"What is worth doing is worth doing for money" - - Gordon Gekko

"The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense."

-- Thomas Edison

"It is literally true that millions come easier to a trader after he knows how to trade than hundreds did in the days of his ignorance."

--Jesse Livermore

"If a stock doesn't act right don't touch it; because, being unable to tell precisely what is wrong, you cannot tell which way it is going. No diagnosis, no prognosis. No prognosis, no profit."

--Jesse Livermore

"Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey…But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb." – Winston Churchill

"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly."

-- Buddha

"He who laughs, lasts."  ~ Mary Pettibone Poole ~

"Winners think, feel, and act differently than losers. You must look within yourself, strip away your illusions, and change your old ways of being, thinking, and acting. Change is hard, but if you want to be a professional trader, you have to work on changing your personality" - Dr. Elder

i also like Elder's other saying
"Do not get greedy and rush to trade - take your time to learn. The markets will be tgere with more good opportunities in the months and year ahead"

oops, i forgot my favorite quote from Dr. Elder's book

"Remember, your goal is to trade well, not to trade often."

that is probably 1 of the best sentences on investing/trading i have seen, its so simple but says a lot.

(anyways, i just finished Elders book hence all the quotes and enjoyed it(thankfully i have a terrific public library so i dont have to buy all these books) i am going back writing down in my notebook what i wanted to take out of his book and saw these quotes i had marked so i wanted to share them)

ok, 1 more  

"The amatuers in most field ask for forecast, while professionals simply manage information and make decisions based on probabilities"

"For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity."

-- Gotthold Lessing

Quoted from ORKiter

oops, i forgot my favorite quote from Dr. Elder's book

"Remember, your goal is to trade well, not to trade often."

that is probably 1 of the best sentences on investing/trading i have seen, its so simple but says a lot.

(anyways, i just finished Elders book hence all the quotes and enjoyed it(thankfully i have a terrific public library so i dont have to buy all these books) i am going back writing down in my notebook what i wanted to take out of his book and saw these quotes i had marked so i wanted to share them)

Great quotes, ORKiter. Thank you very much!! Wonderful quotes. I love them.

It is not the critic who counts...The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, and spends himself in a worthy course; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.

--Theodore Roosevelt, 26th US President


People who are successful simply want it more than people who are not.

--Ian Schrager, hotelier


I suffer no slings and arrows. I just sail on. That is the secret of success in life.

--Robert Maxwell, British Publisher


God doesn't require us to succeed; he only requires that you try.

--Mother Teresa of Calcutta, missionary


We must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

--John F. Kennedy, 35th US President


MY FAVORITE QUOTE FOR TODAY........................


Achieving goals by themselves will never make us happy in the long term. It's who you become, as you overcome the obstacles necessary to achieve your goals, that can give you the deepest and most long-lasting sense of fulfillment.

--Anthony Robbins, motivational speaker

most interesting analogy for trading: (there is no shortcuts to becoming a good trader)

"Trading with a black box is like having sex using a penile implant-you may decieve your partner for a while, but you will never decieve yourself"

Memories are the key not to the past, but to the future.

--Corrie ten Boom, Holocaust survivor, Holocaust hero


No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.

--Helen Keller, lecturer


Leaders are almost by definition people who change minds.

--Howard Gardner, educator, author


If you have no critics you likely have no successes.

--Malcolm Forbes, publisher


Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.

--Aldous Huxley, writer


If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.

--Margaret Thatcher, British stateswoman


Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must understand the fatigue of supporting it.

--Thomas Paine, statesman


It's a myth that our talents make us a success. They help, but it is not what we do well that enables us to achieve in the long run. It is what we do wrong and how we correct it that ensures our long-lasting success.

--Bernie Marcus, Home Depot co-founder


Consult not your fears, but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what is still possible for you to do.

--Pope John XXIII, pontiff