Render more service than you are paid for and eventually you will be paid more for less services rendered.
In the short run, the market is a voting machine, but in the long run it is a weighing machine.
Investing isn't about beating others at their game. It's about controlling yourself at your own game.
The best way to measure your investing success is not by whether you're beating the market but by whether you've put in place a financial plan and a behavioral discipline that are likely to get you where you want to go.
Losing some money is an inevitable part of investing, and there's nothing you can do to prevent it. But to be an intelligent investor, you must take responsibility for ensuring that you never lose most or all of your money.
A great company is not a great investment if you pay too much for the stock.
Successful investing is about managing risk, not avoiding it.
The interesting scope of Mark Twain's development as a human being is that he grew. He saw, he travelled, he studied this country and later the world with the eye of a man educating himself. This is a central fact in the Mark Twain legacy. He became an American spokesman for the ideals of racial equality and dignity for the working man because he was willing to look the world in its face and see, really see what was happening to the people in it.
Are not all finite beings better pleased with motions relative than absolute?
Working with Katie Cassidy is amazing. . . That woman is so prepared and so professional and talented, it's such a joy to show up with her to work with her everyday.
Much of the debate over global warming is predicated on fear, rather than science.