You'll find that there will be an investment for every season, but there will be no investment for all seasons.

There is only one kind of life insurance, and that is pure protection based on a mortality table. All others are pure protection plus a cash value element that I call 'funny' banking.

It has been said that if you aim at nothing in life, you are likely to hit nothing! I have never had anyone come to me and say, 'Venita, I plan to fail.' Yet I have observed many who failed to plan and who unfortunately met with the same dismal results.

You'll find that there will be an investment for every season, but there will be no investment for all seasons.

There is no such thing as a future decision. There are only present decisions that affect the future.

The ability to make a decision is another characteristic of a winner in money matters. I have found over and over again that those who succeed in making large sums of money reach decisions very promptly and change them, if at all, very slowly. I have also found that people who fail to make money reach decisions very slowly, if at all, and change them frequently and quickly.

The most important ingredient for success in the stock market is a sharp sense of timing.