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.
“He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.”
“The only way to make sense of change is to plunge into it, go with it, and join the dance.”
“When you’re overthinking, you get excited to play under the bright lights. When you’re in the Zone, you don’t even notice them.”
“Maybe that’s enlightenment enough: to know that there is no final resting place of the mind; no moment of smug clarity. Perhaps wisdom…is realizing how small I am, and unwise, and how far I have yet to go.”
“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”
“The ego wants to be loved for false and materialistic things, but the true self can be loved for what it is.”
“You will never find time for anything. If you want time, you must make it.”
“Time is our most valuable asset, yet we tend to waste it, kill it, and spend it rather than invest it.”
“Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self.”
“It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”
“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.”
“Be silent. Silent, like a storm that move in slow and dark, its violence unseen until it hits, and can’t be measured until it moves on.”