Favorite Quotes

“We all are learning, modifying, or destroying ideas all the time. Rapid destruction of your ideas when the time is right is one of the most valuable qualities you can acquire. You must force yourself to consider arguments on the other side.” 

- Charles T. Munger

"It is better to be a warrior in a garden, than a gardener in a war."

- Bruce Lee

"A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor."

- Franklin Roosevelt

"The best answer to anger is silence."

- Marcus Aurelius

"Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency.  We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest."

- Maya Angelou 

"It's better to hang out with people better than you.  Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction."

- Warren Buffett

"Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence."

- Robert Frost

"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."

- Napoleon Bonaparte

"Anything in life worth doing is worth overdoing, moderation is for cowards."

- Shane Patton

"When you see a good move, look for a better one."

- Emanuel Lasker

"Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago."

- Warren Buffett

"Work hard or get fired."

- Captain Lee

"Wealth without independence is a unique kind of poverty."

- Morgan Housel

"Don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy."

- Take It Easy by the Eagles

"Tell me and I forget.  Teach me and I remember.  Involve me and I learn."

- Benjamin Franklin

"I don't look to jump over 7-foot bars; I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step-over."

- Warren Buffett

"You only have to be great at one thing to be successful."

- Charles Barkley

"He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat."

- Napoleon Bonaparte

"Life is like toilet paper, either you're on a roll or you're taking shit from some asshole.  Here's to being on a roll."

- Drake

"People calculate too much and think too little."

- Charles T. Munger

"Money never sleeps."

- Gordon Gekko

"We enjoy the process far more than the proceeds."

- Warren Buffett

"The wise warrior avoids the battle."

- Sun Tzu

"Progress equals happiness."

- Tony Robbins

"If you're explaining you're losing."

- Tom Brady

“I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest, sometimes not even the most diligent, but they are learning machines. They go to bed every night a little wiser than they were when they got up and boy does that help, particularly when you have a long run ahead of you.” 

- Charles T. Munger

“Of chess, it has been said that life is not long enough for it, but that is the fault of life, not chess.” 

- William Napier

"Life is too short for long-term grudges."

- Elon Musk

"Time is the friend of the wonderful business, the enemy of the mediocre."

- Warren Buffet

"Lost time is never found again."

- Poor Richard's Almanack, 1747