It should be remembered that a decline of 50% fully offsets a preceding advance of 100%.

Investing isn't about beating others at their game. It's about controlling yourself at your own game.

Successful investing is about managing risk, not avoiding it.

The intelligent investor is a realist who sells to optimists and buys from pessimists.

In the short run, the market is a voting machine, but in the long run it is a weighing machine.

In the world of securities, courage becomes the supreme virtue after adequate knowledge and a tested judgment are at hand.

Before you invest, you must ensure that you have realistically assessed your probability of being right and how you will react to the consequences of being wrong.

The true investor... will do better if he forgets about the stock market and pays attention to his dividend returns and to the operation results of his companies.

If you are shopping for common stocks, choose them the way you would buy groceries, not the way you would buy perfume.

A great company is not a great investment if you pay too much for the stock.

An investment operation is one which, upon thorough analysis, promises safety of principal and an adequate return.

A relationship takes place between two people across space and time, and suddenly no one seems like a stranger.

If life throws you a few bad notes, don't let them interrupt your song.

Humor is the salvation of those without hope.

The greatest person to know in life is yourself. There’s no one who will treat you better.

A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.

One feels a quickening of the pulse when one crosses a border.

It may be that this autobiography [Aimee Semple McPherson's] is set down in sincerity, frankness, and simple effort. It may be, too, that the Statue of Liberty is situated in Lake Ontario.

If you love someone when you're 20 and you carry that love with you until you're 90, it's not going to be the same dynamic.

One hundred rounds do not constitute fire power. One hit constitutes fire power.

A lot of time, people don't do great things becoz' great things really aren't expected of them.