Choosing individual stocks without any idea of what you're looking for is like running through a dynamite factory with a burning match.

Buying good companies at bargain prices is the secret to making a lot of money.

The stock market is there to serve you, not to instruct you.

You can't really teach someone to be a great investor. But you can teach them to avoid the common mistakes.

I think the key to investing is having a strong stomach and being patient.

-- Bill Ackman

Bodily pain does not last without limit; intense pain is brief in duration.

-- Epicurus

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

-- Hideyo Noguchi

The experiments proceed slowly. At first a certain amount of patience was needed, but I soon found that matters went better when I carried on several experiments simultaneously.

-- Gregor Mendel

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

-- Louis Pasteur

The cowards never started and the weak died along the way. That leaves us.

-- Phil Knight