I keep a list of 16 quotes on a piece of paper taped to my wall. They rarely change.
They shape how I invest every day... & they keep me focused & humble.
Here they are. π§΅
1. "Everyone has the brainpower to make money in stocks. Not everyone has the stomach." -- Peter Lynch
They shape how I invest every day... & they keep me focused & humble.
Here they are. π§΅
1. "Everyone has the brainpower to make money in stocks. Not everyone has the stomach." -- Peter Lynch
2. "He who lives by the crystal ball will eat shattered glass." -- Ray Dalio
3. βSpend each day trying to be a little wiser than you were when you woke up... those who keep learning keep rising." -- Charlie Munger
4. βBull markets are born on pessimism, grown on skepticism, mature on optimism and die on euphoria. Maximum pessimism is the best time to buy, and maximum optimism the best time to sell.β -- John Templeton
5. "Behind every stock there's a company. Find out what it's doing." -- Peter Lynch
6. "If you aren't willing to own a stock for 10 years, don't think about owning it for 10 minutes." -- Warren Buffett
7. "It's not whether you are right or wrong that's important. It's how much money you make when you're right & how much you lose when you're wrong." -- Stanley Druckenmiller
8. "In the short run, the market is a voting machine, but in the long run, it is a weighing machine... Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.β -- Ben Graham
9. "The stock market is a giant distraction to the business of investing... in the long run, investing is about returns earned by businesses, not markets." -- John C. Bogle
10. "If you can't explain it to a 6 year old then you don't understand it yourself." -- Albert Einstein
11. "To get what you want, you have to deserve what you want. The World is not a crazy enough place to reward undeserving people." -- Charlie Munger
12. "Investing is a business where you can look very silly for a long period of time before you are proven right... In order to be successful, you have to make sure that failure doesnβt bother you at all." -- @BillAckman
13. βThe stock market is a no-called-strike game. You donβt have to swing at everything. You can wait for your pitch.β -- Warren Buffett
14. "Far more money has been lost by investors preparing for corrections or trying to anticipate them than has been lost in corrections themselves." -- Peter Lynch
15. "The true investor welcomes volatility. Wild market fluctuations mean that irrationally low prices will periodically be attached to solid businesses." -- Warren Buffett
16. "Buy good companies, don't overpay, do nothing" -- Terry Smith
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