1. “Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.” (Dale Carnegie)

2. “Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.” (Peter T. Mcintyre)

3. “Whatever you say, say it with conviction.” (Mark Twain)

4. “Confidence, like art, never comes from having all the answers; it comes from being open to all the questions.” (Anon)

5. “Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” (Dr. Seuss)

Borrowed with pride from all over the place.

1. “Trying to predict the future based on research is like trying to drive a car by looking in the rear-view mirror.” (Marshall McLuhan)

2. “Prediction by analogy – creativity – is so pervasive we normally don’t notice it.” (Jeff Hawkins)

3. “Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.” (Niels Bohr)

4. “The only relevant test of the validity of a hypothesis is comparison of prediction with experience.” (Milton Friedman)

5. “Economists give their predictions to a digit after the decimal point to show that they have a sense of humor.” (Anon)

Borrowed with pride from all over the place.

1. “Turnover is vanity, profit is sanity, cash flow is king” (Numerous)

2. “No profit grows where no pleasure is taken; In brief, sir, study what you most affect.” (William Shakespeare)

3. “If your goal is anything but profitability – if it’s to be big, or to grow fast, or to become a technology leader – you’ll hit problems.” (Michael Porter)

4. “To get profit without risk, experience without danger, and reward without work, is as impossible as it is to live without being born.” (A. P. Gouthev)

5. “Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.” (Warren Buffet)

Borrowed with Pride from all over the place.