Uncertain

Famous quotes containing the word uncertain:

    For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
    —Bible: New Testament St. Paul, in 1 Corinthians, 14:8.

    Fear, when your friends say to you what you have done well, and say it through; but when they stand with uncertain timid looks of respect and half-dislike, and must suspend their judgement for years to come, you may begin to hope.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    Men have come to speak of the revelation as somewhat long ago given and done, as if God were dead. The injury to faith throttles the preacher; and the goodliest of institutions becomes an uncertain and inarticulate voice.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)