Uncertainty Quotes

When the uncertain future becomes the past, the past in turn becomes uncertain

Changes occur and expectations change. Reality brings new possibilities, while destroying some too. It's true: the future is uncertain.

The future is never fixed, but always in flux until the moment it meets with the present.

You can’t prepare for the details of every single possible thing that might come your way in the future, because the future is uncertain.

And so, it is always the case that the past is irreparably land-locked, and the future has yet to land. And here we are, living out our lives on the precariously thin line which separates the two.

Worry does not keep it from raining tomorrow, but it does keep it from being sunny today.

Naturally, I always place my word over anyone else's simply because I know why I said what I said.

The great systems that inform the world about the truth and life invariably claim to be absolutely truthful and well-balanced. In reality they are quaking bridges built out of yearning.

A woman who had fallen out of love with her life

Lewis encourages his cancer-stricken and temporarily depressed wife that uncertainty rather than hopelessness is our cross.

Silence might be a shout for the truth. It might be the speech that someday, in its truest, most uncontaminated, unadulterated state, all will be revealed.

The greatest obstacle to true learning is the inability to say "I don't know.

Things often have a 50/50 chance of going our way or the other, trust that you will be able to handle the disappointment, change, discomfort and treat it all as an adventure.

Uncertainty is the certainity of life!

Sometimes a strong wind blows suddenly and you leave your beloved tree without saying even goodbye, like a pale autumn leaf! This uncertainty of life makes every moment in life infinitely precious.

Whatever her dream was, it rested somewhere in the most vague of directions.

...but the loss of a memory, like the omission of a phrase during reading, rather than making for uncertainty, can lead to a premature certainty.

We cannot know. But sometimes there is kindness, and sometimes there is love.

Go somewhere you know nothing about and see what happens.

You ought to pray for grace to handle the uncertainties in life.

All knowledge begins with an expression of curiosity pertaining to the unknown or unknowable. Expressions of uncertainty and a doubtful nature lead a person to useful discoveries.

Trap yourself inside your own brain, switch off the light, block all the escape routes, then turn your back on everything you know to be reality and try and survive there. Try. Living. Nowhere.

Time is not an enemy as such, but a missing person, sending cryptic postcards from the past.

When you lose your path, you get an opportunity to discover a world you have never known! And better worlds are often found this way! Darkness and uncertainty hide presents in itself!

As time moves on the line will blur. It will no longer seem to be the simplicity of good versus evil, but good versus fools who think they are good.

It's hard to know what happy is if you're not sure if you've felt it before.

But what now? What am I supposed to do with all these feelings?

when the uncertainty is known, certainty is guaranteed. Until we unravel the uncertainties of our lives, we shall always be uncertain with the life we live

Uncertainty is one of government recipes.

There is stability in walking an uncertain path, because you never allow yourself to be misled by what you think you know.

When we change and grow into new versions of ourselves, we have to tolerate a lot of uncertainty.

I didn't know where it would lead. I wanted things to develop naturally.

In a world of increasing uncertainty, expect...

A blind man sees with his cane, like all the rest of us.

Creation, like love, is a seductive pursuit filled with uncertainty and fluttering heartbeats. (Report to Greco)

This was the first time I had not just rushed in and followed my instincts, and it wasn't working out. I was beginning to actively regret it.

Unanswered? I would've answered any question, Hannah. But you never asked.

In the grand scheme of life, nobody grows old keeping their soul unblemished.

In the midst of uncertainty, Doubt stealthy in. And in the face of Doubt, One must hold steadfast to Hope.

Questioning anything within doubt, will just bring mind to no certainty.

Don't dig up in doubt what you planted in faith.

The reason stories have dramatic tension is because LIFE has dramatic tension.

It’s the uncertainty of being accepted that creates the drama in our lives.

History is moving pretty quickly these days and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.

We have minds that are equipped for certainty, linearity and short-term decisions, that must instead make long-term decisions in a non-linear, probabilistic world.

...the ratings agencies' problem was in being unable or uninterested in appreciating the distinction between risk and uncertainty.

What if you have all the pieces and the puzzle still doesn't fit?

Maturity means being able to tolerate, on all sorts of planes, uncertainty and not knowing.

Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. ...live in the question.

Trust the wait. Embrace the uncertainty. Enjoy the beauty of becoming. When nothing is certain, anything is possible