“I believe my business and non-profit investments are much more beneficial to societal well-being than sending more money to Washington.” BelieveWellsMotivationalI BelieveSocialMoneyBusinessSocietyCharityInvestmentInvestingProfitFinanceWell BeingMore MoneyPhilanthropyBeneficialNon Profit Author:Charles Koch
“[Silvio] Gesell's chiefwork is written in cool and scientific terms, although it is run through by a more passionate and charged devotion to social justice than many think fit for a scholar. I believe that the future will learn more from the spirit of Gesell then from that of Marx.” ThinkingBelieveRunningSpiritI BelieveSocialTermJusticeWrittenFitSocial JusticeInvestingPassionateDevotionScholar Author:John Maynard Keynes
“Looking at these issues as a businessman, I believe that investing in the world's poorest people is the smartest way that our government spends money.” PeopleWorldWayBelieveGovernmentI BelievePovertyIssuesInvestingBusinessmanPoorest Author:Bill Gates
“I believe in infrastructure, I believe in investing in your hard assets. Where I think government starts to fail is when it starts getting itself weighed down with the social programs. And I think the American public just feels like a lot of that money is tossed aside and wasted.” ThinkingFeelsBelieveHardGovernmentI BelieveSocialFailingProgramInvestingI Believe InAssetsInfrastructureSocial Programs Author:Mick Cornett
“I had made what I believe was one of the more valuable decisions of my business life. This was to confine all efforts solely to making major gains in the long-run.” BelieveLongMadeRunningI BelieveDecisionEffortMajorsGainsInvestingValuableLong RunsBusiness Life Author:Philip Arthur Fisher
“My mistake was to project my skill beyond the limits of experience. I began investing outside the industries which I believe I thoroughly understood, in completely different spheres of activity; situations where I did not have comparable background knowledge.” BelieveDifferentI BelieveMistakeSituationIndustryActivitySkillsLimitsProjectsUnderstoodInvestingBackgroundsSpheresMy MistakesBackground Knowledge Author:Philip Arthur Fisher
“I believe that for the most part, achieving success - whatever that is for you - is mostly a matter of personal choice and that, initially, making the right choices can be difficult.” LifeBelieveMatterChoicesI BelieveDifficultGrowthAchievePersonal GrowthInvestingRight ChoicesAchieving SuccessPersonal Choice Author:Ray Dalio
“I believe that understanding what is good is obtained by looking at the way the world works and figuring out how to operate in harmony with it to help it evolve.” WorldWayLifeBelieveHelpingI BelieveUnderstandingGrowthHarmonyPersonal GrowthInvestingEvolve Author:Ray Dalio
“I believe there are an infinite number of laws of the universe and that all progress or dreams achieved come from operating in a way that's consistent with them. These laws and the principles of how to operate in harmony with them have always existed. We were given these laws by nature. Man didn't and can't make them up. He can only hope to understand them and use them to get what he wants.” MenWayWantLifeBelieveUseDreamLawUniverseGivenI BelieveGrowthNumbersPrinciplesProgressHarmonyInfinitePersonal GrowthInvestingConsistent Author:Ray Dalio
“I believe that our society's "mistake-phobia" is crippling, a problem that begins in most elementary schools, where we learn to learn what we are taught rather than to form our own goals and to figure out how to achieve them. We are fed with facts and tested and those who make the fewest mistakes are considered to be the smart ones, so we learn that it is embarrassing to not know and to make mistakes. Our education system spends virtually no time on how to learn from mistakes, yet this is critical to real learning.” KnowsLifeBelieveRealFactsProblemSchoolFormI BelieveGoalGrowthMistakeAchieveFiguresTaughtSmartPersonal GrowthInvestingCriticalMaking MistakesOur SocietyFedsEmbarrassingTestedLearning From MistakesEducation SystemElementary SchoolPhobia Author:Ray Dalio