“If there is victory in overcoming an enemy, there is an even greater victory when a man overcomes himself. “

-José de San Martín

“I don’t think trading strategies are as vulnerable to not working if people know about them, as most traders believe. If what you are doing is right, it will work even if people have a general idea about it. I always say you could publish rules in a newspaper and no one would follow them. The key is consistency and discipline.”

– Richard Dennis

“The biggest disease of the mind is over-thinking, especially too much thinking about others. Thinking too much is like eating too much. The heaviness makes it impossible to remain light and flexible.”

– bkwsu.org

“Your future depends upon one thing: your trading ability… traders learn more about themselves in a year of trading than many learn in their entire adult lives.”

– Mike Bellafiore

“There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.”

– Nelson Mandela

“I hate losing money more than anything. Losing money is what kills you. It is not the actual loss. It’s the fact that it messes up your psychology.”

– Michael Platt

“Addictive traders get high from action; great traders get high from mastering markets–and mastering themselves.”

– Brett Steenbarger

“Great traders focus on the two things they can always control: when they play and how much they bet. ”

– Brett Steenbarger

“Every loss of discipline is a self-betrayal; great traders are true to themselves and stay disciplined as a result.”

– Brett Steenbarger