty you have is not that you are faithful, but that He is. — Oswald Chambers
I can UNDERSTAND pessimism, but I don't BELIEVE in it. It's not simply a matter of faith, but of historical EVIDENCE. Not overwhelming evidence, just… — Howard Zinn
The only time a dead certainty applies is in a dream world. — Tommy Franks
The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind. — May Sarton
One certainty we all accept is the condition of being uncertain and insecure. — Doris Lessing
This kind of certainty comes but just once in a lifetime! — Robert James Waller
What can we say with certainty? — Voltaire

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