Long-term investment success is almost totally a function of how one emotionally handles declines in the equity market, as opposed to how one's portfolio handles them.

Once you decide that mediocrity is unthinkable, your only choices are excellence and quitting.

Investment performance doesn't determine real-life returns; investor behavior does.

All financial success comes from acting on a plan. A lot of financial failure comes from reacting to the market

Long-term investment success is almost totally a function of how one emotionally handles declines in the equity market, as opposed to how one's portfolio handles them.

Declines are temporary, gains are permanent.

Timing the market is a fools game, whereas time in the market is your greatest natural advantage.