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If there's one thing that's certain in business, it's uncertainty.

Uncertainty is a permanent part of the leadership landscape. It never goes away.

Uncertainty is a very good thing: it's the beginning of an investigation, and the investigation should never end.

I always work out of uncertainty but when a painting's finished it becomes a fixed idea, apparently a final statement. In time though, uncertainty returns... your thought process goes on.

Business is all about risk taking and managing uncertainties and turbulence.

There will be very few occasions when you are absolutely certain about anything. You will consistently be called upon to make decisions with limited information. That being the case, your goal should not be to eliminate uncertainty. Instead, you must develop the art of being clear in the face of uncertainty.

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.

We necessarily operate in an environment in which there's a great deal of uncertainty. In such an environment, it makes sense to use a risk-management approach to identify and avoid the big mistakes. That's one reason I favor a cautious approach.

Certainty is the mother of quiet and repose, and uncertainty the cause of variance and contentions.