"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help with man with the wrong mental attitude."

-- W.W. Ziege

"If you really want something you'll find a way, if you don't you'll find an excuse."

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"Self-pitty in its early stages is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable."

-- Maya Angelou, writer

"I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity."

-- John D. Rockefeller, industrialist

"In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility."

-- Elanor Roosevelt, first lady


"The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it."

-- Welsh Proverb

"It takes 20 years to build a reputation and 5 minutes to ruin it.  If you think about that, you'll do things differently."

- Warren Buffett

Some of my favorite:

“All that we are is the result of what we have thought” – Buddha

“Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” – W. Clement Stone

"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant."

-- Robert Louis Stevenson

Do not move unless it is advantageous.
Do not execute unless it is effective.
Do not challenge unless it is critical.

----Sun Tzu

Quoted from mike722

"It takes 20 years to build a reputation and 5 minutes to ruin it.  If you think about that, you'll do things differently."

- Warren Buffett

One of the best quotes I have read in a long time!

"God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless."

-- Chester Nimitz, U.S. Admiral

"A people that values its priviledges above its principles soon loses both."

-- Dwight Eisenhower, 34th U.S. President

"I would rather fail in a cause that will ultimately triumph than to triumph in a cause that will ultimately fail."

-- Woodrow Wilson, 28th U.S. President

"Mistakes are the portals for discovery."

--James Joyce, writer

"There is no such thing as luck. It's a fancy name for being always at our duty and so sure to be ready when a good time comes."

--Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton, British Statesman

"If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much."

-- Jackie Kennedy Onasis, First Lady

"Luck is the byproduct of busting your fanny."

--Don Sutton, baseball player

"Most people see things as they are and ask why? I see that that never were and ask why not ? "

correction b/c i suck at typing

"Most people see things as they are and ask why? I see things that never were and ask why not ? "

check this one out guys...  I think and I hope this will be encouraging for those of you shorting right now.. Here goes:

"The frequent rallies, even when I knew as well as anybody that they were due, could not frighten me.  I knew I'd do much better in the end by staying pat than by trying to cover to put out a new short line at a higher price.  By sticking to the position that I felt was right, I made over a million dollars.  Knowledge is power, and power need not fear lies- even when the tape prints them."

-guess who

"Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony."

-- Thomas Merton

Quoted from mike722

check this one out guys...  I think and I hope this will be encouraging for those of you shorting right now.. Here goes:

"The frequent rallies, even when I knew as well as anybody that they were due, could not frighten me.  I knew I'd do much better in the end by staying pat than by trying to cover to put out a new short line at a higher price.  By sticking to the position that I felt was right, I made over a million dollars.  Knowledge is power, and power need not fear lies- even when the tape prints them."

-guess who

Jesse Livermore