To buy when others are despondently selling and to sell when others are avidly buying requires the greatest fortitude and pays the greatest ultimate rewards.

Bull markets are born on pessimism, grow on skepticism, mature on optimism, and die on euphoria.

The time of maximum pessimism is the best time to buy, and the time of maximum optimism is the best time to sell.

An investor who has all the answers doesn't even understand the questions.

I knew we needed a weapon to break through to the American market, and it had to be something different, something that nobody else was making.

-- Akio Morita

Don't be intimidated by what you don't know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.

-- Sara Blakely

To be irreplaceable, one must be different.

-- Coco Chanel

Bull markets are born on pessimism, grow on skepticism, mature on optimism, and die on euphoria.

-- John Templeton

I don't go to many meetings. I find reading the reports is usually more informative than talking to management.

-- Walter Schloss

Have the courage of your knowledge and experience. If you have formed a conclusion from the facts and if you know your judgment is sound, act on it — even though others may hesitate or differ.

-- Benjamin Graham