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Peter Lynch: Relatively predictable over twenty years

“Absent a lot of surprises, stocks are relatively predictable over twenty years. As to whether they’re going to be higher or lower in two to three years, you might as well flip a coin to decide.” – Peter Lynch. Related articles by Zemanta A Cross Of Gold (krugman.blogs.nytimes.com) British Austerity (krugman.blogs.nytimes.com)
Henry David Thoreau: Friendship

Image via Wikipedia “The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.” ~Henry David Thoreau, quoted in “Teens Talk Growing Up” Related articles by Zemanta If only. (lookingcloser.org)
Michel de Montaigne: Truth

I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older. –Michel de Montaigne, essayist (1533-1592) Related articles by Zemanta In praise of… Casper the commuting cat (guardian.co.uk) How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty […]
Warren Buffett: Long-term competitive advantage

Embed from Getty Images “Long-term competitive advantage in a stable industry is what we seek in a business. If that comes with rapid organic growth, great. But even without organic growth, such a business is rewarding. We will simply take the lush earnings of the business and use them to buy similar businesses elsewhere.” – […]
Unknown: Things could be worse

Image via Wikipedia “Things could be worse. Suppose your errors were counted and published every day, like those of a baseball player.” ~Unknown, quoted in “On Being A Parent” Related articles by Zemanta Investing Quote! (linusfernandes.com) Who Is A Gentleman? (linusfernandes.com) Quotes And Asides (linusfernandes.com) Rumsfeld’s Rules (linusfernandes.com) Project Management Quote (linusfernandes.com)
G K Chesterton: Morality

A man must be certain of his morality for the simple reason that he has to suffer for it. – G K Chesterton
Warren Buffett: Delayed recognition

“The speed at which a business success is recognized, furthermore, is not that important as long as the company’s intrinsic value is increasing at a satisfactory rate. In fact, delayed recognition can be an advantage: It may give us the chance to buy more of a good thing at a bargain price.” – Warren Buffett […]
Karl A Hakkarainen: No vacation goes unpunished

No vacation goes unpunished. – Karl A. Hakkarainen
Only the stupid are sure

Only the stupid are sure.
Mark Twain: Kindness

Image via Wikipedia “Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” ~Mark Twain, quoted in “Loving Our Cats” Related articles by Zemanta 100 Years Later, Mark Twain Still an Icon (patspapers.com) Why Mark Twain Still Matters (npr.org) Mark Twain Quiz: How Well Do You Know The Legend? (huffingtonpost.com)
Unknown: Happiness

Image by danbri via Flickr “Happiness is a way of traveling, not a destination.” ~Unknown, quoted in “Teens Talk Middle School”.
Benjamin Graham: Mathematics

Image via Wikipedia “In the stock market the more elaborate and abstruse the mathematics the more uncertain and speculative are the conclusions we draw there from.” – Benjamin Graham Related articles by Zemanta Investing Quote (linusfernandes.com) How Cheap Are Stocks? (economix.blogs.nytimes.com)
John Lennon: Life

Image via Wikipedia “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” ~John Lennon, quoted in “Power Moms”. Related articles by Zemanta John Lennon Imagine (slideshare.net) a Thought for Today (linusfernandes.com) a Thought for Today (linusfernandes.com) Six Ways Too Boost Your Brain Power (linusfernandes.com) Investing Quote (linusfernandes.com) Just Quotes! (linusfernandes.com)
Warren Buffett: Unpredictable sequence

“The fact that people will be full of greed, fear or folly is predictable. The sequence is not predictable.” – Warren Buffett
Marc Holm: Don’t look back

“Don’t look back unless you intend to go that way.” ~Marc Holm, quoted in “On Being A Parent”
Warren Buffett: Fourth Law of Motion

“Long ago, Sir Isaac Newton gave us three laws of motion, which were the work of genius. But Sir Isaac’s talents didn’t extend to investing: He lost a bundle in the South Sea Bubble, explaining later, ‘I can calculate the movement of the stars, but not the madness of men.’ If he had not been […]
Jean Webster: Little pleasures

Thought For Today It isn’t the big pleasures that count the most; it’s making a great deal out of the little ones.” ~Jean Webster, quoted in “The Golf Book” Related articles by Zemanta Words to live by (writteninc.blogspot.com) Quotes & Asides (linusfernandes.com) Quotes & Asides (linusfernandes.com) Quotes & Some Asides! (linusfernandes.com) a Thought for Today […]
Warren Buffett: Uncertainty

“An argument is made that there are just too many question marks about the near future; wouldn’t it be better to wait until things clear up a bit?…face up to two unpleasant facts: The future is never clear [and] you pay a very high price for a cheery consensus. Uncertainty actually is the friend of […]
Unknown: Closer than yesterday

Thought For Today “I may not be there yet, but I’m closer than I was yesterday.” ~Unknown, quoted in “The Golf Book” Related articles by Zemanta Project Management Quote (linusfernandes.com) 10 reasons to smile (slideshare.net)
John Bogle: Consequences

Investing isn’t just about probabilities. It’s about consequences, and you’ve got to be prepared for them.” – John Bogle
C.C. Scott: Human Spirit

“The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it.” ~C.C. Scott, quoted in “Tough Times, Tough People”. Embed from Getty Images
Elizabeth Stone: Having a child

“Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking outside your body.” ~Elizabeth Stone, quoted in “Thanks Mom”
Art Linkletter: Way Things Turn Out

Image via Wikipedia “Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out.” ~Art Linkletter, quoted in ‘On Being A Parent’”.
Warren Buffett: Re-election and legislation

Embed from Getty Images “Legislators will correctly perceive that either raising taxes or cutting expenditures will threaten their re-election. To avoid this fate, they can opt for high rates of inflation, which never require a recorded vote and cannot be attributed to a specific action that any elected official takes.” – Warren Buffett Related articles […]
Marianne Williamson: Joy

“Joy is what happens when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.” ~Marianne Williamson, quoted in Tough Times, Tough People. Related articles by Zemanta Attracting Success (the-secret-resource.com) Live Your Destiny (the-secret-resource.com)
Peter Lynch: Economic analysis

Image via Wikipedia “I spend about 15 minutes a year on economic analysis. The way you lose money in the stock market is to start off with an economic picture. I also spend 15 minutes a year on where the stock market is going.” – Peter Lynch Related articles by Zemanta How the major stock […]
Rebecca West: God

If there is a God, I don’t think He would demand that anyone bow down or stand up to Him. –Rebecca West, author and journalist (1892-1983) Embed from Getty Images
Richard Bach: Wanting and being

Image by Claudio.Ar (not too much online) via Flickr “If you want to be with someone you love, aren’t you already there?” – Richard Bach.
Ludvig von Mises: Final collapse of a boom

“There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner as a result of a voluntary abandonment of further credit expansion, or later as a final and total catastrophe of the currency system involved.” – Ludwig Von Mises. […]
Harry Truman: Mother

Image by cliff1066™ via Flickr “No one in the world can take the place of your mother.” ~Harry Truman, quoted in “Power Moms” Related articles by Zemanta Quotes And Asides (linusfernandes.com) Investing Quote (linusfernandes.com)