“I don't worry about maintaining the quality of my life, because every day I work on improving it.”

“The difference between success and failure is not which stock you buy or which piece of real estate you buy, it's asset allocation.”

“If you lose 50%, it takes 100% to get back to where you started-and that takes something you can never get back: time.”

“We're emotionally unfit. We expect things to be given to us that other generations had to earn. We think we're supposed to get homes with no money down and be supported by the government if we're unemployed.”

“Take massive action. So many people wait until they have all the answers.”

“Boldness be my friend.”

“To fear the foe, since fear oppresseth strength,Gives, in your weakness, strength unto your foe,And so your follies fight against yourself.Fear, and be slain--so worse can come to fight;And fight and die is death destroying death,Where fearing dying pays death servile breath.”

“Ring the alarum-bell! Blow, wind! come, wrack! At least we'll die with harness on our back.”