“The wound of peace is surety, Surety secure; but modest doubt is called The beacon of the wise, the tent that searches To th' bottom of the worst.” DoubtWiseWorstBottomWoundsSecureModestTentsBeacons Book:Troilus and Cressida Source: Troilus and Cressida
“A man's doubts and fears are his worst enemies.” MenEnemyDoubtWorstFailureWorst EnemyDoubt And Fear Author:William Wrigley, Jr.
“Without a doubt, one of the things which keeps us from attaining perfection is our tongue. When one has reached the point of no longer committing faults in speech, he has surely reached perfection, as was said by the Holy Spirit. The worst defect in talking is talking too much. Hence, in speech be brief and virtuous, brief and gentle, brief and simple, brief and charitable, brief and amiable.” SaidSpiritSimpleTalkingDoubtToo MuchWorstHolySpeechPerfectionFaultsTongueGentleHoly SpiritAttachmentVirtuousDefectsCharitableAmiableTalking Too Much Author:Saint Francis de Sales
“A man’s doubts and fears are his worst enemies. He can go ahead and do anything as long as he believed in himself.” MenLongEnemyDoubtWorstWorst EnemyDoubt And Fear Author:William Wrigley, Jr.
“Whatever else history may say about me when I'm gone, I hope it will record that I appealed to your best hopes, not your worst fears; to your confidence rather than your doubts. My dream is that you will travel the road ahead with liberty's lamp guiding your steps and opportunity's arm steadying your way.” WayMayDreamOpportunityLibertyStepsGoneDoubtRecordsWorstArmsLampsHoping For The BestWorst Fear Book:The Last Best Hope: The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan Source: The Last Best Hope: The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan
“If kissing is man's greatest invention, then fermentation and patriarchy compete with the domestication of animals for the distinction of being man's worst folly, and no doubt the three combined long ago, the one growing out of the others, to foster civilization and lead Western humanity to its present state of decline.” IfsMenLongStatesHumanityThreeAnimalDoubtGrowingWorstCivilizationKissingWesternInventionNo DoubtFollyDistinctionDeclineLong AgoPatriarchyFermentation Book:Even Cowgirls Get the Blues Source: Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
“Doubt is most often the source of our powerlessness. To doubt is to be faithless, to be without hope or belief. When we doubt, our self-talk sounds like this: 'I don't think I can. I don't think I will.'... To doubt is to have faith in the worst possible outcome. It is to believe in the perverseness of the universe, that even if I do well, something I don't know about will get in the way, sabotage me, or get me in the end.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayBelieveWellsI CanEndsSelfMotivationalUniverseBeliefSoundDoubtWorstSourceOutcomesHave FaithPowerlessnessWithout HopeSabotageSelf TalkFaithlessPerverseness Author:Blaine Lee Pardoe
“Occasionally I would like the German people to give us the benefit of the doubt, given our history, as opposed to assuming the worst -- assuming that we have been consistently your strong partners and that we share a common set of values.” PeopleGivingHas BeensValuesStrongGivenCommonDoubtShareWorstBenefitsAssumingPartnersConsistentlyBenefit Of The DoubtYour Strong Author:Barack Obama
“To doubt is to have faith in the worst possible outcome.” DoubtWorstOutcomesHave Faith Author:Blaine Lee Pardoe
“I remember that the single most vicious letter I ever read was the letter Hemingway wrote Scribners when they asked him to give a blurb for From Here to Eternity. It's there, in the Selected Letters for all to read, an example of a once great writer at his very worst. I doubt that he ever forgave Scribners for publishing James Jones in the first place. War, as Hemingway saw it, belonged to him.” GivingFirstsWarRememberDoubtSawsWorstExampleLettersEternityPublishingViciousSelectedGreat Writers Author:Larry McMurtry
“It is no secret that many Islamic movements in the Middle East tend to be authoritarian, and some of the so-called 'Islamic regimes' such as Saudi Arabia, Iran - and the worst case was the Taliban in Afghanistan - they are pretty authoritarian. No doubt about that.” SecretCasesDoubtMiddleWorstMovementEastNo DoubtIslamicIranAfghanistanRegimesMiddle EastTalibanArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudis Author:Mustafa Akyol
“Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths. It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do. A lover whose passion is extreme loves even the faults of the beloved” PassionDoubtWorstLoversResponsibleFaultsExtremesBeloved Author:Moliere