The great irony of investing is that the more you watch and fiddle with your holdings the less well you are likely to do. Fill your basket, add as much as you can along the way and ignore it the rest of the time. You'll likely wake up rich.
- from The Simple Path to Wealth book by J. L. Collins
I can't pick winning individual stocks and you can't either. Nor can the vast majority who claim they can. It is extraordinarily difficult, expensive and a fool's errand. Having the humility to accept this will do wonders for your ability to accumulate wealth.
- from The Simple Path to Wealth book by J. L. Collins
If it looks too good to be true, it is. There is no free lunch. Not ever.
- from The Simple Path to Wealth book by J. L. Collins
The market is volatile. Crashes, pullbacks and corrections are all absolutely normal. None of them are the end of the world, and none are even the end of the market's relentless rise. They are all, each and every one, expected parts of the process.
- from The Simple Path to Wealth book by J. L. Collins
The older I get the more I hold each day precious. I've become steadily more relentless in purging from my life things, activities and people who no longer add value while seeking out and adding those that do.
- from The Simple Path to Wealth book by J. L. Collins