Just because you buy a stock and it goes up does not mean you are right. Just because you buy a stock and it goes down does not mean you are wrong.

If you spend more than 13 minutes analyzing economic and market forecasts, you've wasted 10 minutes

I've found that when the market's going down and you buy funds wisely, at some point in the future you will be happy. You won't get there by reading 'Now is the time to buy.'

Far more money has been lost by investors preparing for corrections, or trying to anticipate corrections, than has been lost in corrections themselves.

In the long run, a portfolio of well chosen stocks and/or equity mutual funds will always outperform a portfolio of bonds or a money-market account. In the long run, a portfolio of poorly chosen stocks won't outperform the money left under the mattress.

In this business if you're good, you're right six times out of ten. You're never going to be right nine times out of ten.

Your ultimate success or failure will depend on your ability to ignore the worries of the world long enough to allow your investments to succeed.