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Proof Proverbs

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


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

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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