Al Bernstein Quotes

Wall Street is littered with the bones of those who knew just what to do, but could not bring themselves to do it.

All the things that make us human make us terrible investors and you have to understand what they are and how to avoid them.

When it comes to fund managers and market strategists, this year's hero usually turns into next year's zero.

It's human nature to find patterns where there are none and to find skill where luck is a more likely explanation (particularly if you're the lucky manager).

Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.

Look closer at the stress in your own life and you can identify that negative emotions are always built on counterfactual statements.

Stress is the negative whirlwind of emotions that gets imposed on top of our stimulation and engagement.

I'm an academic. It's publish or perish.

All the happiness, self-confidence, and support you're seeking is already within you.

Happiness is your choice. You can choose today.

At some point all lies are brought to the surface and truth comes forth no matter how hard we try to hide it.

Trust me when I say: Your commitment to love is crucial in the awakening of the world.

If I jump out of bed without hugging my husband, that creates stress between us.

Each person's energy matters.

When energy speeds up there is no space for playing small, and nothing can remain hidden.

If you are running anyway, you might as well be chasing your dreams.

The prospect of getting rich is highly motivating, and few people get rich without taking a gamble.

Gambling has held human beings in thrall for millennia. It has been engaged in everywhere, from the dregs of society to the most respectable circles.

John Lennon was brilliant, so gifted, so giving. He was the Bach, Beethoven, the Rachmaninoff of our time.

Mutual fund manager performance does not persist and the return of stock picking is zero.

If I were the commissioner of all sports media I would issue an immediate ban on three-person announcing teams on telecasts of live sporting events. In almost all cases three is one voice too many.

The average user doesn't give a damn what happens, as long as (1) it works and (2) it's fast.

I thank God for not making me a computer scientist.

I won't be satisfied until I've put the entire security industry out of work.

I feel very accomplished. It makes me feel great to know that I am impacting lives and of service to the world.

What makes me vulnerable is speaking up about topics that may be controversial to others.

Putting your well-being first - like putting your oxygen mask on before you help the person next to you - that really benefits all your relationships.

Sometimes to win, you have to change the game.

I have two answers to everything and one answer to nothing.

Bernstein has been disclosing musical secrets that have been well known for over 400 years.

...we can all shut-up and go back to our caves.

Which of my Jewish roots do I follow?

Do the math. Expect catastrophes. Whatever happens, stay the course.

The typical fund company services 401k plan participants in the same way that Baby Face Nelson serviced banks.

Even more exasperating than the guy who thinks he knows it all is the one who really does.

One of the things that happens in the business is that success is a very strange thing in that if you are involved in something very successful the next person wants you to repeat it.

The American Revolution and Declaration of Independence, it has often been argued, were fueled by the most radical of all American political ideas.

The more you worry, the more you throw off the delicate balance of hormones required for health.

The voice of experience keeps its mouth shut.

To the victor belong the responsibilities.

Some people are so used to experiencing stress that they don't remember what life was like without it.

Statism – the subordination of the individual to the state - leads inevitably to the most hideous oppression.

Stress is not the spice of life any more than arsenic is. And without it, you won't feel bored.

It's time we learned the truth about stress. It's time we identified the thoughts that actually create our stress and learned to dismantle them one by one.

A hero holds purposes appropriate to man and is, therefore, a thinker.

The hero is valorous because he stands up to every threat directed against his values. Heroism requires value conflict.

You can't tell yourself that your stress is produced in your head and feel better. You still need to learn how to create a change.

When a friend is sick, I see the situation for what it is, not what it isn't, and I offer to help as much as she wants, not as much as I want.

The less you think counterfactually, the less you experience stress. Stress, in this light, isn't a bad thing. It's simply a warning system telling you that your mind has lost touch with what's real.

The elusive truth is that there is nothing stress-producing in the physical world. Things simply are. Molecules move. Light and sound appear.