Once you decide that mediocrity is unthinkable, your only choices are excellence and quitting.
Surprise is the mother of panic.
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.
Investment performance doesn't determine real-life returns; investor behavior does.
Wealth is not determined by investment performance, but by investor behavior.
If you think the marketโs 'too high' wait 'til you see it 20 years from now.