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Uncertainty Quotes

Uncertainty Quotes

Last updated: May 13, 2020

71 Uncertainty Quotes organized by Most Popular

“The self is an ocean without a shore. Gazing upon it has no beginning or no end, in this world and the next.”
— Ibn Arabi, Transcendence and Transformation: Q+A with Bill Viola
Tagged: possibilities, Infinite, Uncertainty
“I think if we didn’t contradict ourselves, it would be awfully boring. It would be tedious to be alive. Changing your mind is probably one of the most beautiful things people can do. And I’ve changed my mind about a lot of things over the years.”
— Paul Auster, Paul Auster Meditates On Life, Death And Near Misses
Tagged: Uncertainty, Changing minds, Unsure, Doubts
“But my heart isn’t simple or straightforward. It’s a complicated mess of wants and needs…soft, rough, and everything in between, an ever-shifting precipice from which to fall.”
— Tess Sharpe, Far From You
Tagged: Complicated, Self-awareness, heart, Uncertainty
“He was no longer scared of what tomorrow might bring, because yesterday had brought it.”
— Neil Gaiman, American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition: A Novel
Tagged: Future, fears, Scared, Expectations, Uncertainty, struggles
“Deep in her heart, she wasn’t sure she deserved to be happy, nor did she believe that she was worthy of someone who seemed…normal.”
— Nicholas Sparks, Safe Haven
Tagged: Deserve, Happiness, believing, Uncertainty, Doubts
“The universe is fully known because it is ignored. Enlightenment comes when you don’t care.”
— Jack Kerouac, The Scripture of the Golden Eternity
Tagged: Uncertainty, Enlightenment, Nonchalance, Meaning, Knowing
“You make yourself strong because it’s expected of you. You become confident because someone beside you is unsure. You turn into the person others need you to be.”
— Jodi Picoult, Vanishing Acts
Tagged: strength, Expectations, Confidence, Uncertainty
“I write because I don’t know what I think until I read what I say.”
— Flannery O’Connor, A quote by Flannery O'Connor
Tagged: write, Writing, writer, literary, Uncertainty
“What, what am I to do with all of this life?”
— Gwendolyn Brooks, Maud Martha
Tagged: Curiosity, Clueless, Question, Unawareness, Unsure, Uncertainty
“The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche, Friedrich Nietzsche on Facebook
Tagged: Change, Change of mind, Uncertainty, vulnerability, Examples of Metaphor
“We know what we are, but know not what we may be.”
— William Shakespeare, Hamlet ( Folger Library Shakespeare)
Tagged: Love, Relationship, Clarity, Uncertainty
“Don't ever get so hung up on plans and dreams and goals that you forget to leave room for the magical unknown. Don't forget that there are things out there so good, you wouldn't think to ask for them.”
— Brianna Wiest, Uncertainty
Tagged: Uncertainty, unknown, Waiting
“The surest sign that a man has a genuine taste of his own is that he is uncertain of it.”
— W.H Auden, The Dyer's Hand and Other Essays
Tagged: Uncertainty, taste
“But I have my life, I’m living it. It’s twisted, exhausting, uncertain, and full of guilt, but nonetheless, there’s something there.”
— Banana Yoshimoto, The Lake
Tagged: Life, Uncertainty, Guilt
“The final mystery is oneself. When one has weighed the sun in the balance, and measured the steps of the moon, and mapped out the seven heavens star by star, there still remains oneself. Who can calculate the orbit of his own soul?”
— Oscar Wilde, De Profundis and Other Prison Writings(Penguin Classics)
Tagged: Self-awareness, Mystery, Uncertainty, Personality
“I can’t tell you exactly what I’m looking for, but I’ll know it when it happens. I want to be breathless and weak, crumpled by the entrance of another person inside my soul.”
— Aimee Bender, The Girl in the Flammable Skirt
Tagged: Desire, Uncertainty, Want
“I don’t know what the future is. I don’t know – what I’m supposed to want.”
— Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman: Certain Private Conversations in Two Acts and a Requiem(Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) by Arthur Miller (1998-05-01)
Tagged: Future, Uncertainty, Possibility, Unsure
“The point is that we have no control. The point is that there are no guarantees, that we never know what’s going to happen in life, but we can’t give up. The point is that, fallible as we all are, we have to keep trying, we have to keep reaching out to others.”
— Joy Fielding, Still Life
Tagged: possibilities, Uncertainty, Hope
“The world is like that — incomprehensible and full of surprises.”
— Jorge Amado, Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon
Tagged: Surprises, Unexpected Things, Uncertainty
“You were unsure which pain is worse: the shock of what happened or the ache for what never will.”
— Simon Van Booy, Everything Beautiful Began After
Tagged: Uncertainty, Pain, Wose, Past, Future, Possibility, chances
“I try to express how I feel, but it changes every day and so I’m finding it hard.”
— Kate Nash, Take Me To A Higher Plane
Tagged: expression, Uncertainty, Change, Feelings, emotions
“Because you are uncertain about yourself, the world reflects that uncertainty back to you and the reflection begins to haunt you. Your uncertainty is haunting you, but it is merely your reflection in the mirror.”
— Chogyam Trungpa, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
Tagged: Uncertainty, Reflection, haunting, World
“Every new painting is like throwing myself into the water without knowing how to swim.”
— Edouard Manet, Edouard Manet Quotes
Tagged: Creativity, artistry, Imagination, Uncertainty
“In the midst of such uncertainty, I cling not to what I know, but what I feel.”
— Heidi Julavits, The Folded Clock: A Diary
Tagged: Uncertainty, Possibility, Patience, Feelings, hanging in
“Then I awoke, and knew not whether to throw myself into the sea or to live on and make the best of it.”
— Homer, The Odyssey
Tagged: realization, Desire, Uncertainty, Possibility
“How can I go forward when I don’t know which way I’m facing.”
— John Lennon, IMAGINE
Tagged: lost, Uncertainty, Moving On, Direction
“It’s tough to get out of bed; I know that myself. You can lie there for an hour and a half without thinking anything, just worrying about what the day holds and knowing that you won’t be able to deal with it.”
— Ned Vizzini, It's Kind of a Funny Story
Tagged: Introversion, Deep Thinking, Uncertainty, Solitude
“All you have to do is to pay attention; lessons always arrive when you are ready, and if you can read the signs, you will learn everything you need to know in order to take the next step.”
— Paulo Coelho, The Zahir
Tagged: Lessons, Learning, Life, Progression, Moving Forward, Uncertainty
“I want something else. I’m not even sure what to call it anymore except I know it feels roomy and it’s drenched in sunlight and it’s weightless and I know it’s not cheap. Probably not even real.”
— Mark Z. Danielweski, House of Leaves
Tagged: Desire, Uncertainty, possibilities
“The human mind is not a terribly logical or consistent place.”
— Jim Butcher, Turn Coat(The Dresden Files, Book 11)
Tagged: Logical, Mind, Illogical, Inconsistency, Uncertainty
“I remember you was conflicted, misusing your influence”
— Kendrick Lamar, King Kunta
Tagged: Music, Hip Hop, Uncertainty
“She wasn’t certain what the future held, but coffee would be involved if she had any say in the matter.”
— Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures
Tagged: Coffee, Future, Uncertainty
“Look, maybe... this challenges what you thought you were. And... maybe I'm gonna get my heart broken in a thousand different pieces. But those are maybes. You can't live your life according to maybes.”
— Poussey Washington, Orange Is the New Black: "Season 4, Episode 06"
Tagged: OITNB, Life, Love, Risk, In love, Maybe, Uncertainty, Inspirational, Dating, Commitment
“If you go back with an uncertain heart, there will be drama and disaster for all.”
— Blair Waldorf, Gossip Girl
Tagged: Love, heart, Relationships, Exes, Getting Back Together, Uncertainty, Dating
“Are those the only options? Nothing or forever?”
— Sarah Dessen, This Lullaby
Tagged: Love, Forever, Uncertainty
“The mistake is thinking that there can be an antidote to the uncertainty.”
— David Levithan, The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel
Tagged: Uncertainty, Certainty, Answers
“To make the right choices in life, you have to get in touch with your soul. To do this, you need to experience solitude, which most people are afraid of, because in the silence you hear the truth and know the solutions.”
— Deepak Chopra, Deepak Chopra: 49 Breathtaking and Life Altering Lessons from Deepak Chopra
Tagged: Decisions, Choices, Solitude, Reflection, Self-Direction, Fear, Uncertainty, Truth
“You know, people talk about this being an uncertain time. You know, all time is uncertain. I mean, it was uncertain back in—in 2007, we just didn't know it was uncertain. It was - uncertain on September 10th, 2001. It was uncertain on October 18th, 1987, you just didn't know it.”
— Warren Buffett, Warren Buffett to CNBC: Country Should Get Needed Income from the 'People Who Have It'
Tagged: Uncertainty, 9/11, Risk Management, Pessimism
“This is impossible, I could never sing in front of an audience. I don't even let my mom hear me in the shower.”
— Lizzie McGuire, The Lizzie McGuire Movie(2003)
Tagged: Singing, Doubt, Uncertainty, skeptic
“The problem with human attraction is not knowing if it will be returned.”
— Becca Fitzpatrick, Hush, Hush
Tagged: Human Nature, Attraction, Uncertainty, Possibility, Reciprocation
“All of this is as unsure as writing on water, but water with the azure of reflected possibilities.”
— Vladimir Nabokov, Letters to Véra
Tagged: Uncertainty, Azure
“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.”
— Edward Abbey, Edward Abbey Quotes
Tagged: Life, Challenge, Change, Uncertainty, Growth
“The journey of life is not brightly lit, and it has no road signs. It is a rocky path through the wilderness.”
— M. Scott Peck, Further Along the Road Less Traveled: The Unending Journey Towards Spiritual Growth
Tagged: Life, Confusion, Uncertainty
“The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what comes next.”
— Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
Tagged: Future, unknown, Uncertainty, Life
“This feeling of chaos and uncertainty won’t last forever.”
— Marisa Donnelly, 35 One-Sentence Reminders Of Strength For When You Are Facing A Huge Life Change
Tagged: life advice, Confusion, Uncertainty
“I can give you my loneliness, my darkness, the hunger of my heart, I am trying to bribe you with uncertainty, with danger, with defeat.”
— Jorge Luis Borges, Two English Poems
Tagged: Loneliness, Darkness, Uncertainty, danger, Defeat
“We are often most in the dark when we are the most certain, and the most enlightened when we are the most confused.”
— M. Scott Peck,, The Road Less Traveled, Timeless Edition: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth
Tagged: Life, Learning, Confusion, Uncertainty
“we are inverted rainbows
that don't hang in the sky.”
— Emily Wheeler, 'The Boy Playing Music on the Street Who I Don't Know,' in Opus Magazine .09
Tagged: Rainbows, Nature, humans, Human Connection, Imbalance, Uncertainty, My Favorites
“When you are in the middle of a story it isn't a story at all, but only a confusion; a dark roaring, a blindness, a wreckage of shattered glass and splintered wood; like a house in a whirlwind, or else a boat crushed by the icebergs or swept over the rapids, and all aboard powerless to stop it. It's only afterwards that it becomes anything like a story at all. When you are telling it, to yourself or to someone else.”
— Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace: A Novel
Tagged: Confusion, Middles, Stories, Uncertainty
“Maturity, one discovers, has everything to do with the acceptance of not knowing.”
— Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves
Tagged: maturity, Uncertainty