“The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.”

– Confucius

“True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, & the world around us.”

– Socrates

“The prevailing wisdom is that markets are always right. I take the opposition position. I assume that markets are always wrong. Even if my assumption is occasionally wrong, I use it as a working hypothesis. It does not follow that one should always go against the prevailing trend. On the contrary, most of the time the trend prevails; only occasionally are the errors corrected. It is only on those occasions that one should go against the trend. This line of reasoning leads me to look for the flaw in every investment thesis. … I am ahead of the curve. I watch out for telltale signs that a trend may be exhausted. Then I disengage from the herd and look for a different investment thesis. Or, if I think the trend has been carried to excess, I may probe going against it. Most of the time we are punished if we go against the trend. Only at an inflection point are we rewarded.”

– George Soros

“First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.”

– Epictetus

“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

“The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.”

– Cicero

“In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.”

– Montesquieu