"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

"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

Confidence is the most important single factor in this game, and no matter how great your natural talent, there is only one way to obtain and sustain it: work.

--Jack Nicklaus, golfer


Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.

--Abraham Lincoln, 16th US President

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


Sounds like John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, Hillary Clinton...list goes on

"After the Beanie Babies collectables crash in '96 I didn't know where to turn"

-Ricky Bobby

Quoted from E811

"After the Beanie Babies collectables crash in '96 I didn't know where to turn"

-Ricky Bobby

That is the best quote yet.

Here is another one.

Normally I am not a praying man, but if you are up there...please save me Superman.

--Homer Simpson

Plenty of people miss their shares of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it.

--William Feather, publisher, writer


If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a PILE DRIVER!

--Winston Churchill, British Statesman

"In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak."

-- James Russell Lowell

"The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man."

-- Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC)

Quoted from MauiTrader

Plenty of people miss their shares of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it.

--William Feather, publisher, writer

EXCELLENT!

"Live out of your imagination, not your history."  Steven Covey

When things go bad, traders shouldn't stick their head in the sand and just hope it gets better.

You should always have a worst-case point. The only choice should be to get out quicker.

The worst mistake a trader can make is to miss a major profit opportunity. 95 percent of profits come from only 5 percent of the trades.

Richard Dennis

A minute's success pays the failures of years.

--Robert Browning, poet


Play the game for more than you can afford to lose...Only then will you learn the game.

--Winston Churchill, British Statesman


Every man dies. Not every man lives. The only limits to the possibilities in your life tomorrow are the "buts" you use today.

--Les Brown, bandleader


Difficulties are just things to overcome.

--Ernest Shackleton, explorer


A whole stack of memories NEVER equal one little hope.

--Charles M. Schulz, cartoonist


A man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away.

--Charles M. Schwab, steel executive


My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball.

--Bjorn Borg, tennis player


Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.

--Neil Armstrong, astronaut


Hard work keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and spirit.

--Helena Rubinstein, cosmetic entrepeneur


Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel.

--Mary Kay Ash, founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics


The first step toward finding God, Who IS Truth, is to discover the truth about myself.

--Thomas Merton, theologian


If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.

--John Kenneth Galbraith, economist

Ken Olson, founder of Digital Equipment, announced in 1977:

"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."

"Failure is more frequently from want of energy than want of capital."

--Daniel Webster

A young reporter went over to Winston Churchill to wish him a happy 84th birthday. He asked Churchill if he, the reporter, would be able to wish him a happy 100th birthday. Churchill looked at the reporter and said, "Why not? You look healthy."