Certainty Quotes - Page 18

• Because I am a Christian, therefore, every day in which I do not penetrate more deeply into the knowledge of God's Word in Holy Scripture is a lost day for me. I can only move forward with certainty upon the firm ground of the Word of God. And, as a Christian, I learn to know the Holy Scriptures in no other way than by hearing the Word preached and by prayerful meditation.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Christian, Moving, Meditation

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer, David McI. Gracie (2000). “Meditating on the Word”, p.22, Rowman & Littlefield

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• One can acquire certainty only by amputating inquiry.

  Marvin Minsky

  Inquiry, Acquire

  Marvin Minsky (1988). “Society Of Mind”, p.65, Simon and Schuster

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• The big picture is: the main thing you should be concerned about in the future are incremental returns on capital going forward. As it turns out, past history of a good return on capital is a good proxy for this but obviously not foolproof. I think this is an area where thoughtful analysis can add value to any simple ranking/screening strategy such as the magic formula. When doing in depth analysis of companies, I care very much about long term earnings power, not necessarily so much about the volatility of that earnings power but about my certainty of "normal" earnings power over time.

  Joel Greenblatt

  Thoughtful, Past, Simple

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• What are the most important qualities that make a successful entrepreneur? The ability to communicate. The ability to express your idea with certainty. That's how you become a leader-even if you are unsure, your ability to explain your vision and your direction is the attribute you need the most. ... Articulate your idea in 90 seconds or less.

  Kevin O'Leary

  Successful, Ideas, Entrepreneur

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• The character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is tenacious obedience.

  John Ortberg

  Character, Darkness, Doubt

  John Ortberg (1997). “The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People”, p.209, Harper Collins

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• Those willing to trade freedom for certainty are certain to find the cure worse than the ailment.

  Richard Paul Evans

  Cures, Certain, Trade

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• It wasn't shared social status or ethnicity that brought Jesus' followers together either, nor was it total agreement on exactly who this Jesus character was - a prophet? The Messiah? The Son of God? No, there is one thing that connected all these dissimilar people together it was a shared sense of need: a hunger, a thirst, a longing. It was the certainty that, when Jesus said He came for the sick, this meant Jesus came for me.

  Rachel Held Evans

  Jesus, Character, Son

  Rachel Held Evans (2015). “Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church”, p.92, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The God who inspired the Bible is the same God who made the universe, Earth, and all life. This God is the very definition of truth; therefore nature's record will never contradict Scripture and vice versa. When a seeming contradiction confronts us, we can know with certainty we have either misunderstood (one, the other, or both revelations) or perhaps we haven't yet dug deploy enough. Whatever the case, we can embrace the opportunity to gain greater knowledge and appreciation for the Bible, for nature, and for the God who is responsible for both.

  Hugh Ross

  Appreciation, Opportunity, Misunderstood

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• It is way less certain to be a wonderful business in the future. The threat is alternative mediums of information. Every newspaper is scrambling to parlay their existing advantage into dominance on the Internet. But it is way less sure [that this will occur] than the certainty 20 years ago that the basic business would grow steadily, so there's more downside risk. The perfectly fabulous economics of this business could become grievously impaired.

  Charlie Munger

  Years, Risk, Alternatives

  "Charlie Munger Speaks - Part 2". Charlie Munger's comments on businesses at the 2000 Wesco Financial Annual Meeting, www.fool.com. May 15, 2000.

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• Innumeracy and pseudoscience are often associated, in part because of the ease with which mathematical certainty can be invoked, to bludgeon the innumerate into a dumb acquiescence.

  John Allen Paulos

  Dumb, Pseudoscience, Acquiescence

  John Allen Paulos (2011). “Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences”, p.74, Macmillan

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• And when I hear it said that God is good and He will pardon us, and then see that men cease not from evil-doing, oh, how it grieves me! The infinite goodness with which God communicates with us, sinners as we are, should constantly make us love and serve Him better; but we, on the contrary, instead of seeing in his goodness an obligation to please Him, convert it into an excuse for sin which will of a certainty lead in the end to our deeper condemnation.

  Catherine of Genoa

  Men, Grieving, Evil

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• Scripture will ultimately suffice for a saving knowledge of God only when its certainty is founded upon the inward persuasion of the Holy Spirit. Indeed, these human testimonies which exist to confirm it will not be vain if, as secondary aids to our feebleness, they follow that chief and highest testimony. But those who wish to prove to unbelievers that Scripture is the Word of God are acting foolishly, for only by faith can this be known.

  John Calvin

  Wish, Acting, Inward

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• Religion of every kind involves the promise that the misery and futility of existence can be overcome or even transfigured. One might suppose that the possession of such a magnificent formula, combined with the tremendous assurance of a benevolent God, would make a person happy. But such appears not to be the case.: unease and insecurity and rage seem to keep up with blissful certainty, and even to outpace it.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Insecurity, Promise, Overcoming

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• Toleration, holding that every other man has the same right to his opinion and faith that we have to ours; and liberality, holding that as no human being can with certainty say, in the clash and conflict of hostile faiths and creeds, what is truth, or that he is surely in possession of it, so everyone should feel that it is quite possible that another equally honest and sincere with himself, and yet holding the contrary opinion, may himself be in possession of the truth.

  Albert Pike

  Men, May, Opinion

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• The point here is ... to be just a little less arrogant. To have just a little critical awareness about myself and my certainties. Because a huge percentage of the stuff that I tend to be automatically certain of is, it turns out, totally wrong and deluded.

  David Foster Wallace

  Arrogant, Littles, Stuff

  David Foster Wallace (2009). “This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life”, p.35, Hachette UK

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• When two people meet, as long as there is any form of rapport maintained, the person with the most certainty will eventually influence ther other person.

  Tony Robbins

  Two, Long, People

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• I put heavy weight on certainty. It's not risky to buy securities at a fraction of what they're worth.

  Warren Buffett

  Weight, Heavy, Fractions

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• What I most wanted even at that early age, was to capture and hold the truth, with the certainty and love that it brings.

  Neil Turok

  Age, And Love, Capture

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• Infinite possibility in all things is a certainty. That pretty much covers theology and philosophy for me.

  Robert Fulghum

  Philosophy, Infinite, Possibility

  Robert Fulghum (1997). “Words I Wish I Wrote: A Collection of Writing that Inspired My Ideas”, Harpercollins

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• Deciding under uncertainty is bad enough, but deciding under an illusion of certainty is catastrophic.

  Kenneth E. Boulding

  Illusion, Enough, Uncertainty

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• Philosophy, though unable to tell us with certainty what is the true answer to the doubts which it raises, is able to suggest many possibilities which enlarge our thoughts and free them from the tyranny of custom.

  Bertrand Russell

  Philosophy, Doubt, Answers

  Bertrand Russell (2016). “The Problems of Philosophy”, p.207, Bertrand Russell

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• Antisappointment. Anticipation colliding head-on with the certainty of its own doom.

  Chip Kidd

  Anticipation, Doom

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• Our certainty that angels right now witness how we are walking through life should mightily influence the decisions we make. God is watching, and His angels are interested spectators too.

  Billy Graham

  Angel, Decisions We Make, Walking Through Life

  Billy Graham (2009). “Graham 2in1 (Angels/Peace With God)”, p.88, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• I am convinced that 1941 will be the crucial year of a great New Order in Europe. The world shall open up for everyone. Privileges for individuals, the tyranny of certain nations and their financial rulers shall fall. And last of all this year will help to provide the foundations of a real understanding among peoples, and with it the certainty of conciliation among nations. . . . Those nations who are still opposed to us will some day recognize the greater enemy within. Then they will join us in a combined front, a front against Jewish exploitation and racial degeneration.

  Adolf Hitler

  Real, Fall, Order

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• The press and the public like certainty and affirmation of popular biases. But real science thrives on the capacity for doubt.

  Wendy Kaminer

  Real, Doubt, Affirmation

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