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.
“At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.”
“Normality is a paved road. It’s comfortable to walk along, but no flowers grow on it.”
“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”
“Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.”
“I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There’s no in between. People will either love you for it or hate you for it.”
“Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.”
“Sometimes the best thing you can do is not think, not wonder, not imagine, not obsess. Just breathe.”
“Be a beneficial presence on the planet. Give your Gifts. Boldly go where no woman or no man has ever gone before.”
“The enlightened give thanks for what most people take for granted…. As you begin to be grateful for what most people take for granted, the vibration of gratitude makes you more receptive to good in your life.”
“Stop looking outside for help. You’re sourced and fuelled and funded by a renewable resource, which is within you. It never runs out. It is your Essence. It’s your life.”
“We must go beyond the constant clamor of ego, beyond the tools of logic and reason, to the still, calm place within us: the realm of the soul.”
“Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.”
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”