The nasty little secret was that I couldn't read worth a darn. In my case, I still read very slowly to this moment.

People succeed at just about anything they're genuinely enthusiastic about.

It's fun to play around... it's human nature to try to select the right horse... But for the average person, I'm more of an indexer... The predictability is so high... For 10, 15, 20 years you'll be in the 85th percentile of performance. Why would you screw it up?

The nasty little secret was that I couldn't read worth a darn. In my case, I still read very slowly to this moment.

Don't limit investing to the financial world. Invest something of yourself, and you will be richly rewarded.

Three men were laying brick. The first was asked: " What are you doing? He answered: " Laying some brick." The second man was asked: " What are you working for? " He answered: " Five dollars a day." The third man was asked: " What are you doing? He answered: " I am helping to build a great cathedral." Which man are you?

The man who has done less than his best has done nothing.