Average investors can become experts in their own field and can pick winning stocks as effectively as Wall Street professionals by doing just a little research.

I don't know anyone who said on their deathbed: 'Gee, I wish I'd spent more time at the office.'

All the time and effort people devote to picking the right fund, the hot hand, the great manager have, in most cases, led to no advantage.

In the long run, it's not just how much money you make that will determine your future prosperity. It's how much of that money you put to work by saving it and investing it.

There are substantial rewards for adopting a regular routine of investing and following it no matter what, and additional rewards for buying more shares when most investors are scared into selling.

Well, I think the secret is if you have a lot of stocks, some will do mediocre, some will do okay, and if one of two of 'em go up big time, you produce a fabulous result. And I think that's the promise to some people.

It only takes a handful of big winners to make a lifetime of investing worthwhile.