Certainty Quotes - Page 28

• Do not lose hope; St. Joseph also experienced moments of difficulty, but he never lost faith and was able to overcome them, in the certainty that God never abandons us.

  Pope Francis

  Overcoming, Able, Moments

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• Let us never give in to pessimism, to that bitterness that the devil offers us every day. Do not give in to pessimism and discouragement. We have the firm certainty that the Holy Spirit gives the Church with His mighty breath, the courage to persevere and also to seek new methods of evangelization, to bring the Gospel to the ends of the earth.

  Pope Francis

  Christian, Religious, Courage

  "Vatican denies claim that Pope Francis failed to protect Argentina priests" By Laura Smith-Spark, Hada Messia, www.cnn.com. March 15, 2013.

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• God's heart calls to our hearts, inviting us to come out of ourselves, to forsake our human certainties, to trust in him and, by following his example, to make ourselves a gift of unbounded love.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Heart, Example, Following

  Pope Benedict XVI (2012). “Holy Days: Meditations on the Feasts, Fasts, and Other Solemnities of the Church”, p.35, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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• This is the first step toward understanding the process of real, lasting change: simply knowing with certainty that you can do whatever you need to do. This understanding has a dual edge: On the one hand it increases your confidence and dignity. On the other hand, it places full responsibility on you if you fail to make the change you set out to make. But this is a good thing, not a guilt trip.

  Bo Lozoff

  Real, Responsibility, Lasting Change

  Bo Lozoff (2001). “It's a Meaningful Life: It Just Takes Practice”, p.41, Penguin

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• Grace cannot prevail...until our lifelong certainty that someone is keeping score has run out of steam and collapsed.

  Robert Farrar Capon

  Running, Grace, Steam

  Robert Farrar Capon (1997). “Between Noon and Three: Romance, Law, and the Outrage of Grace”, p.7, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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• I, retired in prayer, will always be with you, and together we will move ahead with the Lord in certainty. The Lord is victorious.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Prayer, Moving, Together

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• The need for certainty is the greatest disease the Mind faces

  Robert Greene

  Mind, Needs, Disease

  Robert Greene (2012). “Mastery”, p.181, Profile Books

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• When we find our core certainty within, then we no longer look for certainty outside.
  The unfathomable nature of the ever-changing world ceases
  to be a source of anxiety and instead is a source of joy and adventure.

  Deepak Chopra

  Adventure, Joy, Anxiety

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• The certainty of our salvation rests on the character of God.

  F.B. Meyer

  Character, Salvation, Character Of God

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• To search means, first, I need Being, Truth; second, I do not know where to find it; and third, an action takes place that is not based on fantasies of certainty— while at the same time a waiting takes place that is rooted not in wishful thinking but in a deep sense of urgency.

  Jacob Needleman

  Mean, Thinking, Waiting

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• Most people are great at absorbing information. Guerrilla marketing is needed because it gives small businesses a delightfully unfair advantage: certainty in an uncertain world, economy in a high-priced world, simplicity in a complicated world, marketing awareness in a clueless world.

  Jay Conrad Levinson

  Clueless, Complicated World, People

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• As for the accusation of intellectual pride, surely the boot is on the other foot. Atheists don't claim to know anything with certainty -- it's the believers who know it all.

  Barbara Smoker

  Atheist, Pride, Feet

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• It is not that there are no certainties, it is that it is an absolute certainty that there are no certainties.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Absolute Certainty, Absolutes

  Christopher Hitchens (2012). “Long Live Hitch: Three Classic Books in One Volume”, p.1650, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• The hope we have in Christ is an absolute certainty. We can be sure that the place Christ is preparing for us will be ready when we arrive, because with Him nothing is left to chance. Everything He promised He will deliver.

  Billy Graham

  Chance, Christ, Absolute Certainty

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• Unless you have courage, a courage that keeps you going,
  always going, no matter what happens, there is no
  certainty of success. It is really an endurance race.

  Henry Ford

  Race, Endurance, Matter

  Henry Ford (1922). “Ford Ideals: Being a Selection from "Mr. Ford's Page" in The Dearborn Independent”

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• If you want to save capitalism there is only one type of argument that you should adopt, the only one that has ever won in any moral issue: the argument from self-esteem. Check your premises, convince yourself of the rightness of your cause, then fight for capitalism with full, moral certainty.

  Ayn Rand

  Self Esteem, Fighting, Issues

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• Conviction is a force multiplier. If you want something, claim it in your gut. The universe itself responds to your inner certainty.

  Marianne Williamson

  Inspirational, Want Something, Power Of Positive Thinking

  FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from Apr 16, 2013

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• Fireside happiness, to hours of ease Blest with that charm, the certainty to please.

  Samuel Rogers

  Happiness, Ease, Hours

  Samuel Rogers (1843). “Poems”, p.94

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• The only certainty is uncertainty

  Pliny the Elder

  Decision, Decision Making, Uncertainty

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• The Public ... demands certainties ... But there are not certainties

  H. L. Mencken

  Decision, Demand, Decision Making

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• There is only one thing about which I am certain, and this is that there is very little about which one can be certain

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Decision, Littles, Certain

  W. Somerset Maugham (1954). “Mr. Maugham Himself”

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• Optimism is a wish without warrant; Christian hope is a certainty, guaranteed by God himself. Optimism reflects ignorance as to whether good things will ever actually come. Christian hope expresses knowledge that every day of his life, and every moment beyond it, the believer can say with truth, on the basis of God's own commitment, that the best is yet to come.

  J. I. Packer

  Christian, Life Changing, Ignorance

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• From all our observations we may collect with certainty, that misery is the lot of man, but cannot discover in what particular condition it will find most alleviations.

  Samuel Johnson

  Men, May, Misery

  Samuel Johnson (1827). “The Rambler”, p.239

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• The first men who set out for Mars had better make sure they leave everything at home in apple-pie order. They won't get back to earth for more than two and a half years. The difficulties of a trip to mars are formidable. . . . What curious information will these first explorers carry back from Mars? Nobody knows-and its extremely doubtful that anyone now living will ever know. All that can be said with certainty today is this: the trip will be made, and will be made . . . someday.

  Wernher von Braun

  Future, Home, Men

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• A thin line separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt. Our lives constantly walk that line. When we slip off on one side or the other, we're taken by surprise. But who said there wouldn't be surprises? Knowing God just means that all the rules will be fair; at the end of our life drama, we'll see that. We never know how things will turn out, but if we know with certainty they will make sense regardless of how they turn out, we're on to something.

  Barbara Johnson

  Life, Hurt, Laughter

  Patsy Clairmont, Marilyn Meberg, Barbara Johnson, Luci Swindoll (1997). “Joy Breaks: 90 Devotions to Celebrate, Simplify, and Add Laughter to Your Life”, Zondervan Publishing Company

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