Go for a business that any idiot can run - because sooner or later, any idiot probably is going to run it.
( Peter Lynch )
Speculation is a hard and trying business, and a speculator must be on the job all the time, or he'll soon have no job to be on.
( Jesse Livermore )
The individual investor should act consistently as an investor and not as a speculator.
( Ben Graham )
No profession requires more hard work, intelligence, patience, and mental discipline than successful speculation.
( Robert Rhea )
Optimism means expecting the best, but confidence means knowing how to handle the worst.
( Max Gunther )
If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.
( George Bernard Shaw )
Investing is the intersection of economics and psychology.
( Seth Klarman )