Every year if not every day we have to wager our salvation upon some prophecy based upon imperfect knowledge.
When the lie and the truth are two trenchant weapons, they are at the risk of becoming downright uncertainties.
(pl. ) of Uncertainty
Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better whereas enslavement is a certainty of the worst.
I think I look good out there. I'm strong powerful and artistic. But I have my doubts as much as anyone.
Our lives are never certain even for an hour.
The shortest period of time lies between the minute you put some money away for a rainy day and the unexpected arrival of rain.
The successful man is he who when he sees that no further certainty is attainable promptly decides on the most probable side as if he were completely sure it was right.
We sail within a vast sphere ever drifting in uncertainty driven from end to end.
Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty.
Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cock-sure of many things that were not so.
There is nothing certain in a man's life but that he must lose it.
We are not certain we are never certain.
If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable ... we must be content to creep along the ground and can never soar.
A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself.
In doubt fear is the worst of prophets.
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.
Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first.