Quotes about Certainty

“Inquiry is fatal to certainty.”

“When we are not sure, we are alive.”

“The more I see the less I know for sure.”

“Certainties are arrived at only on foot.”

“There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.”

“There is nothing so uncertain as a sure thing.”

“The only certainty is that nothing is certain.”

“What men want is not knowledge, but certainty.”

“There is nothing certain except the unforeseen.”

“The present is the only reality and the only certainty.”

“To be positive: to be mistaken at the top of one's voice.”

“Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.”

“A woman's guess is much more accurate than a man's certainty.”

“Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.”

“There is nothing certain in a man's life but that he must lose it.”

“If you do know that here is one hand, we'll grant you all the rest.”

“Education is the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty.”

“In these matters the only certainty is that there is nothing certain.”

“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”

“Doubt is not a pleasant mental state, but certainty is a ridiculous one.”

“The one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is unchangeable or certain.”

“It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull.”

“To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous.”

“The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.”

“Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul when hot for certainties in this our life!”

“One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes or NO.”

“I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections, and the truth of imagination.”

“Only one thing is certain -- that is, nothing is certain. If this statement is true, it is also false.”

“I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth; and truth rewarded me.”

“Positiveness is an absurd foible. If you are in the right, it lessens your triumph; if in the wrong, it adds shame to your defeat.”