All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgements of probabilities, and not on certainties.

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You know that it is only through work that you can achieve anything, either in...

You know that it is only through work that you can achieve anything, either in...

All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgments of probabilities, and not on certainties.

All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgments of probabilities, and not on certainties.

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and...

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and...

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and...

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and...

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and...

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and...

All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgments of probabilities, and not on certainties.

All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgments of probabilities, and not on certainties.

Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if...

Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if...

A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or...

A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or...

My belief is that to have no wants is divine

My belief is that to have no wants is divine

Ignorance is the soil in which belief in miracles grows.

Ignorance is the soil in which belief in miracles grows.

I can believe anything as long as it is incredible

I can believe anything as long as it is incredible

Those who believe that they are exclusively in the right are generally those who achieve...

Those who believe that they are exclusively in the right are generally those who achieve...

The hardest thing to believe about The Fan is not that Robert De Niro is...

The hardest thing to believe about The Fan is not that Robert De Niro is...

The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because...

The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because...

Believe me, than in half the creeds.

Believe me, than in half the creeds.

We prefer to believe that the absence of inverted commas guarantees the originality of a...

We prefer to believe that the absence of inverted commas guarantees the originality of a...

Believe you are defeated, believe it long enough, and it is likely to become a...

Believe you are defeated, believe it long enough, and it is likely to become a...

If I had believed in a God of rewards and punishments, I might have lost...

If I had believed in a God of rewards and punishments, I might have lost...

Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do...

Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do...

I do not believe in God because I do not believe in Mother Goose

I do not believe in God because I do not believe in Mother Goose

Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs

Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs

So many able writers have shown that the unjust institutions which work so much misery...

So many able writers have shown that the unjust institutions which work so much misery...