A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself.
From a shy timid girl I had become a woman of resolute character who could no longer be frightened by the struggle with troubles.
To end with certainty we must begin with doubting.
One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of shore for a very long time.
The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides never decides.
Where will I be five years from now? I delight in not knowing.
Unrest and uncertainty are our lot.
Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.
Lord, I believe; help my unbelief'... is the most natural and most human and most agonizing prayer in the gospels, and I think it is the foundation prayer of faith.
When we are not sure we are alive.
I said here's the river I want to flow on here's the direction I want to go and put my boat in. I was ready for the river to take unexpected turns and present obstacles.
There is no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the end from the beginning.
Only a weak mind seeks ultimate answers.
The demand is for certainty is a sign of weakness.
Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so.
Every time he tried to reconstruct the internal arguments that had led to his decision, they sounded feebler to him.
I'm delighted that the future is unsure. That's the way it should be.
Action will remove the doubts that theory cannot solve.
In the face of uncertainty there is nothing wrong with hope.
Gardening is an exercise in optimism.