It never was my thinking that made the big money for me. It always was my sitting.
Jesse Lauriston LivermoreA loss never bothers me after I take it. I forget it overnight. But being wrong - not taking the loss - that is what does damage to the pocketbook and to the soul.
Jesse Lauriston LivermoreDon't take action with a trade until the market, itself, confirms your opinion. Being a little late in a trade is insurance that your opinion is correct. In other words, don't be an impatient trader.
Jesse Lauriston LivermoreThere is only one side to the stock market; and it is not the bull side or the bear side, but the right side
Jesse Lauriston LivermoreA man must study general conditions, to seize them so as to be able to anticipate probabilities.
Jesse Lauriston LivermoreOne of the most helpful things that anybody can learn is to give up trying to catch the last eighth - or the first. These two are the most expensive eighths in the world. They have cost stock traders, in the aggregate, enough millions of dollars to build a concrete highway across the continent.
Jesse Lauriston Livermore