Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.
To achieve satisfactory investment results is easier than most people realize; to achieve superior results is harder than it looks.
Patience is a key element of success.
The big money is not in the buying and selling, but in the waiting.
An action committed in anger is an action doomed to failure.
No man is free who is not master of himself.
I have a sentimental weakness for my children, and I spoil them as you can see. They talk when they should listen.
Man conquers the world by conquering himself.
Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable, procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention than to any other talent.
If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?
Wax on, wax off.
I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'
The person who trains the body to endure hardship is far better prepared to manage difficulties than one who has not.
Rule No. 1: Never lose money. Rule No. 2: Never forget Rule No. 1.
Our favorite holding period is forever.
The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.
Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.
Work, Finish, Publish.
Do not go to bed until you have gone over the day three times in your mind. What wrong did I do? What good did I accomplish?
Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.
There is no royal road to geometry.
It is a mistake to think that the practice of my art has become easy to me. No one has given so much care to the study of composition as I.
You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end — which you can never afford to lose — with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality.
Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline.
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
Discipline equals freedom.
The investor's chief problem — and even his worst enemy — is likely to be himself.
Willpower isn't just a skill. It's a muscle, like the muscles in your arms or legs, and it gets tired as it works harder.
There is perhaps no psychological skill more fundamental than resisting impulse.
Routine sets you free. Establish a rhythm of daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual priorities.
A business that is not profitable from day one is a hobby.
The problem isn't that businesses don't make enough money. The problem is that they spend too much.
Know what you own, and know why you own it.
The purpose of bureaucracy is to compensate for incompetence and lack of discipline.
When you combine a culture of discipline with an ethic of entrepreneurship, you get the magical alchemy of great results.
The best way to measure your investing success is not by whether you're beating the market but by whether you've put in place a financial plan and a behavioral discipline that are likely to get you where you want to go.
Steady your nerves. Discipline your emotions. See the opportunity within the obstacle.
Every time you sit down to work, remind yourself: I am delaying gratification by doing this.
