Quotes about doubt
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“Whatever doubts I had, I submit to the authority of the other Judges.”

Giles Rooke (1743–1808) British judge (1743-1808)

Mitchell v. Cockburne (1794), 2 H. B. 382.

“I have no doubt that the only reason I’m alive today at 92 is because God has work for me to do. I have a message to deliver; God has kept me alive to deliver it.”

René Henry Gracida (1923) American Roman Catholic bishop

Airman, Monk, Priest, Bishop: An interview with Bp. Rene Henry Gracida https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2016/01/11/airman-monk-priest-bishop-an-interview-with-bp-rene-henry-gracida/ (January 11, 2016)

God

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.”

Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) 32nd President of the United States

Motivational, Wise, Deep, Success

“The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.”

Peter Abelard (1079–1142) French scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician

Variant: The key to wisdom is this - constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth.

Wisdom, Truth, Question

“When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.”

Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) French writer

“Nobody doubts that genes can shape anatomy. The idea that they also shape behaviour takes a lot more swallowing.”

Matt Ridley book Genome

Source: Genome (1999), Chapter 7 “Instinct” (p. 91)

Idea

“In doubt, goes on uninterruptedly.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) Nel dubbio, avanza ininterrottamente.
Source: prevale.net

“When you also like what she does, what she says, how and what she thinks, any doubts vanish in the bud.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) Quando di lei ti piace anche cosa fa, cosa dice, come e cosa pensa, qualsiasi dubbio svanisce sul nascere.
Source: prevale.net

Thinking

“How would the man born blind not have the idea of light? Nature has refused them a soul; they have some right to doubt, not only the immortality of the soul, but its existence.”

Maximilien Robespierre (1758–1794) French revolutionary lawyer and politician

Last Speech to the National Convention (26 July 1794)

Feeling, Soul, Idea, Nature

“We must have faith in the masses and we must have faith in the Party. These are two cardinal principles. If we doubt these principles, we shall accomplish nothing.”

Mao Zedong (1893–1976) Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

(zh-CN) 我们应当相信群众，我们应当相信党，这是两条根本的原理。如果怀疑这两条原理，那就什么事情也做不成了。
On the Question of Agricultural Co-Operation (July 31, 1955)
1950s

Faith

“[I]t is not only men who may be harmed by preferences and quotas. In a number of ways, women could be harmed as well. To begin with, such policies could cast a shadow of doubt over women’s genuine accomplishments.”

Steve Stewart-Williams (1971)

Source: Men, Women and STEM: Why the Differences and What Should be Done? (with Lewis G. Halsey; 2021), p. 22

Women, Men, Way

“What a state of society is this in which free-thinker is a term of abuse, and in which doubt is regarded as sin?”

William Winwood Reade (1838–1875) British historian

Source: The Martyrdom of Man (1872), Chapter IV, "Intellect", p. 541

“He that is willing to tolerate any religion, or discrepant way of religion, besides his own, unless it be in matters merely indifferent, either doubts of his own, or is not sincere in it.”

Nathaniel Ward (1578–1652) Puritan clergyman and pamphleteer in England and Massachusetts

In 1647, as quoted in "Free Speech and Its Present Crisis" https://www.city-journal.org/free-speech-crisis (2018), by Allen C. Guelzo, City Journal

Religion, Way, Sincerity, Indifference

“The methods of coping with crime have no doubt undergone several changes, but mainly in a theoretic sense. In practice, society has retained the primitive motive in dealing with the offender; that is, revenge.”

Emma Goldman book Anarchism and Other Essays

Anarchism and Other Essays (1910), Prisons: A Social Crime and Failure

Motivation, Revenge, Sense, Change

“We feel that users have more expectations. Concerning antitrust, privacy protections, the prevention of big data price discrimination, and so on, we, as users, share these concerns. For instance, with our gaming business, we know there are a lot of doubts.”

Ma Huateng (1971) Chinese internet entrepreneur

"Tencent founder Pony Ma emphasises company’s investment in social value amid increasing antitrust and gaming scrutiny" in South China Morning Post (23 April 2021) https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3130836/pony-ma-emphasises-tencents-investment-social-value-amid-increasing

Feeling, Game, Business

“People are not to be blamed for their doubts, but that they make no effort to arrive at the truth.”

William Henry Davies book The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp

Source: The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp (1908), Ch. XXXIV

People, Truth, Effort

“'Cause we
About it
It's deep
How we found it
Sleep
I doubt it
When the sun hits your eyes and I'm with you”

Example (musician) (1982) English rapper and singer

"Sun hits your Eyes" (song, 2020) <br class="br"> ("Sun hits your Eyes" on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baz6UHWygv0 <br class="br">Non-album singles, As lead artist

Sleep, Sun

“It appears both amusing and terrifying at the same time, that the majority of the women claim to be the victims of narcissistic behaviours. I have no doubt that, this is something to do with the newly introduced gender equality, I called it ‘new’ because it has been put into practice only in the past decades.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

Women, Appearance, Time, Past

“Since there is nothing new under the sun. The aim of motivation is to confirm what you already know. Simply, clearing your doubts.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

Motivation, Sun

“The benefit of writing is that: No man can doubt the existence of Julius, but many are still in doubt whether Jesus existed or not. Mind over emotions.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“Without doubt, the mystics have accessed the cosmic consciousness and they are capable to use their intuitive abilities, unlike the majority of the people. This is the highest knowledge one can ever seek to possess in our age.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

People, Age, Knowledge

“If there is a devil, then there is no doubt that God really exists too. Otherwise, he won't be here in the first place.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

God

“Religions, including science, are still so immature. They did not find the location of the soul. Most of them are still in doubt.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

Religion, Soul, Science

“Since your mind has cast the clouds of doubt, it will also let you know when the time is right for action.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

Time

“To become a religious founder, you must first reach the land of doubt and atheism.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“To doubt is to go beyond the limits. But once you go over the bar, there is no limit.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“If hell were raked with a fine tooth comb it is exceedingly doubtful whether any such material could be found there as inhabit this village; and should the devil seek a substitute for hell Jonesboro would qualify.”

William G. Brownlow (1805–1877) American newspaper editor, minister, and politician (1805-1877)

Whig. 1847:12:03, 1845:1845:09:03. Reprinted in That D----d Brownlow by Steve Humphrey. Appalachian Consortium Press, 1978. Boone, North Carolina.
Jonesboro Whig (1840 to 1949)

Hell

“My favorite part of my job is never having to doubt that I’m doing something of value. And I don’t mean this in the global sense; there are more practical ways to help people. But I do think that--and this may be selfish--I am working at something that’s making me a better human.”

Kirstin Chen Singaporean writer

As quoted in "Kirstin Chen Ventures Out Of Singapore With Novel Set In 1950s Maoist China" in Forbes (27 April 2018) https://www.forbes.com/sites/priscaang/2018/04/27/kirstin-chen/?sh=235a75302016

People, Way, Thinking, Sense

“A lot challenges me! Not psyching myself out, not doubting myself, not comparing myself to others... all of that challenges me. But inevitably, challenges are put into our lives so that we may grow and become the best version of who we are meant to be.”

Lana Condor (1997) Vietnamese-American actress

As quoted in "#RedefineAtoZ: Lana Condor, actress on the rise, sees growth in challenges" in NBC Asian America (1 May 2018) https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/atoz/redefineatoz-lana-condor-actress-rise-sees-growth-challenges-n867281

“No one doubts that biological universals exist. We must sleep, eat, and grow older, and we are not about to give up procreation; almost all our social institutions are influenced by these imperatives.”

Stephen Jay Gould book An Urchin in the Storm

Source: An Urchin in the Storm (1987) "Genes on the Brain", p. 113

Sleep, Universe

“Whenever a warrior decides to do something he must go all the way, but he must take responsibility for what he does. No matter what he does, he must know first why he is doing it, and then he must proceed with his actions without having doubts or remorse about them.”

Carlos Castaneda book The Wheel of Time

Source: The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe], (1998), Quotations from "Journey to Ixtlan" (Chapter 8)

Way

“Prediction is not the same thing as understanding, but in the absence of prediction, we can certainly doubt understanding.”

Robyn Dawes (1936–2010) American psychologist

Source: Everyday Irrationality: How Pseudo-Scientists, Lunatics, and the Rest of Us Systematically Fail to Think Rationally (2001), Chapter 6, “Three Specific Irrationalities of Probabilistic Judgment” (p. 97)

Understanding

“There is no doubt that we have a different vision of the past. What’s important is that I see no reasons for any kind of conflicts in the future. We have no interests that could be contradictory in the future.”

Ivica Dačić (1966) Serbian politician

Source: "Ivica Dacic: Forced solutions don’t lead to stability of the region" in The Srpska Times https://thesrpskatimes.com/ivica-dacic-forced-solutions-dont-lead-to-stability-of-the-region/ (18 September 2018)

Past, Future

“When Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, few people had the poor taste to ask what she had ever done, or even claimed to do, for the cause of peace. Her address to the ceremony of investiture did little to resolve any doubt on this score and much to increase it.”

Christopher Hitchens book The Missionary Position

Source: 2010s, 2011, The Missionary Position, Mother Theresa in Theory and Practice (2012)

People, Peace

“Only a man who doubts his own bravery bristles when called a coward.”

Robert Silverberg book The Gate of Worlds

Source: The Gate of Worlds (1967), Chapter 7 “We Play a Little Game” (p. 122)

“What I really hoped for, no doubt, was to come upon one of those lives which begin nowhere, which lead us through marshes and salt flats, trickling away, seemingly without plan, purpose or goal, and suddenly emerge, gushing like geysers, and never cease gushing, even in death.”

Henry Miller book Nexus

Source: The Rosy Crucifixion III: Nexus (1960), Ch. 8, p. 129

Death, Hope

“Keep asking on the vaccine plan. How much vaccine? By what date? What %age of pop vaccinated by May 31, June 30,July 31? Real numbers. Abuse me, troll me, demean my work, doubt my intentions, mock me. But keep asking on the vaccine plan. For the sake of my country. 🙏🏻”

Chetan Bhagat (1974) Indian author, born 1974

Source: — Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) 2021 at Twitter https://twitter.com/chetan_bhagat/status/1390166518223233025

Age, Country

“Who once believed will never wholly doubt.”

Alfred Austin (1835–1913) British writer and poet

Source: Prince Lucifer (1887), Lucifer in Act VI, sc. ii; p. 193.

“Who once has doubted never quite believes.”

Alfred Austin (1835–1913) British writer and poet

Source: Prince Lucifer (1887), Eve in Act VI, sc. ii; p. 193.

“... I have no reason to doubt that the universe is the billions of years old that physicists say it is. Further, I find the idea of common descent (that all organisms share a common ancestor) fairly convincing, and have no reason to doubt it. ... I think that evolutionary biologists have contributed enormously to our understanding of the world. Although Darwin's mechanism - natural selection working on variation - might explain many things, however, I do not believe it explains molecular life.”

Michael J. Behe (1952) American biochemist, author, and intelligent design advocate

Source: Darwin’s Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution (1996), page 5

Life, World, Idea, Understanding

“There is no doubt in my mind that, from the third-person point of view, monarchy is the most reasonable form of government. By embodying the state in a fragile human person, it captures the arbitrariness and the givenness of political allegiance, and so transforms allegiance into affection.”

Roger Scruton (1944–2020) English philosopher

The Meaning of Conservatism (2001), p. 193

Personality

“Don't you ever allow doubts to paralyze your actions.”

Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist

Source: Unsourced

“I’ve never doubted I would have children. It’s not something I’ve ever wavered on.”

Jonathan Bailey (1988) British actor

Source: "Jonathan Bailey: From Broadchurch to the West End: the star of Sondheim’s smash hit Company in The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/from-broadchurch-to-the-west-end-the-star-of-sondheims-smash-hit-company-mjppfprkr (31 October 2018)

Children

“Deep feeling sounded in her voice. I had no doubt that the feeling was partly sincere. Still, there was something unreal about it. I suspected that she'd been playing tricks with her emotions for a long time, until none of them was quite valid.”

Ross Macdonald book The Galton Case

The Galton Case (1959)

Feeling, Time, Sincerity

“There is no doubt missionary work is not easy and it faces no few problems and challenges, old and new. But one this is certain: if the Lord calls us to such a demanding task it is because He will not fail to supply us with the means to achieve it.”

Crescenzio Sepe (1943) Italian Catholic cardinal

Problem

“I'll never know. I've never been in a fight. But I doubt whether pitching speed would have any significance. You can't go into a windup in the ring.”

Sandy Koufax (1935) American baseball player

As quoted in "Stuart's Problem; Suppose Sandy Had Become a Boxer" by Sid Ziff, in The Los Angeles Times (July 7, 1966)

Fight, Speed

“I plead with you--never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged. Be not afraid.”

Pope John Paul II (1920–2005) 264th Pope of the Catholic Church, saint

Pope John Paul II, Anthony F. Chiffolo (Editor): Pope John Paul II: In My Own Words https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/469522-i-plead-with-you--never-ever-give-up-on-hope-never. Published August 6th 2002 by Gramercy Books (first published October 1998). <br class="br">Other Quotes by Pope John Paul II

Hope

“When in doubt, follow the money trail. People could lie, motives could be disguised, even acts could be misunderstood. Money was as constant as human nature.”

Charles Sheffield book Proteus In The Underworld

Source: Behrooz Wolf (aka The Proteus Trilogy), Proteus In The Underworld (1995), Chapter 11 (pp. 148-149)

Money, People, Lie, Motivation

“Let your Christianity be so unmistakeable, your eye so single, your heart so whole, your walk so straightforward, that all who see you may have no doubt whose you are and whom you serve.”

J.C. Ryle (1816–1900) Anglican bishop

Source: Old Paths (1878), Ch. V: "Alive or Dead", p. 145

Heart

“Never doubt of your talents, all you wait for is just a right opportunity.
Then, you can fly high up to where you belong…….”

Kazeronnie Mak

Waiting, Flying

“All that is left is your scar, no doubt the least valuable of your distinguishing marks. Today you frequent nothing but prison cells, and within the foreseeable future no place at all …”

Bertolt Brecht The Threepenny Opera

Source: The Threepenny Opera

Future

“Ah, never fear; death could be trusted to show up. No doubt well before she wanted it.”

Kim Stanley Robinson (1952) American science fiction writer

Source: Blue Mars (1996), Chapter 12, “It Goes So Fast” (p. 603)

Death, Fear

“Let me be only sure; for sooth to tell
The sorest dole is doubt.”

Jean Ingelow Poems

"Honours—Part II", line 83, p. 21.
Poems (1863)

“When you’re young you never doubt yourself. You never wonder if you’re justified. But as a man gets older he learns to doubt. Whether he can do a thing—whether he should.”

C. L. Moore (1911–1987) American author

Source: Doomsday Morning (1957), Chapter 13 (p. 103)

Learning

“America's battle is yet to fight; and we, sorrowful though nothing doubting, will wish her strength for it.”

Thomas Carlyle book Latter-Day Pamphlets

1850s, Latter-Day Pamphlets (1850), The Present Time (February 1, 1850)

Fight

“No doubt that there are laws in science, the discovery of which depended on the abilities and diligence of its discoverers, without whom, perhaps, they would still remain a mystery.”

Zafar Mirzo (1972)

Law, Science, Dependency

“Truth leaves no room for any speck of doubt. His existence is absolute and undisputed.”

Titon Rahmawan

Truth

“If there are still doubts about the truth behind human existence, then the answer to those doubts is the fact that humans cannot control their own destiny.”

Titon Rahmawan

Truth

“A1 + EN FALK " LIFE LESSONSFROM ENGR. ABAH SULE " 1.1 Think he knows the best …, And stop controlling what is not yours to control. GW 2. Don't pray for bigger pray for better!!.. And have a sense of peace to go along with the plans and ideas you believe he has given you!!!. 3. The real test of faith comes when [ nothing you have tried has work the lord speak a word to you that seen to make no sense but I assure you doubt your doubts but never doubt God for one word from him can change everything. 4. For as long as you have your greatest gift of all [ life ] then you should give your own gift to the maker because you haven't loose anything for the people you need are still around. 5. If you abide you will automatically abound cause he will involve you in one thing to teach you another. 6. To think ahead first focus on the present cause the level of our risk determines how far we can go in life sometimes many people in life want you to fail not because you're ahead of them but because you're drawn closer to your maker. www. theabahsulereadingclub. org.”

Engr.Abah Sule

Life, God, People, Peace

“Looks, doubts, kisses and hugs should never be left pending.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Sguardi, dubbi, baci e abbracci non dovrebbero mai essere lasciati in sospeso.
Source: prevale.net

Kiss

“God communicates with us not only through words, but through the phenomena of the physical world. A shooting star, a sudden impulse, or even a book with an unexpected title can carry a message from the Divine. Be open to these signs, even if you doubt or have reservations. Explore the unseen ways God speaks to us.”

Neale Donald Walsch (1943) American writer

God, Books, World, Way

“In marriage, until you can truly trust your life partner completely, you will always be filled with suspicion, jealousy and doubt. You will not truly feel the meaning of happiness in married life.”

Titon Rahmawan

Life, Marriage, Happiness, Jealousy

This quote waiting for review.

“Every literary work is a political act—not in the pamphleteering sense, which has done so much harm to art, but in that intimate—and sometimes devastating—way in which a phrase, an image, a character can shake the reader enough to make them doubt their own certainties.”

José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

Source: Interview to José Baroja. https://grupoigneo.com/blog/entrevista-jose-baroja-literatura/

Art, Way, Sense

“A true master is one who knows how to listen to you, teach you his knowledge, be friends with you and who has the ability to eliminate any doubt of yours.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Un vero maestro è colui che sappia ascoltarvi, insegnarvi la sua conoscenza, esservi amico e che abbia la capacità di eliminare qualsiasi vostro dubbio.
Source: prevale.net

Knowledge

“The artist who never has any doubt about the success of his work of art, will never create anything surprising.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: L'artista che non ha mai alcun dubbio sul successo della sua opera d'arte, non creerà mai nulla di sorprendente.
Source: prevale.net

Art, Success

“Intelligent people doubt. Always.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Le persone intelligenti, dubitano. Sempre.
Source: prevale.net

People, Intelligence

This quote waiting for review.

“Critical thinking ends up domesticated by the noise of political and religious partisanship, because in these lands doubting becomes betrayal and thinking a suspicious act.”

José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

Source: La Otra Historia. 1480 AM Rock&Pop. Guadalajara, Mexico.

Thinking, Betrayal

This quote waiting for review.

“The democratization of access to knowledge is, without a doubt, a valuable achievement. However, it has also helped foster a persistent illusion: the idea that having access to information is the same as understanding it.”

José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

Source: La sociedad que olvidó a sus profesores. Por José Baroja. (2026, 13 junio). Le Monde Diplomatique. https://www.lemondediplomatique.cl/la-sociedad-que-olvido-a-sus-profesores-por-jose-baroja.html

Idea, Understanding, Knowledge, Help

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