All financial success comes from acting on a plan. A lot of financial failure comes from reacting to the market

Once you decide that mediocrity is unthinkable, your only choices are excellence and quitting.

If you think the market’s 'too high' wait 'til you see it 20 years from now.

Long-term investment success is almost totally a function of how one emotionally handles declines in the equity market, as opposed to how one's portfolio handles them.

Investment performance doesn't determine real-life returns; investor behavior does.

You have to pick what you're going to be worried about. Markets are volatile, but retirement is certain.

Timing the market is a fools game, whereas time in the market is your greatest natural advantage.

Wealth is not determined by investment performance, but by investor behavior.

Declines are temporary, gains are permanent.

In the long run, not doing what's necessary to do the thing you're afraid will hurt you, hurts infinitely worse than doing it.

Stocks are a safe bet, but only if you stay invested long enough to ride out the . that squares with the facts, and with the historical record

Good example of Love is forgiveness and to Love is to pray for ones soul not to perish

Don’t try to build Me into your life anymore. Instead, build your life around Me.

Old age is having the name of a chiropractor in your wallet. It's cutting out coupons for the zeal of discounted small items and the practice of fine motor skills.

We’re all looking for a bit of recognition, even if it’s the unconscious and hypocritical need for attention over the fact that we’re not publically seeking out attention.

It's true that humanity has seen a succession of crises, wars and atrocities, but this negative side is offset by advances in technology and cultural exchanges.

I find myself hoping a total end of all the unhappy divisions of mankind by party-spirit, which at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few.

World change comes from within.

Take a moment each day to focus on the good, and then try to carry that with you throughout the day, because while bangs don't look good on everyone, confidence does.

The unique ability to take decisive action while maintainign focus on the ultimate mission is what defines a true leader.

Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things.