Quotes about Doubting

I'm a bit of a Doubting Thomas - always worrying about things. Votes: 4

There was a castle called Doubting Castle, the owner whereof was Giant Despair. Votes: 4

Almost all the progress ever made in human thought has been made by the Doubting Thomas's, the questioners, the challengers, the show-me crowd. Votes: 4

Doubting pleases me no less than knowing Votes: 3

Doubting charms me not less than knowledge. Votes: 3

Doubting everything and believing everything are two equally convenient solutions that guard us from having to think Votes: 3

This was the wonder of advertising; the complete absence of cynicism. It may have many mansions, but it has no room for Doubting Thomases. Votes: 3

Doubting things go ill often hurts more Than to be sure they do; for certainties Either are past remedies, or, timely knowing, The remedy then born. Votes: 3

I was always the Doubting Thomas of the bunch, and I don't think I was convinced about the Allman Brothers until 'Fillmore East' hit - that one removed all doubt! Votes: 3

Doubting does not prove that a man has no faith, but only that his faith is small. And even when our faith is small, the Lord is ready to help us. Votes: 3

What a fool, quoth he, am I, thus to lie in a stinking dungeon, when I may as well walk at liberty! I have a key in my bosom, called Promise, that will, I am persuaded, open any lock in Doubting Castle. Votes: 3

Just think of any negativity that comes to you as a raindrop falling into the ocean of your bliss. You may not always have an ocean of bliss, but think that way anyway and it will help it come. Doubting is not blissful and does not create happiness. Votes: 3

Then to side with Truth is noble when we share her wretched crust, Ere her cause bring fame and profit, and 't is prosperous to be just; Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside, Doubting in his abject spirit, till his Lord is crucified. Votes: 3

To believe with certainty we must begin with doubting. Votes: 2

I forbid you, agnostic, doubting thoughts, to destroy the house of my faith. Votes: 2

By doubting we are led to question, by questioning we arrive at the truth. Votes: 2

It is by doubting that we come to investigate, and by investigating that we recognize the truth. Votes: 2

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. Votes: 2

If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom. Votes: 2

The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their own opinions, never doubting anything. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

This searching and doubting and vacillating where nothing is clear but the arrogance of quest. I, too, had such noble ideas when I was still a boy. Votes: 2

I think one thing that's important to maintain is a sense of fear, always doubting yourself... a good dose of insecurity helps your work in some ways. Votes: 2

Because I was big, I didn't have to listen to anyone doubting me. I was just considered good at football or whatever, there were no questions about it. Votes: 2

A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he is indifferent to applause when he is confident of success. Votes: 2

In such a state, humility is the virtue of men, and their only defense; to walk humbly with God, never doubting, whatever befall, that His will is good, and that His law is right. Votes: 2

Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any authority - literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political. Votes: 2

There is a lot of rubbish written about toilet humour - people saying it is childish and pretending it is beneath them - but there is no doubting the effectiveness of a really good willy gag. Votes: 2

Science, we are repeatedly told, is the most reliable form of knowledge about the world because it is based on testable hypotheses. Religion, by contrast, is based on faith. The term 'doubting Thomas' well illustrates the difference. Votes: 2

If the President says, oh, Washington's got to change, and people are doubting whether my change can really happen, I think instead what the public's begun to see is the change they're seeing is not the change they voted for. Votes: 2

Doubt, the essential preliminary of all improvement and discovery, must accompany the stages of man's onward progress. The faculty of doubting and questioning, without which those of comparison and judgment would be useless, is itself a divine prerogative of the reason. Votes: 2

I'm confident in my own ability. If that wasn't the case you might as well pack it in now. If you think too much, you start doubting yourself, doubting your quality, so you have to train yourself in a certain way. Votes: 2

I have met too many people who are looking for work, worrying about their mortgage, uncertain about their health insurance, and doubting that things will get any better anytime soon. Not just concerned about the present, many of us are doubting the future. Votes: 2

You can have your own watch and always doubt it. If I had a watch I'd probably always be doubting it or the batteries would be dying. I just know that people always have trouble with their watches, and that's why I like public clocks. Votes: 2

I am content with nothing, restless and ambitious... and I despise myself for the vanity, which formed half the stimulus to my exertions. Oh would that I were one of those plodding wise fools who having once set their hand to the plough go on nothing doubting. Votes: 2

It is a law in the universe that a wave of spiritual awakening is always followed by a period of doubting materialism, each phase is necessary in order that the spirit may receive equal development of heart and intellect without being carried too far in either direction. Votes: 2

Doubting what you see is a very odd experience. And doubting what you remember is a little less odd than doubting what you see. But it's also a pretty odd experience, because some memories come with a very compelling sense of truth about them, and that happens to be the case even for memories that are not true. Votes: 2

Believe while others are doubting. Votes: 0

I am doubting what to do. Votes: 0

By doubting we come at truth. Votes: 0

I'd rather die believing than live doubting Votes: 0

When you cease doubting, you have stopped moving forward. Votes: 0

To believe with certainty, we must begin with doubting. Votes: 0

To believe with certainty, we must begin with doubting. Votes: 0

To know much is often the cause of doubting more. Votes: 0

Fear of the devil is one way of doubting God. Votes: 0

Hope is putting faith to work when doubting would be easier Votes: 0

It's perfectly natural to doubt your judgment about doubting your judgment. Votes: 0

Keeping people neurotic and depressed and ignorant and self-doubting is oppressive. Votes: 0

Stop your doubting, my love. I knew you would find me. ~Jack Votes: 0

By doubting we come to inquiry. By inquiry we come to Truth. Votes: 0

By doubting we come to questioning, and by questioning we perceive the truth, Votes: 0

By doubting we are led to enquire, and by enquiry we perceive the truth. Votes: 0

I've learned from personal experience that insecurity and doubting yourself can really hurt you. Votes: 0

Never cease doubting. When the doubts stop it is because you have stopped journeying. Votes: 0

"Belief in the truth commences with the doubting of all those "truths" we once believed." Votes: 0

Belief in truth begins with doubting all that has hitherto been believed to be true. Votes: 0

What is the best thing about people doubting your potential? The pleasure of proving them wrong. Votes: 0

We need to organize and figure out our own voice as a bloc and stop doubting ourselves. Votes: 0

If you doubted your fears instead of doubting your dreams, imagine how much in life you'd accomplish. Votes: 0

If thinking minds, questioning minds, doubting minds, are talking about faith, their whole life will become fake. Votes: 0

It is a simple feat of scientific electrical engineering "” only expensive "” blind, faint-hearted, doubting world. Votes: 0

Muhammad is more human, more self-doubting, even self-tortured at times. His story is full of adventure, intrigue, betrayal. Votes: 0

Don't doubt, don't stop... The only 2 things that can stop you is to stop working and start doubting. Votes: 0

You believe by doubting and you doubt by believing; yet this state too is not the final one. Votes: 0

It was a trap after all," Alric said. He turned to Royce. "My apologies for doubting your sound paranoia. Votes: 0

If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope. Votes: 0

To be always doubting your ability to get what you long for is like trying to reach east by traveling west. Votes: 0

Mature psychological health cannot exist unless we are capable of doubting any form of conceptual certitude about ourselves or anything else. Votes: 0

I beg you, reject antiquity, tradition, faith, and authority! Let us begin anew by doubting everything we assume has been proven! Votes: 0

I remember I was a scared rookie, hitting .220 after the first three months of my baseball season, and doubting my ability. Votes: 0

If you tried to doubt everything you would not get as far as doubting anything. The game of doubting itself presupposes certainty. Votes: 0

You have to make a decision. You have to believe. Once you start doubting, you change your brain chemistry and you're done. Votes: 0

When you're on a film and you're doubting something, it's usually because you don't think the audience is going to like it. Votes: 0

It is not by believing but by doubting that one can attain to the truth, which is ever changing form and condition. Votes: 0

if have got my spindle and my distaff ready--my pen and mind--never doubting for an instant that God will send me flax. Votes: 0

Let us diligently apply the means, never doubting that a just God, in his own good time, will give us the rightful result. Votes: 0

Wait for the idea. It may not come at first, but you must be patient, never doubting, waiting in faith. It will come. Votes: 0

Assiduous and frequent questioning is indeed the first key to wisdom... for by doubting we come to inquiry; through inquiring we perceive the truth... Votes: 0

The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth. Votes: 0

Beliefs are the foundation of actions. Those who believed without doubting, he would say, acted without thinking. And those who acted without thinking were enslaved. Votes: 0

There is something so pure and frank and noble about Him that to doubt His sincerity would be like doubting the brightness of the sun. Votes: 0

It is not about never doubting, it is about coming out on the other side with twice the faith you had going into your doubt. Votes: 0

We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be. Votes: 0

The faculty of doubting is rare among men. A few choice spirits carry the germs of it in them, but these do not develop without training. Votes: 0

As soon as by one's own propaganda even a glimpse of right on the other side is admitted, the cause for doubting one's own right is laid. Votes: 0

If God has given His Son to die for us, let us beware of doubting His kindness and love in any painful providence of our daily life. Votes: 0

When you know beyond all doubting that the same life flows through all that is, and you are that life, you will love all naturally and spontaneously. Votes: 0

When Bad People start doing Good things with bad motives; bad people wont become Good people but the World will start doubting the Goodness of Good Things! Votes: 0

Debating, doubting, or rejecting the basic scientific facts about climate change in the face of the overwhelming evidence and overwhelming scientific opinion will not change those facts. Votes: 0

If you pray for bread and bring no basket to carry it, you prove the doubting spirit, which may be the only hindrance to the boon you ask. Votes: 0

I don't believe anyone ever suspects how completely unsure I am of my work and myself and what tortures of self-doubting the doubt of others has always given me. Votes: 0

On the outside one is a star. But in reality, one is completely alone, doubting everything. To experience this loneliness of soul is the hardest thing in the world. Votes: 0

Who doubting tyranny, and fainting under Fortune's false lottery, desperately run To death, for dread of death; that soul's most stout, That, bearing all mischance, dares last it out. Votes: 0

Often people just don't see what I see. They have too much doubt. You can't do your best when you're doubting yourself. If you don't believe in yourself, who will? Votes: 0

If ours is an examined faith, we should be unafraid to doubt....There is no believing without some doubting, and believing is all the stronger for understanding and resolving doubt. Votes: 0

To come back to the secret of inner peace, our questioning and doubting mind is always wanting in peace. Our loving and dedicated heart is always flooded with inner peace. Votes: 0

Yes, we who are full to the gorge with misery should look well around, doubting everything seen, done, spoken, precisely because we have a word for it, and not its alchemy Votes: 0

Maybe-- maybe love makes you suspicious and doubting. Is it true that when you love a woman you are never sure-- never sure of her because you aren't sure of yourself? Votes: 0

This mind is the doubting mind, and in the doubting mind we can never feel the presence of peace. We can feel the presence of peace only in the loving heart. Votes: 0

Credulity as a character trait is encouraged in every child who grows up with religious training, which invariably insists on the virtue of blind faith and the sinfulness of doubting and questioning. Votes: 0

While forced to dwell apart from thy dear face, Love, robed like sorrow, led me by the hand And taught my doubting heart to understand That which has puzzled all the human race... Votes: 0

I always thought it better to allow myself to doubt before I decided, than to expose myself to the misery, after I had decided, of doubting whether I had decided rightly and justly. Votes: 0

Realization is our true nature. It is nothing new to be gained. What is new cannot be eternal. Therefore there is no need to be doubting whether we would gain or lose the self. Votes: 0

Our toil must be in silence, and our efforts all in secret; for this enlightened age, when men believe not even what they see, the doubting of wise men would be his greatest strength. Votes: 0

Only those who have lived all their lives under the dark clouds of vague, undefined fears can appreciate the joy of a doubting soul suddenly born into the kingdom of reason and free thought. Votes: 0

Whether deliberately, unconsciously or accidentally, she seems to have composed her own life so that its fitful, rudderless, and self-doubting first half was alchemized into gold when the austere bluestocking became the fallen woman. Votes: 0

If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too;! Votes: 0

If you have a dream, only share it with those that are going to support you. Walk toward it on a daily basis and don't let anyone's doubting or negativity throw you off your path. Votes: 0

I'm always doubting because I've been told so much that, you're not the right look or you're not the right sound, and, you know, whether I do jazz or R&B there are always complaints. Votes: 0

At my public school I had hated every other face for fear the owner was a lord, at university, I was to court the rich while doubting whether there should be great inequalities between incomes. Votes: 0

Sometimes I doubt and sometimes I believe. And I like not making myself believe when I am doubting, and not making myself doubt when I am believing. Surely neither God nor Accident need my consistency. Votes: 0