Doubt Quotes

To have doubted one’s own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.

We will not say much of the wretchedness of doubt. To believe is to be “strong”. Doubt cramps energy. Belief is power. Only so far as a man believes strongly, mightily, can he act cheerfully, or do anything that is worth the doing.

Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.

When unhappy, one doubts everything; when happy, one doubts nothing.

When in doubt, risk it.

In all affairs it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.

Nobody can honestly think of himself as a strong character because, however successful he may be in overcoming them, he is necessarily aware of the doubts and temptations that accompany every important choice.

Uncertain ways unsafest are, And doubt a greater mischief than despair.

If a man will begin with certainties, he will end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he will end in certainties.

If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.