Since 2011 · Words worth trading on
Quote of the Day
Standing on the shoulders of giants.
Over a decade of quotes on trading, discipline, patience and mindset that I keep coming back to. Some from market legends, some from philosophers, a few from the trail.
Read one before the open. Then go do the work.
“Finding your passion isn’t just about careers and money. It’s about finding your authentic self. The one you’ve buried beneath other people’s needs.”
“Sometimes there are no words, no clever quotes to neatly sum up what’s happened that day. Sometimes you do everything right, everything exactly right, and still you feel like you failed.”
“Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness.”
“Three things you cannot recover in life: the WORD after it’s said, the MOMENT after it’s missed and the TIME after it’s gone.”
“‘I’m bored’ is a useless thing to say. You live in a great, big, vast world that you’ve seen none percent of. Even the inside of your own mind is endless. It goes on forever, inwardly — you understand? The fact the you’re alive is amazing. So you don’t get to be bored.”
“The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow. For every challenge encountered there is opportunity for growth.”
“Life is short, live it. Love is rare, grab it. Anger is bad, dump it. Fear is awful, face it. Memories are sweet, cherish it.”
“Its hard to wait around for something you know might never happen; but its harder to give up when you know its everything you want”
“There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.”
“Use travel delay as opportunity to stop rather than get stressed. When the world stands still, let it.”
“You can’t get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.”
“Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.”
“Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.”
“You have to learn how to lose; it is more important than learning how to win.”
“You have to do stuff that average people don’t understand because those are the only good things.”