Sayings about Proof
An ounce of proof is worth a ton of assertions. ~ American Proverbs
By continually scolding someone, they in time become accustomed to it and despise your reproof. ~ French Proverb
The proof of the pudding is in the eating. ~ English Proverbs
Prove all things, hold fast to that which is true. ~ Bible
“For example” is not proof. ~ Yiddish Proverbs
Being free of pretence does not mean you are in touch with the truth. Sincerity is not proof. ~ Saying
Every one is innocent until he is proved guilty. ~ Traditional Proverb
Where there’s a will to condemn there is also evidence. ~ Chinese Proverb
Laughing is not always the proof of a mind at ease. ~ French Proverb
For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don’t believe, no proof is possible. ~ Traditional Proverb
Speaking French is no proof of intelligence. ~ Creole Proverb
Comparison is not necessarily proof. ~ French Proverb
Quotations about Proof
A proof is sufficient evidence or a sufficient argument for the truth of a proposition.~ Read more!
Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen. ~ Maimonides
The best theology would need no advocates; it would prove itself. ~ Karl Barth
Taste has no system and no proofs. ~ Susan Sontag
When you’ve got something to prove, there’s nothing greater than a challenge. ~ Terry Bradshaw
To cease to admire is a proof of deterioration. ~ Charles Horton Cooley
You cannot demonstrate an emotion or prove an aspiration. ~ John Morley
Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation. ~ Elton Trueblood
Accomplishment, like life, will prove to be a journey, not a destination. ~ Author Unknown
Fame is proof that the people are gullible. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Desire is proof of the availability… ~ Robert Collier
It takes vision and courage to create — it takes faith and courage to prove. ~ Owen D. Young
The free world must not prove itself worthy of its own past. ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower
Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a gift from God. ~ Blaise Pascal
Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof. ~ Khalil Gibran
Woman is the dominant sex. Men have to do all sorts of stuff to prove that they are worthy of woman’s attention. ~ Camille Paglia
It the proof of high culture to say the greatest matters in the simplest way. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Absence of proof is not proof of absence. ~ William Cowper
Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that it cannot prove, not only what it says, but even that it is worth the trouble of saying it. ~ Roland Barthes
That which needs to be proved cannot be worth much. ~ Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible. ~ Edward Vernon Rickenbacker
What better way to prove that you understand a subject than to make money out of it? ~ Harold Rosenberg
Men’s arguments often prove nothing but their wishes. ~ Charles Caleb Colton
The best proof of love is trust. ~ Dr. Joyce Brothers
The moment a man begins to talk about technique that’s proof that he is fresh out of ideas. ~ Raymond Chandler
Moderation is an ostentatious proof of our strength of character. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld
The proof of gold is fire…~ Benjamin Franklin
Jesters do oft prove prophets. ~ William Shakespeare
A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof which it furnishes. ~ Claude Bernard
Tenderness is greater proof of love than the most passionate of vows. ~ Marlene Dietrich
Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good. ~ Ovid
Fear is proof of a degenerate mind. ~ Virgil
A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove you don’t need it. ~ Bob Hope
Faith is believing what we cannot prove. ~ Lord Alfred Tennyson
Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof. ~ Charles Edward Montague
To disdain today is to prove that yesterday has been misunderstood. ~ Maurice Maeterlinck
Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof. ~ Ashley Montagu
Little friends may prove great friends. ~ Aesop
The first proof of a person’s incapacity to achieve, is their endeavoring to fix the stigma of failure on others. ~ B. R. Hayden
A proof that experience is of no use, is that the end of one love does not prevent us from beginning another. ~Paul Bourget
The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one’s designs to one’s means. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
A proof tells us where to concentrate our doubts. ~ Morris Kline
Faith is a certitude without proofs… a sentiment, for it is a hope; it is an instinct, for it precedes all outward instruction. ~ Henri Frederic Amiel
To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind. ~ William Hazlitt
When you hire people that are smarter than you are, you prove you are smarter than they are. ~ R. H. Grant
When we know what we want to prove, we go out and find our facts. They are always there. ~ Pearl S. Buck
I’m proof that great things can happen to ordinary people if they work hard and never give up. ~ Orel Herhiser
We prove what we want to prove, and the real difficulty is to know what we want to prove. ~ Emile Auguste Chartier
To stand on one leg and prove God’s existence is a very different thing from going down on one’s knees and thanking him. ~ Soren Kierkegaard
The voice of the majority is no proof of justice. ~ Johann Friedrich Von Schiller
You may prove anything by figures. ~ Thomas Carlyle
You prove your worth with your actions, not with your mouth. ~ Pat Riley
It is the final proof of God’s omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us. ~ Peter De Vries
In the choice between changing one’s mind and proving there’s no need to do so, most people get busy on the proof. ~ John Kenneth Galbraith
Come live with me, and be my love, and we will all the pleasures prove. ~ Christopher Marlowe
The nine-tenths prove man’s love, but the one-tenth tests man’s legal obedience. ~ Herschel Hobbs
How many pessimists end up by desiring the things they fear, in order to prove that they are right? ~ Robert Mallett
What is now proved was once only imagin’d. ~ William Blake,
No way of thinking or doing, however ancient, can be trusted can be trusted without proof. ~ Henry David Thoreau
The average man is proof enough that a woman can take a joke. ~ Author Unknown
No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment may at any time prove me wrong. ~ Albert Einstein
Success is determined by those who prove the impossible to be possible. ~ James W. Pence
Make each day useful and cheerful and prove that you know the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be happy, old age without regret and life a beautiful success. ~ Louisa May Alcott
Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy. ~ Benjamin Franklin