I quickly learned that if I kept at it and plowed right through the rejections I would eventually get somebody to buy my wares.

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

Nobody wants to be passive; indexing is not passive - much more goes into indexing than watching a stock become the next buggy whip.

The word passive does a disservice to investors considering their options. Indexing provides an effective means of owning the market and allows investors to participate in the returns of a basket of stocks. The basket of stocks changes over time as stocks are added or removed based on its rules.

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

The man who does not work for the love of work but only for money is not likely to make money nor find much fun in life.

The best place to succeed is where you are with what you've got.